Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man is facing an attempted first degree murder charge after he reportedly shot his girlfriend in the neck. According to charging documents, the shooting happened on Knolls View Drive Monday morning after Dustin Finchum and his girlfriend got into an argument, which escalated into a physical fight. The woman ended…… MORE
Tellico Village, TN (WOKI) The Loudon County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding fraud suspects they say bilked a Tellico Village home center out of more than $40,000 in building material. LCSO officials say the theft happened at Sloan’s Village Home Center in Tellico Village. They say the suspects used four different credit cards…… MORE
An investigation is underway by the Tennessee Highway Patrol in Cocke County following an accident involving a school bus. Fortunately, there were no injuries reported in yesterday afternoon’s (Tuesday) crash. According to the Cocke County Schools Assistant Director, a bus from Edgemont Elementary School was running its after school route when a woman driving a…… MORE
A woman taken to the hospital and an investigation is underway after a house fire in northwest Knoxville. Knoxville Fire Department Crews called to a fire in a bedroom in the 4200 block of Thornwood Drive last night (Tuesday) and found light smoke coming from the front of the home. Crews put the fire out…… 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) A convicted felon with outstanding warrants in Indiana, now faces up to 12 years in prison following a one-day trial on charges in Knox County. The Knox County DA’s Office says 36-year-old Buddy Livesay was found guilty of unlawful possession of a weapon by a violent felon, evading arrest and criminal impersonation…… MORE
Knox County, TN (WOKI) – UPDATE 3:15 p.m.: A one-mile evacuation order for the area near the site of an earlier overturned propane truck which caught fire briefly on E. Emory Road has now been lifted. Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office making that announcement as Rural Metro fire crews have righted the truck…… 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
For a fourth year in a row, Pigeon Forge generated $2.4 billion from tourism, but overall there is a sign that tourism may be slowing. The last quarter of last year saw a 1% decline in visitor spending, resulting in gross revenue being down for the year for the town of 6,000. At the State…… MORE
Neighbors and businesses in Jefferson County are still recovering months after Helene ripped through parts of East Tennessee. One place Tennessee Valley Authority officials are working on is Douglas Lake. They’ve been cleaning out the lake for months. Neighbors there remember what it all looked like right after the storm. Residents says they’ve seen anything…… MORE
