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An Anderson County Woman Indicted on Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult Charges
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An Anderson County Woman Indicted on Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult Charges

ANDERSON COUNTY, TN (WOKI/TBI)– Special agents assigned to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division have obtained an indictment for a Clinton woman accused of abusing a vulnerable adult in her care. In September 2024, after receiving a referral from Adult Protective Services, TBI agents began investigating allegations of abuse involving a patient…MORE

LeConte Lodge Warns of Storm Damage on Alum Cave Trail

LeConte Lodge Warns of Storm Damage on Alum Cave Trail

Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) Hiking to LeConte Lodge via Alum Cave Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will look a little different as Park Service crews continue to clean up some storm damage. According to LeConte Lodge representatives via a social media post, the higher peaks in the Smokies saw up to 100 mph…MORE

The Knoxville Fire Department is Investigating a House Fire in North Knoxville
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The Knoxville Fire Department is Investigating a House Fire in North Knoxville

Friday evening at approximately 10:34 pm, Knox County Communications District received a call that their neighbor’s house was on fire at 3116 Rector Street.  Upon arrival, the first due engine company saw heavy smoke with fire coming from the basement. The crew was able to enter the house and start firefighting operations.  After a thorough…MORE

The Knoxville Fire Department is Investigating a House Fire in North Knoxville
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The Knoxville Fire Department is Investigating a House Fire in North Knoxville

Friday evening at approximately 10:34 pm, Knox County Communications District received a call that their neighbor’s house was on fire at 3116 Rector Street.  Upon arrival, the first due engine company saw heavy smoke with fire coming from the basement. The crew was able to enter the house and start firefighting operations.  After a thorough…MORE

Missing Cocke County Family Found Safe

Missing Cocke County Family Found Safe

Newport, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has canceled the Endangered Child Alert issued earlier on Friday afternoon for a mother and her three children missing out of Cocke County. TBI officials say Trevor, Emma, and Adelin Holt together with their mother, 46-year-old Melissa Holt, have been located and are safe. Officials were…MORE

Missing Morristown Woman Found Dead, Police Say
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Missing Morristown Woman Found Dead, Police Say

Morristown, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 3/7: The woman at the center of a TBI Silver Alert issued early Friday morning out of Morristown has been found dead. Officials with the Morristown Police Department reporting 83-year-old Daisy Friddle was found Friday afternoon deceased a short distance from her residence on Buffalo Trail. MPD says it is believed…MORE

Dolly Parton Dedicates Song to Late Husband, Carl Dean

Dolly Parton Dedicates Song to Late Husband, Carl Dean

Knoxville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Late Thursday night, Dolly Parton released a song dedicated to her late husband, Carl Dean. Dean died in Nashville on Monday. He was 82. “Carl and I fell in love when I was 18 and he was 23, and like all great love stories, they never end,” Parton said. “They…MORE