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KCS To Report On Progress, Celebrate Reward Schools

KCS To Report On Progress, Celebrate Reward Schools

Knox County Schools will give a report on progress made toward the district’s annual goals and to celebrate the eighteen Reward Schools recognized by the Tennessee Department of Education. It will be at Bearden Elementary School tomorrow (Tuesday) and will focus on key data points outlined in the 2023-24 KCS Annual Report. Attendees will include…MORE

Mississippi Man Arrested in Oak Ridge Following Chase in Stolen U-Haul Truck
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Mississippi Man Arrested in Oak Ridge Following Chase in Stolen U-Haul Truck

A Mississippi man is arrested in Oliver Springs after he leading police on a chase in a stolen U-Haul truck. Oliver Springs Police Officers tried to stop 40-year-old Cameron Simpson, of Gulfport, Mississippi, after a Flock camera identified the stolen U-Haul truck. Police pursued him down Harriman Highway and into the Blair and Clax Gap…MORE

Bill Could Provide TN schools with Metal Detectors

Bill Could Provide TN schools with Metal Detectors

Nashville, Tn (WOKI) Tennessee lawmakers have filed a bill that would provide funds for schools to purchase portable walk-through metal detectors. If passed, The Protecting Tennessee Schools and Events Act would require the state to establish a pilot program to award grants to school districts in counties identified as distressed or at-risk in fiscal year…MORE

Knoxville Police Find Missing Man with Autism

Knoxville Police Find Missing Man with Autism

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: An autistic man missing earlier this afternoon has now been located. Knoxville Police Department officials say they had been looking for 23-year-old Michael Mamintov who went missing from the Pond Gap / Liberty Street area. KPD says Mamintov was found safe around 4:00 p.m. Friday afternoon at the Calvary Baptist Church…MORE

Death Row Inmate Sean Finnegan Sentenced to Additional 45 Years in Prison

Death Row Inmate Sean Finnegan Sentenced to Additional 45 Years in Prison

Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Sean Finnegan, the Oak Ridge man sentenced to death in a grisly rape and murder case, is sentenced Friday morning to an additional 45 years. Finnegan was convicted of several charges, including first-degree murder, rape and abuse of a corpse, in August. The charges stemmed from a 2020 investigation, during which police…MORE

TWRA Wildlife Officer Rescues Anglers at Rockford Dam
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TWRA Wildlife Officer Rescues Anglers at Rockford Dam

MARYVILLE, Tenn.—A TWRA Wildlife Officer rescued two anglers whose boat became trapped against a low-head dam on Little River in Blount County yesterday afternoon. On Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at around 3 p.m., TWRA Wildlife Officer Curt Henderson received the report of a vessel in distress on Little River at Rockford Dam in Blount County.…MORE