The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal accident in North Knoxville.
Police were called to the accident involving a motorcycle and a car Friday night in the 7300 block of Green Estates Way off of East Beaver Creek and remained on the scene for several hours.
No word if any charges will be filed.
Our thoughts and prayers to those impacted by this death.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 1/1 Tennessee dropped both games of a doubleheader against Texas A&M on Saturday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
It was a day to forget for the Volunteers (28-4, 9-3 SEC), as the Aggies (16-15, 3-9 SEC) launched an offensive barrage, combining for 26 runs while hitting 11 homers over the two games, just one day after being no-hit in a 10-0 loss to open the series.
For Tennessee, Saturday’s losses snapped a program-record streak of 12 consecutive SEC series wins. The Vols’ last series loss prior to this weekend came on the road at Alabama in the first conference series of last season.
Texas A&M pulled ahead in the middle innings and continued to add to its lead with a three-run eighth inning to essentially put the game away and win the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, 9-3.
Starting with a run in the fourth to tie the game at two, the Aggies scored in five consecutive innings and finished with four home runs for the game.
Dalton Bargo, Hunter Ensley and Stone Lawless drove in the Vols’ three runs with a solo homer and a pair of RBI singles, respectively.
Marcus Phillips was stuck with his first loss of the year after giving up four runs on five hits in 4.2 innings.
Chris Newstrom got the start in left field and was the lone Vol to have multiple hits in the game, finishing 2-for-3 with a run scored.
Leadoff man Terrence Kiel II and catcher Bear Harrison both had three-hit performances for Texas A&M while Jace LaViolette and Caden Sorrell had two RBIs apiece.
Texas A&M carried its momentum over from game one with a three-run top of the first in game two of Saturday’s twin bill. Bear Harrison hit the first of seven Aggies’ home runs for the game as they clinched the series with a 17-6 victory in eight innings.
After falling behind 4-0, Tennessee looked to gain some momentum with two runs in the bottom of the third to cut its deficit in half, however, Texas A&M squashed that immediately with a six-run top of the fourth, followed by four more runs in the fifth to build a commanding 14-2 lead.
Wyatt Henseler led the way for the Aggies with three hits and five RBIs, including a pair of long balls. Second baseman Ben Royo also homered twice for A&M.
Four Vols finished with multiple hits in the game in Dean Curley, Dalton Bargo, Chris Newstrom and Cannon Peebles. Newstrom was a bright spot for the Big Orange throughout the doubleheader, finishing with a pair of multi-hit games and four total hits for the day.
Hunter Ensley also drove in three runs with a home run into the porches in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Tegan Kuhns suffered his first loss of the year after allowing four runs on four hits and three walks in just 2.2 innings. Fellow freshman Brayden Krenzel also had a rough outing, surrendering five runs in just one inning of relief.
Junior lefthander Myles Patton earned the win for the Aggies after striking out seven batters over six innings of work.
Tennessee will look to regroup against Alabama State on Tuesday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium before heading to Oxford for a big series at Ole Miss next weekend.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 7 Tennessee split its Saturday doubleheader but secured a series victory over No. 17 Mississippi State, dominating in Game 3 at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.
Mississippi State (31-10, 7-5 SEC) took Game 1 of the twin bill with a strong 12-4 performance, forcing a rubber match in the series finale. Tennessee (32-8, 7-5 SEC) bounced back in the second game, delivering an impressive all-around effort to claim their 18th run-rule victory of the season in an 8-0 win over the Bulldogs.
McKenna Gibson, Taylor Pannell, and Saviya Morgan all posted three hits across the two games. Gibson added a walk, four RBIs, and hit two home runs, bringing her season total to nine. Morgan contributed with two runs scored, while Pannell hit her 13th home run of the season and crossed the plate three times. Gabby Leach also shined in the second game, going 2-for-2 with two runs, two RBIs, and a walk-off home run.
Karlyn Pickens continued to prove why she is one of the most valuable players in the country as she fired a one-hit five-inning complete-game shutout in the series finale. The right-hander walked one and notched four strikeouts en route to her 15th victory of the season.
