Update: 17 year-old Aliza France has been found safe.
Original Story: Police are asking for help to find a missing teen from Lenoir City.
17-year-old Aliza France left her home off Antioch Church Road East in Lenoir City early this morning (Monday).
Detectives with the Loudon County Sheriff’s Office say that France was last seen wearing a black shirt and black sweatpants and is described as is 5′2″, 180 pounds with long, brown, curly hair and hazel eyes.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Loudon County E-911 Center by calling (865) 458-9081.
Youth Violence Protection Week has kicked off at the John T. O’Connor Senior Center in Knoxville.
It focuses on stopping violence in the community, both domestic violence and youth violence towards other youths.
The City of Knoxville’s Office of Community Safety & Empowerment is running different events throughout the week with different resources available to the community that aim to combat youth violence.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating a crash in Greene County involving a tree that went through a car.
The South Greene Volunteer Fire Department says only one person suffered minor injuries in Saturday’s crash in the 4000 block of Houston Valley Road.
When crews arrived, they found the car with two people, including a juvenile, trapped inside and a tree going through it.
Officials say it appears the car left the road and hit a fallen tree along an embankment which went through the windshield and protruded out of the left rear door.
The driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
Knoxville Police are searching for a suspect wanted for attempted murder following a shooting at an apartment complex.
27-year-old Jevess Craigmire is wanted on several charges, including attempted first-degree murder and especially aggravated robbery, stemming from a shooting at an apartment complex on Dandridge Avenue early Saturday morning.
The 31 year-old victim was taken to the hospital after being shot “at least one time” and she is in stable condition.
Anyone with information regarding Craigmire’s whereabouts is asked to contact East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers at 865-215-7165.
An investigation is underway following the death of a Rod Run participant on the Parkway in Pigeon Forge.
The Pigeon Forge Police Department says a man was traveling on a scooter near the Parkway and Jake Thomas Road late Thursday night when a car door was opened. Chief Richie Catlett says he’s not sure what was going on at the time but it is a horrible accident.
This (Sunday) morning at 9:33 AM, Knox County 911 received a call from a passerby on Chapman Highway advising that Wheels Auto Sales at 6246 Chapman Highway appeared to be on fire. The caller advised that smoke was coming from the building.
On the arrival of the first KFD engine company, the officer advised that they had a working fire in a single-story building on the car lot.
KFD crews immediately began to attack the fire but had extreme difficulty reaching the bulk of it due to the large number of items stored within the building. Crews had to work to clear a path to find the location where the majority of the fire was.
The Incident Commander deemed the fire under control within 20 minutes of the arrival of KFD.
One firefighter was treated and released on the scene for a minor injury.
The building has suffered significant fire damage.
The structure is not sprinkled or alarmed.
Knoxville Fire Department investigators are on the scene working to determine a cause.
An investigation is underway after a Knox County Sheriff’s Office Deputy attempted to stop a car on Chapman Highway for a traffic violation when the suspect fled and crashed into a South Knoxville business.
It happened last night (Sunday), in the 6200 block of Chapman Highway at the former Kay’s Ice Cream.
The driver, who has outstanding warrants, was taken to the hospital for minor injuries. The restaurant was closed at the time of the incident, and there are no other injuries. The driver is now facing additional charges in addition to the outstanding warrants.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – A record-setting performance from Christian Moore along with contributions from a variety of others led No. 2/4 Tennessee to a 13-11 victory and a huge road series win against No. 3/3 Kentucky on Sunday afternoon in front of another sellout crowd in Lexington.
Moore tied the single-game program record with three home runs and finished the day with four runs scored and six RBIs to lead the Big Orange to their fifth straight SEC series win.
His first homer opened the scoring in the third inning and gave the Vols an early 2-0 lead, but the Wildcats quickly responded with six unanswered runs over the next three innings to take a 6-2 lead.
UT (33-7, 12-6 SEC) fought back, however, and scored five runs in the top of the sixth to retake the lead as Blake Burke, Billy Amick, Dylan Dreiling and Cannon Peebles all drove in runs in the inning to put the Vols back ahead, 7-6.
