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Fatal Sunday Morning Crash on Central Avenue Pike
At around 4 a.m. on Sunday, February 27, 2022, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to a single-car crash at Central Avenue Pike and Bookwalter Drive. Upon arrival, the driver of a Chrysler sedan was pronounced dead by responding Knoxville Fire Department personnel. The driver, a 40-year-o ...
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serland
On Feb 28, 2022 at 8:55 AM
Kevin Garner, 32, Arrested After Firing Gun in Strawberry Plains Pike Gas Station
Knoxville Police Department officers arrested 32-year-old Kevin Garner of Mascot, Tennessee after he reportedly fired a handgun inside of a BP gas station on Saturday evening. At just after 5 p.m. on Saturday, February 26, 2022, KPD officer Tim Walker was flagged down by a woman walking out of t ...
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serland
On Feb 27, 2022 at 12:03 PM
Remembering Knoxville's Pioneering Black Baseball Players
Check out this video, in which Beck Cultural Exchange Center President Renee Kesler talks about the amazing 1920 Knoxville Giants, an inaugural Negro League team that won the first league championship ...
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evreeland
On Feb 25, 2022 at 2:18 PM
February 22, 2022 Knoxville Neighborhood Advisory Newsletter Available
The Office of Neighborhood Empowerment publishes an almost-weekly newsletter, The Neighborly Notice, which covers news of interest to Knoxville's resident-led, resident-controlled neighborhood organiz ...
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tmcdonell
On Feb 25, 2022 at 1:41 PM
Woman Suffers Critical Injuries in I-40 West Crash
At just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 22, 2022, Knoxville Police Department officers responded to a crash on I-40 West near Alcoa Highway. A woman, who was the lone occupant of a BMW sedan, sustained serious injuries in the crash and was transported to the UT Medical Center, where she remains in ...
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serland
On Feb 23, 2022 at 9:47 AM
Drug and Guns Arrests for Week of February 14
This past week, Knoxville Police Department officers either arrested or charged 57 individuals between the ages of 16 and 62 with either weapon or drug charges. In a review of KPD incident reports submitted between Monday, February 14 and Sunday, February 20, KPD officers also confiscated at le ...
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serland
On Feb 21, 2022 at 5:49 PM
KPD Investigating Fatal Shooting at Vista Apartments
Victim Identified from Fatal Shooting at Vista Apartments (February 21, 2022, 10:25 a.m.) Knoxville Police Department Violent Crimes Unit investigators have identified the victim from the fatal shooting on Sunday morning at the Vista Apartments as 61-year-old Jeffery Evans of Knoxville, Tennesse ...
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serland
On Feb 21, 2022 at 10:26 AM
Fatal Crash on I-40 West at Strawberry Plains Pike
Victim Identified from Fatal Crash on I-40 West (February 21, 2022, 9 a.m.) The victim from the fatal crash that occurred on Friday afternoon on I-40 West near Strawberry Plains Pike has been identified as Luann Backman, 68 of Knoxville, Tennessee. The investigation revealed that the two inv ...
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serland
On Feb 21, 2022 at 9:02 AM
Knoxville History Project Art Wraps on Magnolia Avenue Celebrate Black Artists
As of a year ago, the four shiny metal utility boxes along Magnolia Avenue could best be described as "utilitarian." They were modern infrastructure upgrades, for sure, but no one probably would judge ...
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evreeland
On Feb 18, 2022 at 4:01 PM
Investigation Underway After Gunshot Victim Dropped Off at UTMC
UPDATE (February 18, 2022, 6:45 a.m.): Victim Identified from February 16th Shooting Investigators have identified the gunshot victim who was dropped off via a personal vehicle at the UT Medical Center on Wednesday night as Stephen Jenkins, 39 of Clinton, Tennessee. The shooting is believed ...
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Posted by
serland
On Feb 18, 2022 at 6:43 AM
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