For the weekend, Pickens tossed two complete-game shutouts, allowing just five hits and one walk with 10 strikeouts across 10 innings of work.
Game 1: #7 Tennessee 4, #17 Mississippi State 12 (6 innings)
Mississippi State took control early, scoring eight runs in the first inning, fueled by back-to-back home runs. The Bulldogs added to their lead with a bloop RBI single followed by a two-run single. A groundout and a bases-loaded walk scored two more before a sac fly drove in MSU’s final run of the opening frame.
Tennessee got a run back off an RBI single from Sophia Nugent, cutting Mississippi State’s lead to 8-1.
The Bulldogs extended their lead in the third with a two-run double, pushing the score to 10-1. McKenna Gibson’s two-run homer in the bottom of the third pulled Tennessee closer at 10-4, but Mississippi State answered with back-to-back solo homers in the sixth, extending their lead to 12-4.
Erin Nuwer (5-2) started for Tennessee, giving up four runs on three hits and a walk in just four batters faced. Sage Mardjetko followed out of the bullpen, surrendering four runs in 0.1 innings. Peyton Tanner pitched 5.2 innings, allowing four runs on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts.
Game 2: #7 Tennessee 8, #17 Mississippi State 0 (5 innings)
Tennessee came out swinging in Game 2, scoring early in the second inning. After Gabby Leach was hit by a pitch, Saviya Morgan singled up the middle of the infield, followed by a center-field single from Kinsey Fiedler, which brought Leach home for the game’s first run.
Taylor Pannell then launched a three-run homer to left, extending the Lady Vols’ advantage to 4-0. McKenna Gibson added to the lead with her third home run in as many games, making it 5-0.
The Lady Vols kept the pressure on in the third. Laura Mealer led off with a double, and after a walk and a stolen base by Ella Dodge put two runners in scoring position, Leach laid down a bunt single to drive in Mealer. A fielding error on the play allowed Dodge to come around and score for a 7-0 lead.
Leach sealed the game in the fifth inning with a walk-off solo home run, earning Tennessee its 18th run-rule victory of the season.
DUE UP
Tennessee will travel to Austin, Texas, for a three-game series against the No. 1 Longhorns. The series begins Friday at 9 p.m. ET on ESPNU, followed by Game 2 on Saturday at 6 p.m. on ESPN. The finale is scheduled for Sunday at 1 p.m. on SECN+.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – For the second time this season, top-ranked Tennessee tossed a combined no-hitter as Liam Doyle and Dylan Loy mowed through the Texas A&M lineup in a 10-0, seven-inning run-rule win in front of a record-setting crowd of 6,544 on Friday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Doyle was dominant throughout, striking out eight batters while allowing two walks over six shutout innings to earn the win and improve to 5-1 on the year. The junior lefty did not pitch the final inning after developing a blister on his throwing hand.
Fellow southpaw Dylan Loy closed out the no-no by retiring the Aggies in order in the top of the seventh inning.
The Vols (28-2, 9-1 SEC) scored eight of their 10 runs via the long ball, hitting four home runs on the night.
Andrew Fischer blasted two over the right-field wall to increase his team-leading total to 13, including a solo homer to open the scoring in the second inning, followed by a three-run shot off the videoboard to make it 4-0 in the third inning.
Dean Curley extended the Tennessee lead to five runs with a solo home run in the fifth inning before the Vols exploded for five more runs in the bottom of the sixth, capped by a Hunter Ensley three-run opposite field blast to send the run-rule into effect.
Eight of UT’s nine starters finished with a hit while the first four batters in the order – Curley, Dalton Bargo, Ensley and Fischer – all had two hits and at least one RBI.
Friday night’s no-hitter was the first by an SEC team in league play since Vanderbilt threw a combined no-hitter in a win over Kentucky on April 22, 2022.
This marks the second season in which Tennessee has recorded multiple no-hitters in a single season with the other occurrence coming in 1976 when it happened three times.
The Vols have now tossed five combined no-hitters and 10 total no-hitters in program history.
