A New Market man is arrested following an investigation into child sexual exploitation. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 59 year-old Leslie Byrd was arrested after deputies went to a home on Fielden Store Road Thursday for suspicious activity and found evidence of possible child sex crimes. Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Division and Internet…… MORE
Sevierville, TN (WOKI) A substitute teacher with Sevier County Schools is facing charges including statutory rape. According to an arrest warrant from the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office, 44-year-old Jacqueline Porterfield was charged with statutory rape by an authority figure and sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means. The warrant alleges that the criminal behavior…… MORE
Loudon County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: Described by authorities as “rapidly spreading” and a threat to structures, a brushfire in Loudon County Friday morning is now extinguished. According to the Tennessee Forestry Division’s fire map, the fire was less than an acre in size and was 100% contained around 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. Crews had closed…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville police have identified the victim in Thursday morning’s deadly single-car crash in northeast Knoxville. KPD says the passenger from a Honda Accord that had crashed into a tree on Boright Drive near Whitney place just before 2:00 a.m., 21-year-old T’Naesia Thomas of Knoxville, died despite life-saving measures provided on scene by…… MORE
GEORGETOWN– Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agents specializing in fire investigations, working alongside the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, have arrested and charged a Georgetown man in connection with an arson investigation. On June 15, 2023, agents began investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a detached garage at a home in the 3000 block of Sugar…… MORE
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a student in Sevier County is hit by a car while waiting for their school bus this morning. (Friday) The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened on East Union Valley Road near Seymour. The student was not hit by a school bus, but a car that…… MORE
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a student in Sevier County is hit by a car while waiting for their school bus this morning. (Friday) The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened on East Union Valley Road near Seymour. The student was not hit by a school bus, but a car that…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (courtesy of WVLT) – Former Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt filed a lawsuit against the NCAA. The lawsuit claimed Pruitt was treated unfairly and the NCAA investigation lead to career-ending penalties. It also claimed the NCAA worked with the university to make him the scapegoat. “The NCAA conspired with the University of Tennessee…… MORE
GEORGETOWN– Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agents specializing in fire investigations, working alongside the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office, have arrested and charged a Georgetown man in connection with an arson investigation. On June 15, 2023, agents began investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a detached garage at a home in the 3000 block of Sugar…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI) A bill that would limit SNAP benefits for junk food has failed in Tennessee. Earlier in March, the Tennessee House passed a bill that would place limits on buying junk food using SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Tennessee Healthy SNAP Act would have required the Tennessee Department of Human Services…… MORE
