Jefferson County, TN (WOKI) A man is in custody, charged with aggravated domestic assault, following a standoff late Monday night with police in Jefferson County. Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies were called to Doane Road in the New Market area for a domestic violence call; the caller reportedly claimed 43-year-old Joshua Mumford had assaulted her…… MORE
The Tennessee Department of Transportation say Interstate 40 is back open across Cocke County. One lane is open in each direction between mile marker 451 (just before the TN/NC state line) and approximately mile marker 446. This opening is for local traffic, and not into North Carolina. I-40 is open as normal leading up to…… MORE
Parrottsville, TN (WOKI) A Cocke County police officer is under investigation for nearly $100K in questionable reimbursements from the town of Parrottsville. The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office says that the town of Parrottsville issued 25 reimbursement checks, totaling over $470,000, to the unnamed officer as repayment for the officer using personal funds to purchase 70 vehicles…… MORE
The Southeastern Conference has fined the University of Tennessee after fans stormed the field following Saturday night’s win over the Alabama Crimson Tide. The $100,000 fine, which was handed down yesterday (Sunday), is a result of SEC‘s policy that went into effect in June of last year. Schools are fined $100,000 for their first offense,…… MORE
Loudon County, TN (WOKI) A Canadian woman is arrested Thursday in Loudon County, accused of bilking people out of at least $60,000 in a scamming operation. Officials with the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office say Soki Hangi of Quebec was part of a scamming operation spanning Loudon and Monroe Counties wherein the suspects were calling older…… MORE
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security’s (TDOSHS) is issuing free replacement identification licenses and driver licenses to citizens directly impacted by the East Tennessee floods at the Elizabethton Driver Services Center, Unicoi Police Department and the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency’s (TEMA) three Multi-Agency Resource Centers (MARCs). Driver Services are available at the MARCs…… MORE
Three people are in custody after a shooting in Greene County. Deputies with the Greene County Sheriff’s Office were called to the 7000 block of Old Stage Road for a burglary call on Friday. Not long after the initial call, a woman called from the home saying she had been shot twice. When deputies got…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police Department detectives are seeking information regarding a vehicle allegedly involved in a shooting Sunday on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue. KPD says shots were fired around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 13 from what appears in surveillance footage to be a GMC Yukon, at another car in the area of Lakeside…… MORE
An investigation is underway following a crash that left one person dead and injures another in Cocke County. The Tennessee Highway Patrol says 70-year-old Barbara Williamson was driving north on Highway 321, commonly known as Cosby Highway, Monday afternoon and failed to stay in her lane while driving around a curve in the 2700 block…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery that occurred Tuesday morning at a business on Clinton Highway. KCSO officials say deputies responded just before noon to Vape & Smoke at 7217 Clinton Highway for an aggravated robbery. KCSO says one suspect was detained in connection to the incident. Juvenile Crimes,…… MORE