After a two-run homer by Grant Smith put UK back in front in the bottom of the sixth, it was Moore who tied things back up in the top of the seventh with his second long ball of the day. Kavares Tears put Tennessee back in front with his only hit of the game, a two-run shot into the bullpen in right field.
Another Wildcats’ home run in the bottom of the seventh cut the deficit to one, but Moore saved his best for last, hammering a 1-0 pitch over the left-field wall in the top of the eighth for a three-run blast that proved to be the game-winning hit.
Kentucky (32-7, 15-3 SEC) didn’t go down without a fight, hitting back-to-back solo homers in the bottom of the ninth before bringing the tying run to the plate with two outs, but sophomore righthander Marcus Phillips came on to record the final out and record his second save of the year.
The top six batters in UT’s order combined for all 11 of the team’s hits to go along with 11 RBIs and 10 runs scored.
Burke and Dean Curley joined Moore as Vols who posted multi-hit efforts, finishing with two apiece. Burke’s two singles extended his program-record long hitting streak to an incredible 30 straight games.
Kirby Connell picked up his fourth win of the year after a gritty relief outing of 4.1 innings. Kentucky reliever Travis Smith got the loss after allowing five runs on four hits in just one inning of work.
STAT OF THE GAME: Moore became the seventh player in program history to hit three home runs in a game and just the fourth to do so in an SEC game, joining Evan Russell (vs. Vanderbilt and LSU in 2021), Todd Helton (vs. Arkansas in 1995) and Rusty Ensor (vs. Vanderbilt in 1981). Moore is also the second Vol to homer three times in a game this season, joining fellow middle infielder Dean Curley, who did so against Kansas State on March 5.
With his record-setting performance, Moore also moved into sole possession of UT’s career home run lead, passing Burke for the first time. The Brooklyn, New York, native, now has 46 career homers and leads the team with 19 on the year, including 13 in conference play.
UP NEXT: Tennessee returns to Knoxville to kick off a five-game homestand on Tuesday night against Western Carolina. The Vols then host Missouri for a Thursday through Saturday series at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The fourth-ranked Lady Vols used a three-run sixth inning to take the rubber match and the series victory against No. 7 LSU at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium on Sunday.
Tennessee (34-8, 14-4 SEC) has won seven consecutive conference series dating to its final series of the 2023 season against South Carolina. It has also won 14 of its last 15 league series dating to the final SEC weekend of the 2022 campaign.
Sophomore Karlyn Pickens produced another incredible outing in the circle, throwing six shutout innings en route to her 16th win of the season. The right-hander fanned seven and walked four in the outing, while scattering four hits on the day.
Graduate Payton Gottshall entered the circle to close out the contest, picking up her second save of the year with a flawless seventh inning.
LSU (35-10, 11-10 SEC) had the first opportunity to break through, threatening with runners on second and third with one out in the second inning, but Pickens delivered a strikeout before inducing a groundout to end the frame.
After collecting just three hits in the first five innings of action, the Tennessee bats came alive in the sixth, sparked by a Rylie West double off the center-field wall with one out in the inning. A walk and hit-by-pitch loaded the bases, setting the stage for senior Giulia Koutsoyanopulos, who hammered a two-out, full-count pitch off the right-field wall for a two-run double.
Koutsoyanopulos finished the game 2-for-3 at the plate.
Freshman Gabby Leach followed up Koutsoyanopulos’ two-RBI double with an RBI single up the middle for the third run of the inning, proving to be more than enough run support for Gottshall in the seventh.
Sydney Berzon pitched all six innings for the Tigers, allowing three runs on six hits. McKenzie Redoutey had two of LSU’s four hits, including a double in the third.
STAT OF THE DAY The Lady Vols held No. 7 LSU to just one run over the weekend as Payton Gottshall and Karlyn Pickens owned the circle for 21 innings. The pitching duo combined for 17 strikeouts, four walks, allowed just two extra-base hits and held the Tigers to a .127 batting average.
UP NEXT: The Lady Vols are back in action this Tuesday, April 23, taking on Belmont at 6:00 p.m. ET at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium.
