Morgan Co (WOKI) – An inmate at the Morgan County Correctional Complex was found guilty of assaulting several officers. District Attorney General Russell Johnson says 54-year-old Dolwin Cormia was convicted of aggravated assault and three counts of simple assault. A pregnant officer gave a testimony of being punched in the face by Cormia and breaking…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) The Blount County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents about a new phone scam. Sheriff James Lee Berrong says they received several reports Sunday, March 2 of a scammer claiming to be law enforcement and telling victims they need to pay $1,200 for an ankle monitor device after they were released from jail…… MORE
An investigation is underway following a two alarm house fire in East Knox County. Rural Metro Fire crews along with the Knox County Sheriff’ Office responding to the fire in the 7600 block of Millertown Pike early last night (Sunday). The Knoxville Fire Department says the fire involved a two-story house and multiple structures and…… MORE
A Mississippi man is arrested in Oliver Springs after he leading police on a chase in a stolen U-Haul truck. Oliver Springs Police Officers tried to stop 40-year-old Cameron Simpson, of Gulfport, Mississippi, after a Flock camera identified the stolen U-Haul truck. Police pursued him down Harriman Highway and into the Blair and Clax Gap…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: An autistic man missing earlier this afternoon has now been located. Knoxville Police Department officials say they had been looking for 23-year-old Michael Mamintov who went missing from the Pond Gap / Liberty Street area. KPD says Mamintov was found safe around 4:00 p.m. Friday afternoon at the Calvary Baptist Church…… MORE
MARYVILLE, Tenn.—A TWRA Wildlife Officer rescued two anglers whose boat became trapped against a low-head dam on Little River in Blount County yesterday afternoon. On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at around 3 p.m., TWRA Wildlife Officer Curt Henderson received the report of a vessel in distress on Little River at Rockford Dam in Blount County.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Looking for signs of festival season? You’ll find two in downtown this weekend: the Market Street pedestrian zone reopens Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, and the Mardi Growl Parade is Saturday, March 1, 2025. The City installed new retractable bollards at the end of 2024 that make it easier and more cost efficient…… MORE
(Story courtesy of WVLT News) Knoxville, TN (WVLT) The Tennessee Valley Authority and Sevier County Electric System are working together to provide more power for the growing community. TVA has created a project to make another substation and transmission lines to bring more power to the Waldens Creek and Wears Valley areas. Neighbors in the…… MORE
A Knoxville man is facing several charges after what started as a road rage incident ended in a rollover crash on I-40, according to a police report obtained by WVLT News. Just before midnight on Feb. 23, a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper said he was on the scene of a traffic stop on I-40 East…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) New meters and signs will soon go up in Downtown Knoxville as part of the city’s revised downtown parking plan. The city unveiled the plan last fall, following a parking study. It increases rates for two-hour and four-hour parking zones but keeps parking at night and on the weekends free. The plan…… MORE
