Anderson County, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The Sheriff’s Office has identified the pilot killed in a plane crash Friday in Anderson County.
Officials with the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office say 45-year-old James Evan Scarlett died when his single-engine Piper PA-32 crashed Friday night in the woods along Raccoon Valley Road and the Ashley Lane area.
ACSO also confirming that Scarlett, the CEO of Scarlett Machinery Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was the only person on board at the time of the crash.
James Evan Scarlett, 45 (Courtesy: Scarlett Machinery on Facebook)
An investigation into the crash is being conducted by the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
ORIGINAL STORY: The FAA confirms that one person has died in a plane crash in Anderson county.
The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office says the Single-engine Piper plane crashed Friday night in the woods along Raccoon Valley Road and Ashley Lane area.
Parts were found in the Tillery Road area as well as pieces of the plane, along with luggage, found in that Ashley Lane area.
The FAA says two people were on board. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will assist in leading the investigation.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) UPDATE: The daughter of a Knoxville council member is identified as the victim in a fatal weekend car crash in West Knoxville.
Officials with the Knox County Sheriff’s Office say 21 year-old Kylie Roberto was killed in Sunday night’s accident on Schaeffer Road.
Preliminary investigation suggests that one vehicle crossed the center line, hitting the other head-on.
KCSO says speed and alcohol are contributing factors, and charges are pending.
Kylie is the daughter of Knoxville 2nd District Council member Andrew Roberto who took to Facebook to post about the incident.
The investigation remains active and ongoing.
ORIGINAL STORY: The Knox County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal car crash in West Knoxville.
It happened tonight (Sunday) on Schaeffer Road and preliminary investigation suggests that one vehicle crossed the center line, hitting the other head-on.
Speed and alcohol are contributing factors, and charges are pending. The road is closed and is expected to re-open by 11:30 p.m.
The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help finding a missing teen.
15-year-old Aylah McCullah was last seen early yesterday (Sunday) on Fox Den Lane in LaFollette.
McCullah is described as being 5′7″ tall and 110 pounds with black eyeglasses, CCSO said. She was last seen wearing a pink shirt, tan jacket and black Converse shoes and carrying a purple backpack.
Police say she could be headed to Alabama.
Anyone with information regarding McCullah’s whereabouts is asked to contact the CCSO at 423-562-8095.
Update: The non-custodial mother of two of the three children at the center of a TBI Endangered Child Alert, Tiara Shelton has turned herself into Knoxville Police.
4 year-old Josh Hollins and 20 month old Jaisy Hollins were found Saturday effectively canceling the alert but detectives are still searching for her 17 year-old son Raymond.
If you have any information, please contact Knoxville Police.
Two of the three children at the center of a TBI Endangered Child Alert are found but the non-custodial mother and another child have not been located.
4 year-old Josh Hollins and 20 month old Jaisy Hollins were found Saturday effectively canceling the alert but detectives are still searching for their mother 34 year-old Tiara Shelton and her son Raymond.
If you have any information, please contact Knoxville Police.
Knoxville Police are investigating a shooting in Inskip.
It happened Saturday night in the 4200 block of 4204 Bruhin Road in a parking lot at Inskip Park.
A man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. A 16-year-old male has been arrested and charged with multiple offenses, including aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.
KPD believes the shooting followed a pre-arranged transaction between the suspect and the victim.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A big day at the plate from Christian Moore and a solid group effort from the pitching staff led No. 4/4 Tennessee to an 8-4 victory over No. 25/NR LSU on Sunday afternoon in front of another capacity crowd at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, completing the series sweep against the Tigers.
The win was the eighth straight for the Volunteers over the Bayou Bengals in Knoxville, including the second consecutive regular-season sweep (2021).
Moore drove in half of Tennessee’s runs with a pair of homers, moving him into a tie with Blake Burke atop the Vols’ career home run list with 42 for his career.
Burke also hit his 42nd career long ball on Sunday, opening the scoring with a two-run shot into the porches in the third inning. The junior first baseman added to his SEC-leading doubles total, as well, hammering an 0-0 pitch off the wall in right center in the seventh inning.
Zander Sechrist gave UT another solid start on the mound despite receiving a no-decision. The senior lefty had five strikeouts, scattered six hits and allowed two runs in 5.2 innings of work before handing the ball off to the bullpen.
Andrew Behnke and Kirby Connell combined for 1.1 innings before Aaron Combs slammed the door with two spotless innings to close the game and earn his first-career save. Behnke struck out the only batter he faced but was credited with his first-career win.
Moore’s first home run of the day, a solo blast to left field in the bottom of the sixth, broke a 2-2 tie after LSU had just pulled even with a run in the top of the inning.
The Vols (30-6, 10-5 SEC) added five runs over the next two innings to give themselves some breathing room. Moore’s second round tripper turned out the be the game-winning hit, as he sent a 2-2 pitch from Tigers’ reliever Gavin Guidry into the second deck of the porches to plate three more runs for the Big Orange.