With inclement weather in the forecast on Sunday, the Vols and Aggies will wrap up this weekend’s series with a doubleheader tomorrow starting at 3 p.m. Game two of the doubleheader will begin at approximately 7 p.m. or 45 minutes following the conclusion of game one.
Both games are slated to be full, nine-inning contests and will be streamed on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 7 Tennessee opened its three-game series against No. 17 Mississippi State with an 8-0 run-rule victory Friday night at Sherri Lee Parker Stadium.
The Lady Vols (31-7, 6-4 SEC) wasted no time, striking first in the bottom of the first inning. Kinsey Fiedler crushed a two-run homer, her second of the season, to give Tennessee a 2-0 lead.
The offense kept rolling in the frame as Taylor Pannell worked a walk following two illegal pitches by Mississippi State (30-9, 6-4 SEC) before McKenna Gibson got hit to put two runners on. Sophia Nugent followed with an RBI single to left field, extending the lead to 3-0.
In the fifth inning, Tennessee’s bats exploded once again. McKenna Gibson led off with a solo homer, her seventh of the season, to make it 4-0. Nugent and Laura Mealer kept the pressure on with back-to-back singles, and Gabby Leach walked to load the bases.
With two outs, Emma Clarke came through with a clutch pinch-hit two-run double, pushing the advantage to 6-0. Fiedler then capped the game with a walk-off single to right, enforcing the run rule and securing Tennessee’s 17th run-rule win of the season.
IN THE CIRCLE
Karlyn Pickens (14-4) delivered a dominant performance, striking out six and allowing just four hits in a five-inning shutout. She worked her way out of an early jam in the first inning when Mississippi State put runners in scoring position with no outs. Pickens responded by retiring the next three batters, preventing the Bulldogs from scoring. The right-hander lowered her ERA to 0.98 in the outing.
NOTABLE PERFORMERS
Fiedler led the offense, going 3-for-4 with four RBIs, including her two-run homer.
Gibson finished 1-for-1 with a walk, a hit-by-pitch, and launched her 40th career home run, tying her for sixth on Tennessee’s all-time list with Zaida Puni.
Mealer went 2-for-3 with a run scored, while Nugent also posted a 2-for-3 line with an RBI.
DUE UP
Tennessee is set to play a doubleheader on Saturday, with the first game starting at 4 p.m. ET on SEC Network. The series finale will follow at approximately 6:30 p.m. ET and will be streamed on SEC Network+.
McMinn County, TN (WOKI) Authorities in McMinn County are warning of a new scam involving individuals posing as agents with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol.
The McMinn County Sheriff’s Office says the scam cost an elderly man tens of thousands of dollars.
MCSO says the victim was called in March by someone claiming to be a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent. The “agent” told the man that the victim was connected to drugs and money seized at the southern border, and he needed to pay.
The man complied, withdrawing large sums of cash from several banks and placing the money in a shoe box for pickup at his house by one of the scammers.
MCSO says that federal and local law enforcement will never call asking for money.
Maryville, TN (WOKI) A Maryville Police Department officer is recovering at home after being injured Thursday evening in a crash.
MPD officials say the officer, a man, was on his motorcycle responding to another motor vehicle accident when the crash in which he was involved occurred.
MPD says the officer was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash and was reported in stable condition Thursday.
The officer was released from the hospital Friday afternoon to continue recovering at home.
No additional details on the crash have been released.
(Sevier County, TN – WVLT/ WOKI) Firefighters with the Pigeon Forge Fire Department battle a cabin fire this (Friday) morning.
Sevier County EMA Director Joe Ayers says that crews were called to the cabin on Eagle Crest Way and found an unoccupied cabin was fully involved with multiple crews assisting in the fire.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
The City of Sevierville Fire Department assisted with covering calls in Pigeon Forge while crews were battling the fire.
The Knoxville Police Department is investigating a shooting with multiple victims that happened early Friday morning outside of the BucketHead Tavern in West Knoxville.
At around 1:15 a.m. on Friday, April 4, 2024, KPD officers responded to a report of shots fired in the parking lot of BucketHead Tavern on Ray Mears Boulevard.
