A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation Blue Alert remains active for him, he is suspected in the shooting of two Blount County Deputies Thursday, Deputies Shelby Eggers and Deputy Greg McCowan who died as a result of his injuries. The shooting happened Thursday night following a traffic stop on Sevierville Road. The suspect, Kenneth Dehart, reportedly shot both deputies and Deputy Eggers was able to return fire. She was shot in the leg and is at home recovering from her injuries.
Sheriff James Berrong says the search for Dehart continues and they will find him. The Blount County Sheriff’s Office and over 150 agencies continue to search for DeHart.
Dehart is considered armed and dangerous. Please call 9 1 1 if you see him. Please call 1-800- TBI FIND if you have any information. There is a reward of $100,000 for information leading to his arrest.
The brother and girlfriend of Kenneth Dehart, the man accused of shooting two Blount County deputies killing Deputy Greg McCowan are in jail for helping him.
His brother, Marcus Dehart, is due in court Monday at 1:30 p.m. on accessory after the fact charges. He is being held on a one million dollar bond.
The Sevier County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kenneth DeHart’s girlfriend, Carrie Matthews, she is also charged with accessory after the fact in connection to the death of deputy Greg McCowan.
Funeral arrangements have been announced. The family of Deputy Greg McCowan will receive friends tomorrow from 4:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Sevier Heights Baptist Church on Maloney Road in Knoxville.
Funeral service will full Police Honors will be held on Wednesday at 1:00 PM at Sevier Heights Baptist Church with the Interment to follow at Grandview Cemetery.
The community is welcome to sign the guest book today from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM at Smith Funeral & Cremation Service on Tuckaleechee Pike in Maryville.
Many are asking who is, Blount County Deputy Greg McCowan.
Sheriff James Berrong says Deputy McCowan was always smiling and friendly to everyone. He was awarded the Sheriff’s Office Lifesaving commendation in April 2021 for his part in saving the life of a man trapped in a burning vehicle. He was an EMR and was also recently accepted on the Sheriff’s Crisis Negotiations team and was excited to put his recent certification to use.
He graduated from the academy in October 2020. The Sheriff says McCowan was a hero both in life and in his death.
A memorial motorcycle ride will be held in honor of fallen Blount County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Greg McCowan. He was killed in the line of duty Thursday night during a traffic stop.
The ride will be February 25th at 1 p.m. with all participants meeting at 12:30 p.m Donations will be accepted and deposited into the account Blount County Sheriff Berrong is setting up for McCowan’s family. For more information on the memorial ride, please go to https://www.facebook.com/events/1050004316110664/
Deputy Greg McCowan leaves behind his children Cayley and Cayden, his granddaughter Ella, his mother and father, his fianceé Leah, and numerous family and friends.
The Blount County Sheriff Office is increasing the reward to $100,000 for information leading to the arrest of Kenneth DeHart.
Dehart is suspected of shooting two Blount County deputies Thursday night following a traffic stop. Deputy Greg McCowan was killed, Deputy Shelby Eggers was shot in the leg and returned fire on the suspect. She is recovering at home.
If you have any information please contact us at 1-800-TBI-FIND or 865-981-7125.
Dehart should be considered armed and dangerous. If you see him call 9 1 1. There is still an active Blue Alert by TBI.
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team fell, 85-69, Saturday night at Texas A&M.
Sixth-ranked Tennessee (17-6, 7-3 SEC) could not weather an early long-range shooting onslaught by the Aggies and climb back at Reed Arena. Fifth-year guard Dalton paced the Volunteers with 22 points in the setback, marking his eighth time posting 20-plus in the last nine contests.
Texas A&M (15-8, 6-4 SEC) made four of its first six 3-pointers, including a 3-of-3 clip from junior guard Wade Taylor IV, to claim a 16-8 advantage after 6:22 of action. After Tennessee got back within three, the Aggies went on a 12-1 run in 3:18 to push their margin to 14, 30-16, with 8:45 on the clock. At that time, they were 7-of-10 beyond the arc, with Taylor a perfect 5-of-5.
The Aggies, who hit eight of their first 12 3-point attempts through 12-and-a-half minutes, took a 42-28 edge into the break. They finished the frame 8-of-16 (50.0 percent) beyond the arc, while Tennessee went 3-of-13 (23.1 percent) at the other end with all three makes from Knecht.
Tennessee went scoreless for the first 4:32 of the second half, missing its first five shots, as Texas A&M extended its advantage to 20 points, 48-28, with 15:33 to go. The home team upped its margin as high as 22, 53-31, with 13:48 remaining.
