Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey
Digital Content Manager
Knoxville, TN

Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey is a Regional Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning journalist who provides coverage on WVLT's online platforms and social media.
Born and raised in Knoxville, Camruinn attended the University of Tennessee, graduating with a degree in Journalism and Electronic Media in 2021 before joining the WVLT team as a digital content producer. Now, he heads up the digital team at the station.
He is a dedicated journalist who finds gratification in providing high-quality, transparent and accurate reporting to the community he grew up in.
In his free time, you'll find Camruinn taking pictures for his photography portfolio, cheering on One Knoxville SC or sobbing into his Tottenham Hotspur scarf.
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Updated: Oct. 30, 2026 at 9:45 AM EDT
|By The Associated Press and Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey
Convicted killer Christa Pike says she remains in constant physical and emotional pain after surviving a botched lethal injection execution in Tennessee.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2026 at 5:25 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
Christa Pike is awake and speaking days after her failed Tennessee execution, according to her attorneys.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Gray News staff and Amanda Alvarado
Witnesses say curtains repeatedly blocked their view during Christa Pike’s failed execution in Tennessee, raising questions about the state’s execution process.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2026 at 10:23 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Kassidy Brown and Dorothy Sedovic
The doctor who oversaw Christa Gail Pike’s lethal injection was also involved in another botched execution earlier this year.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2026 at 10:18 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Gray News staff and Amanda Alvarado
Christa Gail Pike, the only woman on Tennessee’s death row, says she is not afraid to die in a letter written before Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee denied her clemency.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
Tennessee authorities are investigating after they say a woman was caught on camera at a restaurant stealing from a donation jar.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2026 at 4:04 PM EDT
|By Josh Jarnagin, Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
At least 21 students were hospitalized with heat illness, three of them in critical condition, after a middle school in Tennessee was evacuated because of a bomb threat.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Josh Jarnagin and Gray News staff
A tractor-trailer carrying live crabs caught fire on an interstate in Tennessee Wednesday morning, closing an off-ramp.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Amanda Alvarado
A man is accused killing a dog that he intended to eat.
Updated: May 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Brandy Beard
A teenager called hot by a Tennessee school board member during a meeting had strong words for the board, who she says let her and her community down.
Updated: May 4, 2026 at 4:20 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Brandy Beard
Dolly Parton, known as the Queen of Country, shared a health update on social media with “some good news, and a little bad news.”
Updated: Apr. 17, 2026 at 1:54 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Dorothy Sedovic
A truck carrying 1 million bees crashed in Tennessee, unleashing a massive swarm that closed a part of the interstate.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2026 at 7:17 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
A Knoxville woman is facing charges after her 74-year-old father arrived at the hospital covered in sores.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
Authorities say a Mississippi police sergeant has been arrested for driving under the influence.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Dorothy Sedovic
Dolly Parton’s sister is asking for prayers as the country music legend continues to recover from recent health challenges.
Updated: Sep. 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
A Tennessee man is facing charges after police say he threatened to blow up the University of Tennessee Veterinary Hospital.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Emily Van de Riet
A man in Tennessee is facing multiple charges after police said he beat another man, stripped him naked, covered him in bleach, then kidnapped that man’s child.
Updated: May 13, 2025 at 6:05 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
A Tennessee high school teacher is facing several charges of statutory rape.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Andrew McMunn
Captain Stacey Heatherly released a video of herself with her uniform back on for the first time since the crash.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Emily Van de Riet
An ongoing feud between Camping World and a city in Tennessee over a giant American flag has now led to threats against city employees.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Dorothy Sedovic
A mother and daughter from the same household were killed when severe storms ripped through the area Thursday night.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2024 at 5:16 PM EDT
|By Josh Jarnagin, Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Emily Van de Riet
A 15-year-old boy is charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found on a trail in Tennessee.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2024 at 12:33 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Kelly Ann Krueger and Gray News staff
Investigators gathered that the employees used a torch to open the box, not knowing what had been left inside. Once the box started smoking and they realized what was inside, they called 911.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2024 at 4:36 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News Staff
Dolly Parton announced a sizable donation she was making to the community, hoping to give back to the people “who treat her so well.”
Updated: Oct. 2, 2024 at 10:45 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Courtney Allen and Gray News staff
At least two of those employees were killed. Another six, and a contractor, are still missing, according to Impact Plastics.

































