Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Knoxville city leaders are hoping to soon make a decision on what’s next for the former McClung Warehouse. A massive fire damaged the warehouse in 2007 and again in 2014. It’s been an empty lot for sometime. Now, the city and Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation are working together to turn…… MORE
Anderson County, TN (WOKI) The Tennessee Highway Patrol reports a man died in a head-on crash Sunday afternoon in Anderson County. THP officials say a Ford Escape being driven by 60-year-old Salvatore Varsalona was traveling South on Brushy Valley Road just before 6:00 p.m. on Sunday when it crossed the double yellow line and hit…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) DNA evidence leads to the conviction of a carjacking defendant in Knox County. Officials with the Knox County District Attorney’s Office say 26-year-old Tyshawn Cook is now convicted of carjacking, aggravated kidnapping, robbery and sexual battery. Prosecutors say Cook carjacked a woman who was sitting in her car at a Fort Sanders…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A drunk driver who killed one passenger and injured another, including a child, was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison. Officials with the Knox County District Attorney’s Office say 25-year-old Santiago Domingo was convicted of vehicular homicide, child abuse and two counts of reckless endangerment. The DA’s Office says Domingo sideswiped…… MORE
TBI release: An investigation by special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has resulted in an indictment in connection to an officer-involved shooting that occurred earlier this month. At the request of 6th Judicial District Attorney General Charme Allen, TBI special agents began investigating an officer-involved shooting incident that occurred on January 12th…… MORE
A Maryville man convicted of plotting to murder Knoxville FBI employees is now saying his case should be thrown out because it’s related to the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. 35 year-old Edward Kelley was at the Capitol that day and he was found guilty of destroying government property and impeding police officers. That’s not where…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a rash of car break-ins in the West Knoxville area. KPD says the break-ins stretched from Sequoyah Hills to the Farrington neighborhood and involved at least nine vehicles, five of which were unlocked according to police. KPD says two firearms were also stolen and is reminding…… MORE
An investigation is underway after a person is injured in a rollover crash. Rural Metro Fire says crews responded to the crash on Tazewell Pike near Mountain Shadow Drive early last night (Tuesday) and had to forcibly open the car door to get the person out. They were taken to the hospital with what appeared…… MORE
Sweetwater, TN (WOKI) The Sweetwater Police Department is investigating the distribution of flyers that claim to be from the Ku Klux Klan. Officials with the department took to social media stating that they are working to identify where the materials came from. Text on the flyers alongside a drawing of Uncle Sam tell people to…… MORE
A major road project is set to get underway in North Knox County in August. The Tennessee Department of Transportation says the project in Powell to help alleviate traffic on Emory Road at I-75. They are planning to add a diverted diamond interchange similar to the one at I-40’s exit 407, the Sevierville exit. TDOT’s…… MORE