Responding officers found three gunshot victims on scene, all of which were transported to an area hospital. While officers were on scene, a fourth gunshot victim arrived at the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center via a personal vehicle. The victims — three men and one woman — sustained injuries that believed to be non-life-threatening at this time.
Based on a preliminary review of available surveillance video, the suspect appeared to be a Black male wearing dark clothing and driving a dark-colored sedan.
The investigation remains in the early stages and is ongoing. Anyone with information that could assist the investigation is urged to contact East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers anonymously at 865-215-7165.
More information will be released as the investigation progresses.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Vol Network will launch its 77th season of Tennessee football coverage this fall and feature a gameday broadcast team headlined by new “Voice of the Vols” Mike Keith.
VFL and 11-year NFL standout Ramon Foster will join Keith as the new booth analyst. In addition, Vol Network stalwarts Brent Hubbs and VFL Jayson Swain will return with expanded roles.
Foster starred for the Vols from 2005-08 after redshirting in 2004. A team captain, he played in 44 games with 28 offensive line starts and was a second-team All-SEC honoree on the Vols’ 2007 SEC Eastern Division championship team.
Foster joined the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2009 where he established himself as one of the most consistent and respected players during his tenure. In total, Foster started 145 of the 160 games he played in from 2009-19 with both of those figures ranking as the second most in team history at the guard position. A member of four AFC North divisional championship teams, he still works closely with the NFL and NFLPA.
Foster has been a mainstay on Vol Network affiliate 104.5 FM The Zone in Nashville since August of 2020. He co-hosts Ramon, Kayla and Will on the station weekdays from 6-10 a.m. CT. He served as the sideline reporter for Tennessee Titans radio the past two seasons, and he hosts The Ramon Foster Show, a podcast focused on Steelers’ coverage.
“We are thrilled to congratulate Ramon Foster on his exciting new role as the color analyst for the Vol Network, representing the SEC powerhouse University of Tennessee Volunteers,” said Allison Warren, VP/Market Manager with Cumulus Nashville. As a former player for Tennessee, this is truly a homecoming for Ramon, and we couldn’t be more pleased to see him join the Vol Network family.
“Ramon has been a strong and influential voice for 104.5 The Zone and Zone TV, with over 11 seasons in the NFL and a successful college playing career. This is a natural next step for him, and we are incredibly proud of his achievements. The Zone and Zone TV have been long-time partners of the Vol Network, and we are honored to continue our collaboration as the Nashville affiliate airing the Vol Network. Congratulations, Ramon!”
Entering his fifth season on the network, Swain will provide analysis and be joined by Foster and Hubbs on “Big Orange Countdown.” Swain will co-host the broadcast’s halftime and postgame shows. The VFL and team captain starred for the Vols from 2003-06 and was a member of the Vols’ 2004 SEC Eastern Division title team. He signed with the Chicago Bears and still ranks seventh all-time in UT career receptions with 126.
Swain co-hosts the Josh and Swain show weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 99.1 FM The Sports Animal in Knoxville. He has hosted his own podcast, The Swain Event, since 2009.
Hubbs will serve as sideline reporter, giving fans updates from the field throughout the game. The 32-year Vol Network veteran will continue to host “Big Orange Countdown” to kick off the network’s pregame coverage. He will also conduct the Vol Network’s exclusive postgame interview with Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel.
Keith returned to Rocky Top earlier this year after spending the last 26 years as the “Voice of the Tennessee Titans.” Along with being named Tennessee’s Sportscaster of the Year 12 times and winning 20+ Associated Press awards, Keith owns a 1997 Edward R. Murrow Award for nationwide excellence in reporting. He is a member of five Halls of Fame, including the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame, TSSAA Hall of Fame, BGA Hall of Fame and the University of Tennessee Baseball Hall of Fame.
Fans will get a preview of the new broadcast team for the Orange & White Game presented by Cherokee Resorts & Entertainment on April 12 in Neyland Stadium. Vol Network radio affiliates will be on the air at 2 p.m. ET, including locally in Knoxville on WNML-FM 99.1 and AM 990. A live audio stream will also be available on UTsports.com and the Tennessee Athletics App.
Tickets for the spring game are on sale now at AllVols.com.
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