After Tommy White cut LSU’s deficit in half with a two-run homer in the top of the eighth, a Cal Stark bloop double in the bottom of the inning tacked on two more insurance runs for UT and rounded out the scoring for the game.
The Tigers (22-15, 3-12 SEC) went quietly in the ninth, as Combs retired the side in order to finish off the Vols’ first SEC series sweep this year.
STAT OF THE GAME: Tennessee has now swept 14 SEC regular-season series during head coach Tony Vitello‘s seven years as head coach after posting just two series sweeps in conference play from 2012-17.
UP NEXT: The Vols host Bellarmine on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. before hitting the road for a weekend series at No. 8/8 Kentucky next weekend, which will feature the top two teams in the eastern division standings.
STARKVILLE, Miss. – With a stellar offensive performance from senior Zaida Puni, the fourth-ranked Lady Vols subdued the No. 16 Bulldogs on Sunday, taking down Mississippi State 7-3 at Nusz Park to clinch the series victory.
Leading Tennessee’s (32-7, 12-3 SEC) offensive efforts, Puni went 3-for-4 at the plate, blasting two balls over the fence and finishing the game with three runs, three hits and three RBI’s.
The Carson, California native now leads the Big Orange with 10 home runs and her performance at the plate marks the sixth time she’s sent two out of the yard in a single game.
Sophomore Taylor Pannell jump-started the Tennessee offense with a longball to left field at the top of the second – her fourth homer of the season – and went 1-for-3 at the plate.
Finishing with a pair of RBIs, a double from senior McKenna Gibson brought Laura Mealer and Kiki Milloy home to put the Lady Vols up 3-0 early in the third.
Mississippi State (29-12, 9-9 SEC) finally cracked the scoresheet in the bottom of the fourth inning when right-fielder Paige Cook cranked a longball over center field – driving in three runs to make the game 5-3.
Junior Sophia Nugent went 1-for-4 on the day with one RBI, batting a single that sent Puni across the plate to finalize the score 7-3 and secure Tennessee’s fifth SEC series win of the year.
Controlling the circle was graduate Payton Gottshall who came in on relief and ended the day with no hits, no runs and six strikeouts to earn her 15th win of the season.
Making the start for Tennessee was sophomore Karlyn Pickens, who scattered three hits, three strikeouts and allowed three runs in her 3.1 innings pitched.
For the Bulldogs, Aspen Wesley made the start and took the loss after giving up four hits and five runs. Wesley tossed two strikeouts and walked one before being relieved by Saturday’s starter Josey Marron.
Marron finished the game yielding two runs and four hits with five strikeouts.
STAT(S) OF THE DAY Tennessee has now won 13 of its last 14 conference series following its victory over Mississippi State on Sunday to clinch the three-game set.
When leading after four innings, the Lady Vols are 28-0 this season.
UP NEXT Tennessee is set to host LSU at Sherri Parker Lee Stadium in a three-game series beginning on Friday, April 19 at 6 p.m. ET.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The fourth spring of the Josh Heupel era of Tennessee football culminated with Orange topping White, 21-14, in the annual Orange & White Game on a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Neyland Stadium.
Heupel joined men’s basketball head coach Rick Barnes and the 2023-24 SEC champion Vols for Vol Walk prior to the game. Multiple VFLs were on hand for a Homecoming, including Super Bowl champion Trey Smith and current NFL teammates Joshua Dobbs and Jauan Jennings.
“It was a great day just getting our players’ families back here into town, having an opportunity to see them before the game and then obviously afterwards,” Heupel said. “I enjoyed Vol Walk—the opportunity to honor our basketball program and everything that those guys accomplished this past regular season. Great group of guys, too. You look at Santiago Vescovi and Josiah-Jordan James, what they’ve meant to this program and how selfless those guys were inside of the basketball program. It was awesome to be a part of honoring them today, too.”
Quarterback Nico Iamaleava saw limited action and finished 7-of-9 for 96 yards and one touchdown. Backup quarterback Gaston Moore was 12-of-18 for 184 yards and two touchdowns, while true freshman Jake Merklinger completed 5-of-7 passes for 105 yards and one score.
The defense dominated the first quarter before Dayton Sneed put the White team on the board, hauling in a 13-yard pass from Moore to finish off a nine-play, 60-yard drive. Merklinger, leading the third team offense, tied it for Orange on a 26-yard rushing score with 5:07 to go in the second quarter.
A 28-point second quarter continued when Iamaleava found Nimrod down the far sideline for a 27-yard touchdown pass. Moore responded for the second team offense with one of the big plays of the day as time expired in the first half. The fifth-year senior fired a beautiful pass to true freshman Mike Matthews, who finished off a 63-yard strike to make it a 14 all tie at the half.
Tulane transfer Chris Brazzell II got in on the big-play action when he streaked down the near sideline for a 71-yard bomb from Merklinger with 7:43 left in the third quarter. Brazzell’s touchdown was the final scoring margin for Orange.
