Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A pastor with the Knoxville Diocese has been placed on administrative leave after being accused of “boundary violations.” Father Joseph Reed is a Knoxville native and the pastor for St. John Neumann Catholic Church and School. Though the specifics of the allegations against Reed have not been outlined, a letter sent out…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 12/16: Knoxville Police Department officials identify the man killed Friday night in a fiery, single-car crash near downtown. Officers were called around 10:15 p.m. to the exit ramp to Hall of Fame Drive from I-40 West and found a car on fire that had run off the road and into a…… MORE
Jefferson City, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 12/16: The woman at the center of a missing person alert out of Jefferson County has been found safe. Officials with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office announcing Monday afternoon that 36-year-old Amber Nancy Cox had been located after being reported missing Sunday afternoon. Concern had been raised as Cox is…… MORE
An investigation is underway after a three-story structure fire in Roane County. The Roane County Office of Emergency Services & Homeland Security says several fire departments were called to the structure in the 2200 block of Ruritan Road Saturday afternoon. They found the abandoned building engulfed which has been ruled a total loss. No injuries…… MORE
Madisonville Police say a man is charged after an investigation which led to hundreds of fentanyl pills being seized. Stephen Wattenbarger is charged for sell and delivery of over 50 grams of fentanyl after a months-long investigation. MPD says hundreds of fentanyl pills and several hundred dollars in cash were seized. Wattenbarger is being held…… MORE
An employee at a Dollar General in Sweetwater is charged after he tells authorities he set a fire inside the store. Sweetwater Police Officers went to the Dollar General store in the 800 block of North Main Street on Saturday after a fire alarm was activated. SPD says there was smoke coming from the building,…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) An East Tennessee icon could be getting a bit more help growing its population: the Eastern Hellbender Salamander. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed increased protections for the salamanders under the Endangered Species Act. Tennessee is among 15 states in which, under the proposal, the giant salamander species…… MORE
Maryville, TN (WOKI) Kenneth DeHart Jr., the man accused of shooting two Blount County Sheriff’s Office deputies in February, injuring one and killing the other, could face the death penalty. He appeared in a Blount County courtroom Friday for a formal arraignment. The state has filed two notices, one seeking the death penalty. DeHart entered…… MORE
A Knox County School is placed on lockdown this morning (Friday). Officials say that L&N Stem Academy was placed on lockdown due to a law-enforcement investigation near the campus. The school was locked down just after 9:30 a.m. and Scott Erland with the Knoxville Police Department says officers are investigating a possible threat that was…… MORE
For the first time since July, American Medical Response is facing fines for not responding to Knox County emergencies on time. The fines came in October, and AMR is citing large events, like the dynamite found at CMC Steel – a recycling facility, for the late response times. AMR says they were on the scene…… MORE