The Volunteers would not go away and trimmed the deficit down to 12, 66-54, with 6:37 to play after posting six straight points in 73 seconds. They had a chance shortly thereafter to get within single digits, but a 3-pointer by junior guard Zakai Zeigler rimmed out and the visitors never got any closer.
Knecht’s 22 points came on a 6-of-11 ledger from 3-point range, good for the most makes from beyond the arc by a Volunteer this season and tied for his most as a collegian. He added a team-best seven rebounds, as well as two blocks, despite playing only 28 minutes due to foul trouble.
Zeigler finished with 15 points, a career-high-tying six rebounds, a team-best six assists and a game-leading four steals. The Long Island, N.Y., native played all 40 minutes, becoming the first Tennessee player to do so in 2023-24.
Graduate student guard Tyrece Radford led all scorers with 27 points for the Aggies, adding five rebounds and five assists. Taylor totaled 25 points and a game-high seven assists, finishing 5-of-11 from deep after connecting on each of his first five attempts.
Sophomore forward Solomon Washington notched 11 points, while senior forward Andersson Garcia scored six points and pulled down 17 rebounds, including nine on the offensive end, to pace all players.
The Volunteers had a 13-5 edge in points off turnovers and an 18-4 ledger in fast-break points. They also limited the Aggies to just three 3-point makes on their final 16 tries, but the hot start proved too much to overcome.
Tennessee now heads to Fayetteville, Ark., where it plays Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET against Arkansas, live on ESPN2 from Bud Walton Arena.
To keep up with the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team on social media, follow @Vol_Hoops on Instagram and X/Twitter, as well as /tennesseebasketball on Facebook.
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS POSTGAME NOTES • The Volunteers are now 69-22 (.758) across 91 outings as an AP top-10 team in head coach Rick Barnes‘ nine-year tenure, all in the past seven seasons. • Tennessee’s last defeat by double digits came on Feb. 18, 2023, a 66-54 result at Kentucky, while its last setback by 15-plus was on Jan. 15, 2022, a 107-79 decision at Kentucky. • At least one Volunteer has scored 20-plus points in 13 of the past 15 games, with a total of 16 such performances in that stretch. • At the 12:22 mark of the first half, Knecht converted Tennessee’s first four-point play in over a year, as the last came on Feb. 4, 2023, by Santiago Vescovi against Auburn. • Garcia became the first SEC player with 15-plus rebounds against Tennessee since Arkansas’ Jaylin Williams had 16 on Feb. 19, 2022, while his 17 boards marked the most by a Volunteer foe in league play since LSU’s Tasmin Mitchell grabbed that many on Feb. 4, 2010. • The last player with nine offensive rebounds versus Tennessee was Georgia Tech’s Ben Lammers on Dec. 3, 2016. • The Volunteers’ 14-point halftime deficit marked their second-largest of the season, trailing only a 22-point margin, 61-39, at North Carolina on Nov. 29, 2023. • Fifth-year guard Josiah-Jordan James recorded a season-high three blocks, surpassing his prior best of two, set on Nov. 29, 2023, at North Carolina. • Knecht is the seventh SEC player in the last 13 seasons (2011-24) to score 16-plus points in nine straight league games, joining LSU’s Cameron Thomas (2020-21), Kentucky’s Immanuel Quickley (2019-20), Georgia’s J.J. Frazier (2016-17), South Carolina’s Sindarius Thornwell (2016-17), Kentucky’s Jamal Murray (2015-16) and LSU’s Ben Simmons (2015-16). • The last Volunteer to score 20-plus points eight times in a nine-game span was Kevin Punter Jr., who did so 10 times in an 11-contest stretch from Nov. 22, 2015-Jan. 6, 2016. • The only other time Knecht has made six 3-pointers as a collegian was on Jan. 14, 2023, when he went 6-of-13 at Portland State during his tenure at Northern Colorado. • Zeigler became the first Volunteer to play all 40 minutes of a contest since he did so himself on Jan. 24, 2023, at Mississippi State.
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas – The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team fell, 85-69, Saturday night at Texas A&M.
Sixth-ranked Tennessee (17-6, 7-3 SEC) could not weather an early long-range shooting onslaught by the Aggies and climb back at Reed Arena. Fifth-year guard Dalton paced the Volunteers with 22 points in the setback, marking his eighth time posting 20-plus in the last nine contests.
Texas A&M (15-8, 6-4 SEC) made four of its first six 3-pointers, including a 3-of-3 clip from junior guard Wade Taylor IV, to claim a 16-8 advantage after 6:22 of action. After Tennessee got back within three, the Aggies went on a 12-1 run in 3:18 to push their margin to 14, 30-16, with 8:45 on the clock. At that time, they were 7-of-10 beyond the arc, with Taylor a perfect 5-of-5.
