The Tennessee Department of Transportation will halt all lane closure activity on interstates and state highways for the Labor Day holiday travel period. Construction crews will stop all lane closure activity at noon on Friday until 6:00 a.m. on September 5th. This will provide maximum roadway capacity for motorists traveling during the Labor Day holiday.…… MORE
Firefighters rescue a bear from a car in Sevierville. The Waldens Creek Volunteer Fire Department received a call late Wednesday night about a bear trapped inside of a car. Chief Tim Barker used a rope to lasso the handle to the car and let the bear out. He reminds everyone to keep your windows rolled…… MORE
Multiple East Tennessee schools are pushing back the start time for tomorrow night’s football games. The reason for this change is that temperatures are expected to be near 100 degrees, schools decided to push kickoff. The following games are delayed: Powell at Farragut was moved to 8 p.m.William Blount at Karns was moved to 8…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Residents at Knoxville’s Lovell Crossing Apartments, still dealing with the fallout from an August 7 damaging tornado, face another setback as their leases are terminated. A letter sent to residents living in several buildings at the complex states that Lovell Crossing had no choice but to terminate leases due to the extent…… MORE
MEDIC is teaming up with Eddie Check again this year to offer free PSA testing to men over 40 on September 7th and 8th. All donors will receive a special edition t-shirt and coupons for Texas Roadhouse, Salsarita’s, Papa John’s, Smoothie King, Petro’s, and Dunkin. Appointments are always encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. Appointments can…… MORE
Madisonville, TN (WOKI) A two-hour manhunt Monday morning in Madisonville results in the apprehension of a known fugitive. Madisonville Police Department officials report Dillon Honeycutt, a known fugitive with multiple active arrest warrants, was taken into custody Monday afternoon after fleeing from a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective who spotted him in a neighborhood near…… MORE
Madisonville, TN (WOKI) A two-hour manhunt Monday morning in Madisonville results in the apprehension of a known fugitive. Madisonville Police Department officials report Dillon Honeycutt, a known fugitive with multiple active arrest warrants, was taken into custody Monday afternoon after fleeing from a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Detective who spotted him in a neighborhood near…… MORE
A teen is arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder and attempted aggravated robbery in connection to a shooting. It happened Saturday night and Knoxville Police say 18 year-old Stephon Sullivan was arrested at an apartment on Asheville Highway for a shooting in the 4000 block of Bedrock Way that left a 20-year-old man injured.… MORE
An investigation is underway after two Knoxville Police officers are shot at while patrolling the city. KPD says the reported shooting happened last night as the two officers, in full uniform, were patrolling in an unmarked cruiser near the Beaumont Avenue and McSpadden Street intersection when a heavy-set man with dreadlocks shot at them from…… MORE
A juvenile whose skeletal remains were found in the early 1980s in Cheatham County has been identified, and special agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are asking for the public’s help to determine who killed her. On October 21, 1981, skeletal remains were discovered at what was then the county’s old landfill, on Highway…… MORE
