CRIME & SAFETY
UT: 7 students, 2 others arrested at demonstration after being told to leave by the university
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Nine people, seven University of Tennessee students and two people not affiliated with the university, are in custody following the peaceful demonstrations on campus, according to the UT Police Department. Protesters gathered on the Law School lawn to raise awareness of Israel's attacks on Gaza. They...
Kentucky mother charged in death of infant daughter requests change of venue
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Kentucky mother charged in the death of her 17-month-old daughter requested a change of venue for her trial, claiming the Knoxville media market, which includes Bell County, Kentucky, has altered public opinion. Erica Lawson, 21, was charged after her daughter died at East Tennessee Children’s...
Island Home leader saw people getting hurt at the river's edge. How he took action.
Matthew Park looked at the riverbank at Island Home Park and saw it slowly fading away as the water from the Tennessee River eroded the land. Subsequently, he watched as people struggled to drop their kayaks and paddleboards into the water. Park, a decade-long resident of Island Home Park and...
9 hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak at Sam’s Club
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - A carbon monoxide gas leak has sent several people to the hospital at a Sam’s Club location in East Knoxville Tuesday morning. According to the Knoxville Fire Department, its hazmat team responded to the store after receiving a call about people feeling nauseous. KFD...
Police asking for help finding missing Knoxville teen
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The University of Tennessee Police Department is asking for the public’s help finding a missing Knoxville teen. Police say that 17-year-old Samuel Chugg was last seen leaving his home in West Knoxville, Thursday, May 2, 2024. Chugg’s car, a silver 2017 Toyota Yaris, was last...
Knoxville police identify victim in overnight shooting
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A man is dead after a shooting that happened late Tuesday evening, according to the Knoxville Police Department’s Communications Manager Scott Erland. Officers reportedly responded to the 1800 block of Prospect Place in the Morningside area, where they found the victim, identified as Zackery Schwaller,...
24-year-old Knoxville man dies in shooting as police continue search for suspect
Zackery Schwaller, 24, of Knoxville, died in an April 30 shooting in the 1800 block of Prospect Place in the Morningside neighborhood, the Knoxville Police Department said in a news release. Around 11:40 p.m. April 30, officers responded to a shooting and found Schwaller, who was shot and lying on...
'You're not going to get away with robbing them blind' | Grocery store theft increasing in Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Retail theft is on the rise in Tennessee. That's the word from Tennessee Grocers and Convenience Store Association President and CEO Rob Ikard. On April 25, Maryville chef Clement Milanzi was arrested by police and accused of stealing thousands of dollars of meat at grocery stores in Knoxville, Lenoir City and Maryville.
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