The Aggies, who hit eight of their first 12 3-point attempts through 12-and-a-half minutes, took a 42-28 edge into the break. They finished the frame 8-of-16 (50.0 percent) beyond the arc, while Tennessee went 3-of-13 (23.1 percent) at the other end with all three makes from Knecht.
Tennessee went scoreless for the first 4:32 of the second half, missing its first five shots, as Texas A&M extended its advantage to 20 points, 48-28, with 15:33 to go. The home team upped its margin as high as 22, 53-31, with 13:48 remaining.
The Volunteers would not go away and trimmed the deficit down to 12, 66-54, with 6:37 to play after posting six straight points in 73 seconds. They had a chance shortly thereafter to get within single digits, but a 3-pointer by junior guard Zakai Zeigler rimmed out and the visitors never got any closer.
Knecht’s 22 points came on a 6-of-11 ledger from 3-point range, good for the most makes from beyond the arc by a Volunteer this season and tied for his most as a collegian. He added a team-best seven rebounds, as well as two blocks, despite playing only 28 minutes due to foul trouble.
Zeigler finished with 15 points, a career-high-tying six rebounds, a team-best six assists and a game-leading four steals. The Long Island, N.Y., native played all 40 minutes, becoming the first Tennessee player to do so in 2023-24.
Graduate student guard Tyrece Radford led all scorers with 27 points for the Aggies, adding five rebounds and five assists. Taylor totaled 25 points and a game-high seven assists, finishing 5-of-11 from deep after connecting on each of his first five attempts.
Sophomore forward Solomon Washington notched 11 points, while senior forward Andersson Garcia scored six points and pulled down 17 rebounds, including nine on the offensive end, to pace all players.
The Volunteers had a 13-5 edge in points off turnovers and an 18-4 ledger in fast-break points. They also limited the Aggies to just three 3-point makes on their final 16 tries, but the hot start proved too much to overcome.
Tennessee now heads to Fayetteville, Ark., where it plays Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET against Arkansas, live on ESPN2 from Bud Walton Arena.
To keep up with the University of Tennessee men’s basketball team on social media, follow @Vol_Hoops on Instagram and X/Twitter, as well as /tennesseebasketball on Facebook.
TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS POSTGAME NOTES • The Volunteers are now 69-22 (.758) across 91 outings as an AP top-10 team in head coach Rick Barnes‘ nine-year tenure, all in the past seven seasons. • Tennessee’s last defeat by double digits came on Feb. 18, 2023, a 66-54 result at Kentucky, while its last setback by 15-plus was on Jan. 15, 2022, a 107-79 decision at Kentucky. • At least one Volunteer has scored 20-plus points in 13 of the past 15 games, with a total of 16 such performances in that stretch. • At the 12:22 mark of the first half, Knecht converted Tennessee’s first four-point play in over a year, as the last came on Feb. 4, 2023, by Santiago Vescovi against Auburn. • Garcia became the first SEC player with 15-plus rebounds against Tennessee since Arkansas’ Jaylin Williams had 16 on Feb. 19, 2022, while his 17 boards marked the most by a Volunteer foe in league play since LSU’s Tasmin Mitchell grabbed that many on Feb. 4, 2010. • The last player with nine offensive rebounds versus Tennessee was Georgia Tech’s Ben Lammers on Dec. 3, 2016. • The Volunteers’ 14-point halftime deficit marked their second-largest of the season, trailing only a 22-point margin, 61-39, at North Carolina on Nov. 29, 2023. • Fifth-year guard Josiah-Jordan James recorded a season-high three blocks, surpassing his prior best of two, set on Nov. 29, 2023, at North Carolina. • Knecht is the seventh SEC player in the last 13 seasons (2011-24) to score 16-plus points in nine straight league games, joining LSU’s Cameron Thomas (2020-21), Kentucky’s Immanuel Quickley (2019-20), Georgia’s J.J. Frazier (2016-17), South Carolina’s Sindarius Thornwell (2016-17), Kentucky’s Jamal Murray (2015-16) and LSU’s Ben Simmons (2015-16). • The last Volunteer to score 20-plus points eight times in a nine-game span was Kevin Punter Jr., who did so 10 times in an 11-contest stretch from Nov. 22, 2015-Jan. 6, 2016. • The only other time Knecht has made six 3-pointers as a collegian was on Jan. 14, 2023, when he went 6-of-13 at Portland State during his tenure at Northern Colorado. • Zeigler became the first Volunteer to play all 40 minutes of a contest since he did so himself on Jan. 24, 2023, at Mississippi State.
