COLUMBIA, S.C. – No. 7 Tennessee needed extra innings Saturday night to knock off 23rd-ranked South Carolina at Beckham Field, 2-1, to extend its nation-leading 16-game win streak. Sophomore Camryn Sarvis had the clutch at-bat in the 10th inning, hitting a sacrifice fly to score sophomore Taylor Pannell from third. Initially called out at home, Tennessee challenged the ruling which was…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 7/8 Tennessee burst out of the gates with eight runs over the first three innings and never looked back in a dominant 15-3 run-rule victory to open its weekend series against No. 17 Ole Miss on a rainy Friday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Volunteers (20-3, 2-2 SEC) added two more…… MORE
Nashville, TN (WOKI) Officials with the Metro Nashville Police Department have confirmed that a body found Friday in the Cumberland River is that of missing University of Missouri student, 22-year-old Riley Strain. Metro Nashville Police Department Chief John Drake addressed media from the Cumberland River in West Nashville where Strain’s body was recovered Friday morning.…… MORE
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Ijams Nature Center officials issue a warning Friday about Mead’s Quarry Lake. Officials say you should not swim in the Quarry right now and neither should your pets. The lake is suffering a temporary algae bloom which Ijams says has the potential to be toxic to both people and pets. The bloom…… MORE
Alcoa, TN (WOKI) The Alcoa Police Department responded to a deadly crash Friday morning. According to the department, the crash happened at the intersection of East Lincoln Road and Southbound Hall Road. As of Friday morning, traffic was being rerouted to Joule Street and onto Rankin Road. APD did not release any more information, except…… MORE
Sumner County, TN (WOKI / WVLT) It’s been nearly a month since an autistic teen disappeared from his Sumner County home, and now the search area is expanding to include West Tennessee. The father of missing 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers tells our news partner WVLT he is searching Natchez Trace State Park as it is a…… MORE
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Graduate Payton Gottshall made history Thursday night as she notched her 1,000th career strikeout in the seventh inning against Western Carolina as she shut the door on a 6-0 Lady Vol victory at Catamount Softball Complex. Tennessee (23-4) extends its nation-leading win streak to 15 in a row with its 13th shutout of the year. Coming out…… MORE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – For the third consecutive season, the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team claimed a first-round victory in the NCAA Tournament, this time with an 83-49 decision Thursday night against No. 15-seeded Saint Peter’s. Sixth-ranked, second-seeded Tennessee (25-8, 14-4 SEC) led wire-to-wire at Spectrum Center and got a game-best 23 points from fifth-year guard Dalton…… MORE
Sevier County, TN (WOKI) The pilot involved in a 2021 Sevier County helicopter crash that killed one person has been indicted for reckless homicide. Police say in December of 2021, Matthew Jones was flying in Sevier County with one passenger before crashing along Hooper Highway near Apple Tree Lane. A National Transportation Safety Board report…… MORE
Middlesboro, KY (WOKI) The Middlesboro Kentucky Police Department says there is a “significant development” in the death of 17-month-old Elena Hembree. The MPD says an extensive investigation and a DNA result showing a lack of male DNA confirm their findings that the girl’s mother, Erica Lawson, is responsible for the little girl’s death. She is…… MORE
