Knoxville TN

When a 52-year-old man was found dead in his South Knoxville, Tennessee apartment last October, the scene around him pointed to a drug overdose — but toxicology reports showed nothing but caffeine and nicotine in his system. Dr. Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan, chief medical examiner for three counties in the greater Knoxville area, wasn’t satisfied. After decades of tracing the final moments of the...

Deep in Tennessee’s mountains, scattered across Anderson, Grundy, Marion, and other counties, lie the remnants of coal towns that once fueled the entire South. These communities sprang up wherever black seams of coal were discovered, bringing thousands of miners, entire families, and company-built worlds into rugged hollows and steep ridges. At their peak, they powered railroads, iron foundries, and factories from Chattanooga to...

An early-morning burst of gunfire in East Knoxville’s Five Points neighborhood injured one man and wounded another, after police say a 27-year-old Alcoa man was apprehended on I-40 East and detained for questioning. Officers discovered a 30-year-old Knoxville man outside an apartment in the 400 block of Taylor Homes...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A Knoxville woman is facing charges after accidentally shooting a man, killing him, according to the Knoxville Police Department. It happened around 10:15 p.m. Thursday, KPD Communications Manager Scott Erland said Friday morning. He said KPD homicide detectives responded to a home in the 700 block of Belleaire Avenue to investigate a shooting, and they found a man who had...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — INGREDIENTS:. 1 can 5-pack refrigerated cinnamon rolls with cream cheese icing. 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2. In 8x8 or 9x9 baking dish, pour in melted butter. Add brown sugar. Stir to fully combine. Spread out mixture to fully cover bottom of dish. 3. Sprinkle...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County property owners may get a jolt this week in the mail. New appraisal notices are going out from the Property Assessor's Office. They show a sharp increase in commercial and residential property values -- about 60 percent overall, according to Knox County finance director Chris Caldwell and Knox County Property Assessor Phil Ballard.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Knoxville Track Club announced Wednesday that Executive Director Eric Weatherbee has resigned from his position. The club thanked Weatherbee for his service and contributions to the Knoxville running community. “We are grateful for the time and energy Eric dedicated to our club and to the...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Knoxville man is sentenced to over five years for drug trafficking and firearms offenses, according to a release from the Department of Justice. The DOJ said Timir X. Thomas, 20, was sentenced to 70 months in prison on May 7 and will be on supervised release for five years after his imprisonment.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County Schools said a cybersecurity incident with the Canvas learning platform vendor may have caused some users to see an unauthorized message after logging in. The district said its technology department is working with Instructure, the Canvas vendor, and has already deleted the message. KCS...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WOKI) — It was poignant and somber, and yet it was also uplifting. On Wednesday, three unclaimed veterans received full military honors as they were laid to rest at the East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery before a crowd of local residents, elected officials and representatives from each of the branches they served.