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Knoxville Man Charged after Breaking into School, Stealing Equipment, Report Says

Knoxville Man Charged after Breaking into School, Stealing Equipment, Report Says

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A Knoxville man is facing charges for breaking into a school and stealing equipment. According to charging documents, Richard Passmore is facing charges for burglary, theft and vandalism after he broke into the Christian Academy of Knoxville. The report indicates that security cameras caught Passmore in the act, capturing him breaking into…MORE

November 5, 2024 Election: Statistics at the Halfway Point of Early Voting

November 5, 2024 Election: Statistics at the Halfway Point of Early Voting

Knoxville – Wednesday, October 23rd marked the halfway point (seven days of fourteen) of early voting for the November 5, 2024 Presidential and Federal/State General Election. Through the first seven days, a total of 80,845 early votes have been cast in Knox County, with an additional 5,067 votes cast by absentee ballot and in nursing homes.…MORE

Knoxville Police Searching for Man Involved in Assault on Cumberland Avenue

Knoxville Police Searching for Man Involved in Assault on Cumberland Avenue

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police Department officials announcing Wednesday that they are searching for a man involved in an assault. Police say the suspect assaulted another man in the early morning hours of September 14 in the area of Cumberland Avenue and 17th Street. Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect is urged…MORE

FEMA Releases Details on Home Inspections after Helene Floods

FEMA Releases Details on Home Inspections after Helene Floods

(Story courtesy of WVLT News) Knoxville, TN (WOKI) The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reminding people that they need to apply for FEMA assistance in order to qualify for a home inspection. Following intense flooding brought by Hurricane Helene at the end of September, FEMA inspectors are checking in with those affected to determine if they qualify…MORE

Railroad Trestle in Newport Collapses, Closing Roads

Railroad Trestle in Newport Collapses, Closing Roads

Newport, TN (WOKI) Several roads in Newport are closed after a railroad trestle collapsed into the Pigeon River. Newport Police say the trestle spanned the river, which saw major flooding when Hurricane Helene moved through East Tennessee. It marks the latest in a series of damages caused by the storm. River Road, Liberty Alley and…MORE

Five Tennessee Kids at Center of ‘Endangered Child Alert’ Found Safe

Five Tennessee Kids at Center of ‘Endangered Child Alert’ Found Safe

Athens, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: Five children at the center of an Endangered Child Alert out of Athens are found safe. Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation had issued the alert early Wednesday morning for the five boys saying that they may have been with their non-custodial parents. TBI says all five children were later…MORE

One Killed, One Injured in Motorcycle-Involved Crash on Middlebrook Pike

One Killed, One Injured in Motorcycle-Involved Crash on Middlebrook Pike

One person was killed in a crash involving a motorcycle that happened on Tuesday night on Middlebrook Pike. At around 7:40 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to a crash on Middlebrook Pike at Whitehall Road. The crash involved a Suzuki motorcycle and a black Acura sedan. Based on the…MORE

MEDIC Regional Blood Center and Girls Scouts Encouraging Citizenship

MEDIC Regional Blood Center and Girls Scouts Encouraging Citizenship

Knoxville (October 22, 2024)—MEDIC Regional Blood Center is partnering with the Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians to promote civic engagement. MEDIC will have a mobile collection bus at the Girl Scouts parking lot (1567 Downtown West Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37919) on October 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This drive is planned specifically…MORE