Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey
Digital Content Manager
Knoxville, TN
Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey is an Emmy Award winning-journalist who provides coverage on WVLT's online platforms and social media.
Born and raised in Knoxville, Camruinn 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 or cheering on One Knoxville SC.
Twitter: @camruinn
Instagram: @camruinn
Awards
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.
Updated: Sep. 21, 2024 at 5:17 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Akim Powell
A woman in Tennessee tried to hire an online hitman to kill the wife of a man she met on Match.com, according to authorities.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2024 at 6:58 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Amanda Alvarado
He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II.
Updated: Aug. 8, 2024 at 8:46 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
A student in Tennessee has been critically injured after being hit by a car while she was waiting for her school bus.
Updated: Jul. 9, 2024 at 12:42 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
The band made the announcement Tuesday morning, saying Bonsall died from complications of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS.
Updated: Jul. 4, 2024 at 12:42 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
Serenity Kinsey, 7, was reported missing in Jefferson County around 5 a.m. Thursday after her family noticed she had left her home.
Updated: Jul. 2, 2024 at 1:55 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Debra Worley
A 3-year-old and 5-month-old were pronounced dead at the scene.
Updated: Jun. 21, 2024 at 10:14 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
Wildlife officials in Tennessee say one of their officers helped rescue an injured bald eagle this week.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2024 at 11:43 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation marked the three year anniversary of the girl's disappearance on Friday, releasing a video outlining the latest in the search for her.
Updated: May. 29, 2024 at 1:20 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Debra Worley
Charlotte Hurst said she’s specifically looking for 84 adults and 34 calves.
Updated: May. 9, 2024 at 4:03 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
A zoo says its animal care team is grieving after they had to put down a beloved elephant this week.
Updated: May. 9, 2024 at 12:49 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Dorothy Sedovic
A 22-year-old man was killed as severe storms rolled through the northeastern area of Tennessee.
Updated: Apr. 30, 2024 at 3:12 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
A carbon monoxide gas leak has sent several people to the hospital at a Sam’s Club location in East Knoxville Tuesday morning.
Updated: Mar. 19, 2024 at 9:30 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
Angel, the red-tailed hawk, is leucistic, similar to being albino. While an albino animal loses all of its pigmentation, a leucistic animal only loses part; both conditions, scientists say, can lower survival rates.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2024 at 8:50 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
Meigs County Deputy Robert “RJ” Leonard went missing after arresting a woman Wednesday night, officials with the sheriff’s office and District Attorney Russell Johnson said Thursday afternoon.
Updated: Feb. 13, 2024 at 6:25 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
Kenneth DeHart, the man accused of killing Blount County, Tennessee, Deputy Greg McCowan and injuring Deputy Shelby Eggers, was caught Tuesday in Knox County, according to U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Tennessee David Jolley.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2024 at 1:31 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Dorothy Sedovic
Parton said she’s dropping four never-released songs, along with a few that fans will recognize.
Updated: Dec. 29, 2023 at 5:01 AM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey
The fall happened in the Great Hall area, which has a 32-foot-tall ceiling.
Updated: Dec. 8, 2023 at 4:47 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
The death of a Tennessee nurse who was allegedly pushed down by a patient is being investigated as a homicide, according to Knoxville police.
Updated: Nov. 28, 2023 at 1:07 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
The listing is for an entertainment producer, who would oversee the programs that populate in the app, called the Chick-fil-A PLAY app.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2023 at 12:46 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Debra Worley
Engineers are working to repair the Dollywood Express after it derailed at the beginning of October.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2023 at 5:51 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Andrew McMunn
Officials with the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said two men were aboard the boat, most likely fishing.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2023 at 4:05 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Andrew McMunn
K-9 Officer Eunice is being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, according to the department.
Updated: Jul. 3, 2023 at 2:30 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Andrew McMunn
Dash camera video showing the rollover crash was released by authorities in Tennessee.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2023 at 1:02 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
A 14-year-old was taken into custody, an official at the Tennessee YWCA said.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 3:28 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
The suspect is accused of paying almost $10,000 on Online Killers Market to hire a hitman for a “job.”
Updated: May. 2, 2023 at 8:28 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Andrew McMunn
The family accidentally donated the bear to a Goodwill in Tennessee.
Updated: May. 1, 2023 at 1:26 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Debra Worley
Two high school students in Tennessee ended prom night with a little fishing when they made a big catch.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2023 at 12:32 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
An escaped emu led police on a 20-mile chase after its owner says it got frightened and jumped a fence.
Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 7:47 AM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News Staff
Police officials said that the four officers involved are still on administrative leave, as an internal investigation is still ongoing.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 12:00 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
Officials were quick to assure the public that the incident was contained to the Y-12 complex, and the public does not need to worry about any impact offsite.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 7:33 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Paige Hill and Jordan Gartner
Tennessee authorities say a retail store employee has died in a robbery.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 11:20 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Debra Worley
A Volunteers fan celebrated a little too hard after Tennessee’s winning field goal over Alabama and tore his ACL.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 11:08 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
Rangers responded to the scene and found the cub lying in the road, still breathing.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 10:46 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Debra Worley
The City of Alcoa said the crash happened just after midnight when an American Medical Response ambulance was driving on Alcoa Highway.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 1:15 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Debra Worley
A man in Tennessee is accused of stealing TVs from Walmart and selling them in the parking lot of the store, according to an incident report obtained by WVLT.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2022 at 6:11 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
Authorities in Tennessee are investigating the death of a 17-year-old girl.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 3:24 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Andrew McMunn
A statement provided by the school said that school officials contacted police as soon as they were told about the weapon.
Updated: Jul. 27, 2022 at 8:19 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Andrew McMunn
A Tennessee man was indicted and taken into custody after a woman’s unborn child died following after police say she was “struck or dragged” by the man’s car.
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 2:47 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Debra Worley
According to the documents, Monica Jemison got stuck on the waterslide after flipping onto her stomach and lodging her foot into the roof of the enclosed ride.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 8:26 PM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Jordan Gartner
Recent comments made by a Tennessee state senator when lawmakers were discussing a homeless bill are raising some eyebrows.
Updated: Feb. 26, 2022 at 3:30 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Andrew McMunn
A Jane Doe and her parents have filed a new lawsuit against a Tennessee school district asking them to ban chewing gum and eating in classrooms.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2021 at 12:21 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
Fire officials said that the building is a total loss.
Updated: Dec. 2, 2021 at 5:59 AM EST
|By Kelly Ann Krueger, Savannah Smith, Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, William Puckett and Gray News staff
Officials are planning random drug dog searches to help curb the reported drug problem at the school.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2021 at 12:33 PM EST
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey, Sam Luther and Gray News staff
A Tenn. man is in custody after allegedly threatening Little Caesars employees after he was told his pizza would take ten minutes to make.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 11:02 AM EDT
|By Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey and Gray News staff
Estimates said Carter caused over $3,000 in damages due to clean up and contamination of products.
Updated: Jul. 8, 2021 at 2:34 PM EDT
|By Debra Worley and Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey
An officer with the Knoxville Police Department was knocked unconscious at a wedding after allegedly making racist comments.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2021 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Amanda Hara and Camruinn Morgan-Rumsey
Multiple gunshot victims including an officer at Austin-East High School.