Knox County, TN

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Prosecutors in DA Charme Allen’s Career Gang Unit obtained convictions against a Vice Lord member who shot and killed a young man after mistaking him for a rival gang member. Jeffery Milton Stokes, 34, was convicted of First Degree Murder and Reckless Endangerment. Judge Scott Green...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Officials with the City of Knoxville said Mayor Indya Kincannon and Knox County Schools Superintendent Bob Thomas agreed on language from a proposed new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the city and Knox County Schools on school safety. The proposed agreement will be discussed at the...

HEISKELL, Tenn. — Crews are responding to an accident involving a school bus and vehicle in the Heiskell area of North Knox County. The crash was reported around 2:50 p.m. at 1240 Gamble Drive. Jeff Bagwell with Rural Metro Fire Dept. said there were no injuries on the bus, but...

Rural Metro Fire and Knox County Rescue are on the scene of an accident between a car and a school bus on Gamble Rd in the Heiskell Community. There are no injuries reported at this time.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Rural Metro Fire and Knox County Rescue were on the scene of an accident between a car and a school bus on Gamble Rd in the Heiskell Community. According to the tweet from Rural Metro, there are no injuries. Gamble Road will be closed for thirty...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County Schools are set to receive around $114 million from the federal government under the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER 3.0) fund. These emergency relief funds are being given to support schools as they work to address learning loss and improve...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — It may not seem like something churches usually embrace but in Knoxville, many houses of worship are celebrating Pride Month. One of them was even founded by the first person in Knox County to be legally married to a same-sex partner. Rev. Jon Coffee, who attends the...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs announced he will host a kid’s trivia night to celebrate the Fourth of July early. The game night will take place Tuesday, June 29 at New Harvest Park from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Participation is free and open to children up to 11-years-old.

KNOX COUNTY, Tennessee — Knox County Schools reported more than 600 of its Chromebooks were reported lost, missing or stolen this year—a fraction of the 53,000 issued, but five times more than the number missing from Metro Nashville Public Schools. Over the course of the school year, Knox County supplied...

BLAINE – The city of Blaine will ask a judge to dismiss a claim by a Knox County resident that the town was partially liable for her injuries in a June 2018 motor vehicle accident. The lawsuit filed last week in Grainger County Circuit Court by Susana Ilea also names...

Earlier today, County Commissioner Justin Biggs sent a letter objecting to KUB’s plans to enter the broadband business, providing high speed internet services to 100% of our electric system customers in Knox and surrounding counties. While Commissioner Biggs is certainly entitled to his own opinion of this proposal, there are several statements in his letter I feel compelled to address. Specifically:

At Large Knox County Commissioner Justin Biggs has issued a letter calling on Knoxville City Council, Knox County Commission and KUB to fully discuss the fifth utility of KUB also known as Broadband. “I think that KUB and citizens would fully welcome an open discussion. A $700 million expenditure with...

The motorcycle rider struck by a carjacking suspect on Chapman Highway dies from his injures. Police say 44 year-old Berlon Williams succumbed to his injuries and passed away at UT Medical Center after sustaining significant injuries when he was hit by a vehicle on Chapman Highway near E. Martin Mill Pike on June 4. The vehicle was being driven by 39-year-old Jimmy Beaver, who is accused of taking the vehicle at knifepoint at 11th Street and Cumberland Avenue before fleeing the scene. Beaver was arrested at the scene of the crash and subsequently charged with carjacking, vehicular assault and aggravated robbery. Additional charges could be filed.

Dear members of the Knoxville City Council and the Knoxville Utilities Board of Commissioners,. Recently our community has followed with great interest the proposal from the Knoxville Utilities Board to spend approximately $700 million over 10 years to move into the broadband business, From reports it appears that $500M covers the capital costs with an additional $200M for interest on bonds, taxes, and the loan to the fiber division.

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — Knox County Schools is joining a pending lawsuit against JUUL, a manufacturer of vaping products, for "intentionally marketing to young students." Several school systems across the state have joined the Knox County Board of Education and 18 other Tennessee school districts in the lawsuit. KCS became...

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — More than 400 people in Knox County died from drug overdoses in 2020, according to a new report from the Regional Forensic Center. That's the most fatal overdoses ever reported in a single year. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan said that might be because stronger drugs are in East Tennessee.

KNOX COUNTY, Tenn. — The Knox County Commission is considering a new commission rule it said is aimed at preventing disruptions during meetings. The commission is considering adopting a "Civility Code" that would ask both commissioners and community members to "refrain from behavior that threatens or attempts to disrupt meetings."