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Kingsport Police Asking for Help to Find a Runaway Teen
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Kingsport Police Asking for Help to Find a Runaway Teen

Kingsport Police are asking for help to find a runaway teen. 14-year-old Exenia Pafford has been reported and entered into the national NICI database for missing persons. Police say she is believed to have left her home voluntarily sometime Sunday night and may be heading to the Greeneville area. Exenia was last seen wearing a…MORE

Knoxville Police Identify Suspect and Victim in Fatal North Knoxville Stabbing

Knoxville Police Identify Suspect and Victim in Fatal North Knoxville Stabbing

Updated story: Knoxville Police have identified the victim and suspect from a deadly stabbing in the 400 Block of East Oldham Avenue. The victim, 44 year-old Michelle Dresch, the suspect, 50-year-old Virgil Belin, who has a warrant charging him with first-degree murder. Police believe Belin stabbed the victim multiple times following a domestic dispute and…MORE

Summer Movie Magic Series Back at Tennessee Theatre

Summer Movie Magic Series Back at Tennessee Theatre

The Summer Movie Magic series is coming back to the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville next month! The event includes blockbuster hits and theater classics, and it runs from late July until late August. Here’s the lineup: “The versatility of the Tennessee Theatre allows us to transform it into a majestic movie theater for the…MORE

Greene County Sheriff: Body Found in Nolichucky River

Greene County Sheriff: Body Found in Nolichucky River

Greeneville, TN (WOKI) Authorities in Greene County are investigating after a body is found in the Nolichucky River. Officials with the Greene County Sheriff’s Department say the body was found off Bright Hope Road in the Nolichucky River Sunday afternoon. Authorities report the body was sent to the William L. Jenkins Foresenic Center at ETSU…MORE

Sevierville Police Investigating Carjacking Incident, Three Suspects At-Large

Sevierville Police Investigating Carjacking Incident, Three Suspects At-Large

Sevierville, TN (WOKI) Three suspects remain at-large following an alleged carjacking incident Sunday night in Sevierville. Sevierville Police Department officials say officers responded to a reported carjacking around 10:15 p.m. at the Clarian Pointe Hotel at 1020 Parkway. SPD says witnesses stated that three black males, one wearing a mask, approached their vehicle. The occupants…MORE

Police Investigating Deadly Stabbing in North Knoxville

Police Investigating Deadly Stabbing in North Knoxville

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police are investigating a deadly stabbing in North Knoxville. Knoxville Police Department officials say officers were called around 8:40 a.m. Monday to a home in the 400 block of E. Oldham Avenue to investigate a stabbing. They found a woman who had been stabbed at least one time who was taken to…MORE

TBI Silver Alert for Missing Sevierville Man has Ended

TBI Silver Alert for Missing Sevierville Man has Ended

UPDATED STORY: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says the Silver Alert for missing 60 year-old Mark Harrington from Sevierville has ended. He was found safe today after being reported missing yesterday (Sunday). Original story: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for a missing man out of Sevierville. 60 year-old Mark Harrington…MORE