Kelly Ann Krueger
Producer
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Kelly Ann is a Digital Content Producer and News Producer for WVLT News.
She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina and earned a bachelor's degree in Multimedia Journalism and International Studies. Kelly Ann has been honored with a sports award from the Associated Press for covering the struggle female athletes face in searching for equipment and media attention.
When Kelly Ann is not at the station, you can catch her playing rugby, watching crime shows, or singing along to whatever's on the radio.
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Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 6:58 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Bianca Belair was chosen to be the guest picker for College GameDay.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A former Knoxville Marine has been wrongfully detained in Venezuela since Sept. 9, 2020, according to his family.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 12:01 AM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Members of the Tennessee National Guard rescued a hiker who was suffering from chest pains along the Appalachian Trail Tuesday.
Updated: Sep. 16, 2022 at 12:15 AM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A man is dead after hitting a deer on Lakeview Road in Lenoir City Wednesday evening, according to officials.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 8:04 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Officials with the University of Tennessee announced they were retiring Chris Lofton’s jersey.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 7:22 PM EDT
|By Carissa Simpson and Kelly Ann Krueger
Knoxville Police Department officials asked for the public’s help locating a teenage girl who was last seen on Sept. 5.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 1:42 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill and Kelly Ann Krueger
The NTSB has released their initial findings into the Marion County crash.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 1:34 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A single engine plane crashed near the airport runway at Lovell Field, according to officials with the Chattanooga Fire Department.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2022 at 1:35 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Kelly Ann Krueger
Cocke County Sheriff C.J. Ball told WVLT News both inmates are now in custody.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 5:05 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A Blount Co. man was killed following a hit-and-run on Aug. 4, according to officials with the Blount Co. Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 5:14 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A small plane from McGhee Tyson Airport crashed in Texas Thursday evening, according to officials with the Federal Aviation Administration.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 3:34 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Three people were killed and three were injured following a crash Wednesday night in Monroe Co., according to officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2022 at 9:26 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Two deputies with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office were injured after they were hit by an off-duty Campbell County deputy Monday night, according to officials with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 8:29 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
One person was found shot at an apartment in the Walter P. Taylor Homes Thursday, according to officials with the Knoxville Police Department.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 6:48 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill and Kelly Ann Krueger
A suspect known by law enforcement to be armed and dangerous is wanted out of Jefferson County, according to the East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2022 at 5:01 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A Roane Co. man and his wife were sentenced to life in prison after they were found guilty in the murder of Betty Crews.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022 at 11:31 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Kelly Ann Krueger
Whittle Springs Middle School will dismiss classes early after an air conditioning leak caused an odor throughout the school, KCSO officials said.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 11:49 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Court documents show the man was screaming in pain and the hospital refused to provide an interpreter.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2022 at 10:26 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Two people were injured following a crash on Melton Lake Dr. in Oak Ridge Friday night, according to officials with the city.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 10:57 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Lincoln Memorial University’s Women of Service organization hosted a fashion show to raise money for college scholarships.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 8:50 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A man who was on trial for felony murder failed to show up on the last day of the trial, before the verdict was handed down, according to officials with District Attorney General Russell Johnson’s Office.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2022 at 8:42 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A mother was charged in connection to the death of her son who died of a gunshot wound, according to officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 10:52 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
The daughter of fallen Loudon Co. Sgt. Chris Jenkins, Chloe Jenkins, organized a fundraiser for the family of the injured Anderson Co. deputy who was hit by a truck on Aug, 1, according to officials with the Loudon Co. Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 10:48 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Officers with the Knoxville Police Department responded to multiple shots fired calls on Tuesday and found two gunshot victims, according to officials with the department.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 10:20 PM EDT
|By Carissa Simpson and Kelly Ann Krueger
Early Sunday morning, deputies with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fire on State Route 92 in Jefferson City that killed at least one person.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:36 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation added a man who is wanted by the Chattanooga Police Department on first degree murder charges, to the most wanted list.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 3:32 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
The family had not been heard from in a week after the father died from natural causes prompting a welfare check from the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office, according to officials.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 1:18 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A missing Clinton man was found dead Friday, officials with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office announced.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 8:46 AM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A sergeant with the Tazewell Police Department was injured after he fell down the step while chasing a suspect Thursday night, according to officials with the department.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 8:06 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
J.P. Burris is ready to take over after VFL Jon Higgins left to coach at Science Hill in Johnson City.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:04 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Crossville City Manager Greg Wood submitted his resignation Wednesday, according to a report from the Crossville Chronicle.
Updated: Aug. 6, 2022 at 8:10 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Inmates at the Campbell County Jail used a broom handle to knock out a camera and tried to start a fire, according to officials with the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 5:04 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Officers responded to a report that a shirtless man with tattoos was threatening to "shoot everyone" at a Little Caesar’s in Newport, according to officials with the Newport Police Department.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 at 4:32 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Officers with the Sevierville Police Department are mourning the loss of their K-9, Boris, who retired from the department in 2020.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 3:18 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A commercial truck flipped over a guard rail on I-40 East Thursday, according to officials with the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:20 AM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Residents reported lightning strikes in the area and that a tree was on fire, but when crews arrived they discovered the exterior of a home on fire, according to officials.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2022 at 6:28 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A possible slope failure caused the Tennessee Department of Transportation to close the outside shoulder on I-75 North in Campbell County Wednesday, according to a spokesman for TDOT.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 3:43 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger and Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey
The New Tazewell Police Department was assisted by the Governor’s Marijuana Recovery Team to arrest two suspects following a car chase in New Tazewell Wednesday.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2022 at 11:38 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Former Marine and Knoxville native Matthew John Heath was detained in Venezuela in 2020, and a new executive order from Biden hopes to bring him and other Americans home.
Updated: Jul. 19, 2022 at 9:52 AM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger, Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Paige Hill and Savannah Smith
The disappearance of Summer Wells, the 5-year-old Hawkins County girl at the center of a Tennessee AMBER Alert, has captured the attention of thousands across the region.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2022 at 10:28 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
A man who was on trial for felony murder failed to show up on the last day of the trial, before the verdict was handed down, according to officials with District Attorney General Russell Johnson’s Office.
Updated: Jul. 16, 2022 at 5:59 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger and Paige Hill
One man died after a shooting at the Harb’s Market at 3001 Burnside Street Friday night, according to officials with the Knoxville Police Department.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 10:35 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Two people were injured following a crash on Rutledge Pike Thursday night, according to officials with the Rural Metro Fire Department.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 9:43 AM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
An employee at the Newport Kenjo Market was arrested after she was accused of putting glass cleaner in a customer’s fountain drink, a police report said.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 12:15 AM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Four suspects were arrested following a shooting on Rock Hill Road in Cocke County, according to officials with the Cocke County Sheriff’s Office.
Updated: Jul. 11, 2022 at 12:13 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
First responders were dispatched to a liquid gas leak at the Colonial Pipeline in Loudon County on July 4, according to officials.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2022 at 8:56 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Kelly Ann Krueger
Horse Haven of Tennessee is asking for donations after rescuing four horses in Sevier County late last month.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 9:50 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Officials with the Knoxville Fire Department said there were four vehicles involved in the crash Thursday night.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 12:25 AM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Crews with the Rural Metro Fire Department said the house was a total loss.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Kelly Ann Krueger
Two Tennesseans will be representing their home territory at the 2022 All Guard Best Warrior Competition.
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