Kimberlin Heights
CRIME & SAFETY
Yassin Terou on arrest: 'The way I was treated, nobody should be going through it'
Yassin Terou, owner of Yassin's Falafel House restaurants, was booked and released from a Knox County jail with his arm in a sling after he was arrested on the University of Tennessee campus May 15. He told Knox News he suffered nerve damage in his hand during the arrest and his heart...
'Deputy McCowan, we have it from here' || Blount County Sheriff's Office retires slain officer's badge number
MARYVILLE, Tenn. — The badge number belonging to a Blount County Sheriff's Office deputy who died in the line of duty has been retired. Greg McCowan died in a shooting while he responded to a traffic stop on Sevierville Road in February 2024, and his badge was retired during a memorial honoring fallen police officers in Maryville on Wednesday.
Report: W. MI pilot declared ‘mayday’ before deadly crash
A West Michigan pilot reported that the small plane he was flying was gathering moisture, then declared a "mayday" as it fell from an altitude of 8,500 feet, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.
Small fire burns at Broadway Towers; no injuries reported
A small fire broke out near the top of the Broadway Towers building in downtown Maryville Thursday afternoon, May 16. No one had been injured by the time the fire was extinguished, officials with the Maryville Fire Department said. Julie Sharpe, executive director of the Maryville Housing Authority, which runs Broadway Towers, said Thursday that the fire did not damage the building itself. The structure rises 16 stories and houses primarily elderly and disabled people; it contains 150 single-bedroom apartments. ...
UT police make one arrest on campus during pro-Palestinian demonstration
Nineteen-year-old pro-Palestinian demonstrator Joy Ellis was arrested May 17 on the lawn of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville campus, the second time in the past three nights Ellis has been arrested on a charge of misdemeanor criminal trespass during a demonstration. Ellis and the 10 others arrested May 15...
Three Tennessee community college students injured and one professor is still missing in Brazil
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) -On Thursday, May 16, a rogue wave in Brazil injured three students and a professor while they were on a trip abroad. Two of those students attend Pellissippi State Community College; one is from Walters State Community College, and the other is from Columbia State Community College.
'Ben Kredich Act' is helping the Kredich family heal through advocacy
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — On Wednesday, the man accused of hitting and killing a 24-year-old pedestrian on Kingston Pike was in court for an arraignment hearing. Shannon Walker is charged with vehicular homicide and a DUI in the death of Ben Kredich. Ben was walking near the University of Tennessee campus and was headed to meet his dad, Matt Kredich, for dinner in August 2023 when he was fatally struck.
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