White Pine, TN (WOKI) The White Pine Police Department is asking residents to watch for suspicious activity after receiving several reports of catalytic converters being stolen from cars. There have been two targeted areas: Walnut Street and the Leadvale community. “Please keep an eye on your property and please monitor your home cameras for any…… MORE
Rural Metro Fire is reminding everyone to use caution when cooking at home after crews responded to a fire at a Knox County home Jeff Bagwell with Rural Metro says crews were called to a home on Rifle Range Road last night (Tuesday). They found a small kitchen fire on the stove and were able…… MORE
Independence Day is just around the corner and you may be wondering if you will be able to celebrate with fireworks. WVLT News has compiled a list of counties and cities in East Tennessee where fireworks are and are not allowed to be sold and used: Anderson County-Illegal to sell and set off fireworks Blount…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway following a deadly single-car crash Tuesday morning on Pellissippi Parkway. Knoxville Police Department officials say officers responded around 8:30 a.m. to I-140 near Northshore Drive, where witnesses had reported that a car had flipped off the roadway. When officers arrived on the scene, KPD says they found a…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 7/3: An elderly Scott County couple at the center of a TBI Silver Alert has been found safe. Tennessee Bureau of Investigation officials announcing Wednesday afternoon that 73-year-old Larry Young and 74-year-old Beverly Young were located after being seen last on Saturday, June 29 riding their ATV in the Brimstone Mountain…… MORE
Update: The two victims who were killed in the shooting that happened early Tuesday morning in the parking lot of The Pint House on Merchant Drive have been identified as Zachery Herrera, 28 of Knoxville, and John Goosie, 41 of Knoxville. Two suspects were positively identified after continued investigation throughout the day on Tuesday. The…… MORE
The reward is increased for information that leads to the capture of fugitive wanted on two counts of first-degree murder. Aaron White is accused of killing two people in Grainger County and the reward is now $7,000 for information leading to his arrest in the deaths of Deven McDaniel and Jonathan Atkins whose bodies were…… MORE
GATLINBURG, Tenn.—The National Park Service (NPS) issued a prospectus for a concessions contract to provide lodging, food, beverage and retail services at LeConte Lodge within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The prospectus explains the business opportunity and the terms and conditions under which the NPS will award the 10-year concessions contract. The NPS will hold…… MORE
The Knoxville Police Department has released the pertinent body-camera footage from the police shooting that happened on Belle Terra Road on the morning of Thursday, June 20, 2024. At around 7:17 a.m. on June 20, 2024, KPD officers responded to the 2000 block of Belle Terra Road in regards to a woman who was reportedly…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) An investigation is underway, and the body of a man found dead late Friday afternoon in Sevierville is identified. A city spokesperson says 50-year-old Kenny Charles Davis of Sevierville was found dead in a vehicle just off Two Rivers Boulevard. Davis is believed to have been homeless and was found by a…… MORE