“This is the deepest wide receiver pool that we’ve had,” Heupel said. “Now there’s a lot of young guys within our system that still have a lot of growth that we’ve got to make before we get to the opener but really before we get to training camp too. That’s freshmen transfers, young guys inside of our system, but I love the competitiveness of that group. They’ve made plays. Fundamentally they’re getting so much better with releases, the ball not in their hands, how they’re blocking, understanding how to stand and work with second and third level defenders.”
True freshman Edwin Spillman, who enrolled in March, led all defenders with six tackles and one sack. Defensive back Christian Harrison has six tackles and one sack. True freshman safety Boo Carter added three tackles and one tackle for loss. Linebackers Jeremiah Telander notched two sacks, and Caleb Herring, Nathan Robinson and Bryson Eason each collected one sack.
The Vols held out multiple starters out of precaution and allowed all three units to see significant action.
At halftime, Heupel presented awards for the 2023 season to members of the squad in attendance on Saturday. Recipients included: Jacob Warren (Mickey O’Brien Award), Aaron Beasley (Bill Majors Award), Hunter Salmon (Academic Excellence Award), Jaylen McCollough (John Stucky Award) and Ollie Lane (Inky Johnson Spirit of Courage Award).
STARKVILLE, Miss. – The fourth-ranked Lady Vols evened their series against No. 16 Mississippi State on Saturday at Nusz Park, knocking off the Bulldogs 6-1.
Tennessee (31-7, 11-3 SEC) got strong pitching in the circle from graduate Payton Gottshall and strung 11 hits together throughout the game.
Gottshall tossed a complete game, scattering three hits and allowing one run with no walks and seven punchouts. The right-hander was in control all day as she recorded four 1-2-3 innings en route to her 14th victory of the season.
Sophia Nugent and McKenna Gibson supplied the power for the Lady Vols, as each player hit a two-run home run – Nugent in the first inning and Gibson in the seventh. Gibson finished the day 2-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs.
Nugent was 1-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored.
Graduate Kiki Milloy found her groove again, going 3-for-4 with a pair of runs, while Rylie West and Taylor Pannell both finished with two hits on Saturday.
The Lady Vols plated three runs in the first inning as West knocked an RBI double off the wall to score Gibson before Nugent belted her eighth home run of the season with the following at-bat.
Mississippi State (29-11, 9-8 SEC) broke through on the scoreboard in the fourth as Jessie Blaine hit a solo home run to draw within two runs.
Tennessee immediately responded with a run in the fifth as senior Zaida Puni pulled an RBI single through the left side of the infield.
Gibson’s two-run home run in the seventh punctuated the Lady Vols’ win.
Josey Marron got the start for the Bulldogs in the circle, allowing six runs – five earned – on 10 hits. She walked two and notched six strikeouts as she suffered the loss – her sixth this season.
Marron faced two batters in the seventh before being lifted for Delainey Everett. She finished out the frame, giving up just one hit.
UP NEXT Tennessee and Mississippi State close out the three-game series on Sunday with a rubber-match first pitch time set for 1 p.m. ET.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 4/4 Tennessee recorded its seventh straight victory against LSU in Knoxville with a hard-fought 3-1 win on Saturday in front of a record crowd of 6,155 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
Junior pitcher Drew Beam gave the Vols another quality start and earned the win to improve to 5-1 on the year. The junior righthander had five strikeouts and scattered eight hits but was able to work out of trouble on numerous occasions, giving up just one unearned run in 6.2 innings of work.
With runners on second and third with no outs and the Tigers having already plated a run to take a 1-0 lead in the second inning, Beam buckled down and struck out the next two batters before getting a groundout to escape the jam and limit the damage, giving the Big Orange some important momentum.
LSU starter Luke Holman put forth a great performance of his own, carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning before a one-out single by Blake Burke started a rally for the Vols.
Billy Amick followed with a double to left field to put two runners in scoring position before Dylan Dreiling came through with the biggest hit of the night, a two-run single into right-center field on the first pitch he saw from reliever Griffin Herring, to put UT ahead 2-1.
Holman was stuck with the loss despite allowing just two hits in 5.2 innings of work, falling to 6-2 on the year.
Tennessee (29-6, 9-5 SEC) added an extra insurance run in the bottom of the eighth on an Amick opposite field home run off the videoboard, his second long ball of the weekend.
Nate Snead locked down the win with his third save of the year, tossing two shutout frames to cap the night, striking out three and allowing just one hit while lighting up the radar gun.
The Tigers (22-14, 3-11 SEC) outhit the Vols, 9-5, but were limited to just one extra-base hit, a leadoff double by Michael Braswell III in the second inning.
STAT OF THE GAME: Saturday’s attendance of 6,155 was the first in program history over 6,000. Tennessee’s single-game attendance record of 5,086 coming into this season has already been broken 13 times this year.
UP NEXT: The Vols will play for their first SEC series sweep of the season on Sunday afternoon. First pitch for the series finale is slated for 3 p.m. on the SEC Network.