WACO, Texas – The second-ranked Lady Vols wasted no time in winning their first series of the 2024 campaign as they won both games of Friday’s doubleheader against Baylor at Getterman Stadium. UT took game one, 3-2, before winning game two, 9-1, in six innings.
Tennessee (3-0) needed to come from behind in game one – getting a little last-out magic from Texas native Destiny Rodriguez – before taking an early lead in game two and extending it throughout the night as UT run-ruled the Bears to claim the series victory.
GAME 1 – #2 Tennessee 3 – #19 Baylor 2 Baylor (0-1) struck first in the third inning as Emily Hott roped a double through the left side of the infield to score McKenzie Wilson who reached on an error earlier in the frame.
Tennessee senior Ryleigh White got the start in the circle and threw two scoreless innings and allowed just a pair of hits. She gave way to sophomore Karlyn Pickens who finished out the game, tossing five innings.
The righty allowed two runs – one earned – and surrendered a solo home run to Hott in the fifth inning that put Baylor up 2-0. Pickens finished the night with five strikeouts.
UT got a run back in the sixth courtesy of a McKenna Gibson single to right that scored Rylie West. West reached base on a double down the left-field line that broke up a Baylor no-hitter.
Down to its final out of the game, Tennessee called on Destiny Rodriguez to pinch hit. The sophomore crushed the first pitch she saw, depositing it over the wall in straightaway center field. The two-run homer put the Lady Vols up 3-2 and was the first career home run for the Live Oak, Texas, native.
Pickens closed out Baylor in the bottom of the seventh as Tennessee completed to comeback win.
GAME 2 – #2 Tennessee 9 – #19 Baylor 1 Tennessee did not wait long to get on the board in game two, as Kiki Milloy took advantage of a wild pitch and an error to score UT’s first run of the game. Milloy reached base on a leadoff walk before stealing second. She advanced to third on the wild pitch and came home on a throwing error.
The Bears tied up the game in the home half of the inning as Sydney Collazos knocked a single to center to drive in Emily Hott.
Milloy made history in the third as she hit her 57th career home run – tying her with Meghan Gregg for most all-time in Tennessee history. Milloy’s solo shot put UT up 2-1. The Lady Vols went back-to-back as Rylie West followed up with a solo homer of her own, extending Tennessee’s lead to two.
UT pushed across one run in the fourth before blowing the game open as it scored five times in the sixth.
Charli Orsini got the start in the circle in game two, tossing 1.2 innings. The sophomore allowed one run on three hits with a strikeout and a walk. Payton Gottshall came on in relief and finished out the night, throwing 4.1 innings.
The graduate struck out six, walked none and gave up just a trio of hits as she locked down the Bears. Gottshall earned the win and is now 2-0 after three games.
UP NEXT Tennessee and Baylor close out the three-game set on Saturday with first pitch scheduled for 3 p.m. ET. The game can be streamed on ESPN+ or fans can listen live to Hunter King on the radio broadcast at UTSports.com or through the Tennessee Athletics Gameday App.
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Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Justin Timberlake’s hugely successful “The Forget Tomorrow World Tour” is coming to Knoxville!
Live Nation making the announcement Friday that 15 additional shows, spanning all new cities including Knoxville, have been added to the touring schedule.
Timberlake will perform at the Thompson Boling Arena at Food City Center on Tuesday, November 19.
This will be Timberlake’s first tour in five years. Music from his forthcoming new album “Everything I Thought It Was” will be featured as well as top hits from throughout the years.
Presale tickets for the newly announced dates will be available on Monday, Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. through Wednesday, Feb. 14 at 5 p.m. Presale tickets will be available for Citi and Verizon customers.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville police have identified the suspect taken into custody Thursday afternoon following a standoff with law enforcement at the Pine Ridge Apartments in North Knoxville.
Knoxville Police Department officials say 26-year-old Malik Griffin was wanted on charges of aggravated robbery and especially aggravated kidnapping among others stemming from a robbery that happened at an apartment on Lippencott Street in the early morning hours of Monday, February, 5.
KPD says detectives are continuing to investigate the potential that Griffin was involved in other recent events that are the subject of open investigations.
At the request of 5th Judicial District Attorney General Ryan Desmond, TBI agents are investigating the circumstances leading to an officer-involved shooting that occurred Thursday evening involving deputies with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office.
Preliminary information indicates that just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday, deputies with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office initiated a traffic stop on an SUV in the 4900 block of Sevierville Road in Maryville. The driver, identified as Kenneth Wayne DeHart Jr. (DOB: 1/12/82), would not cooperate with deputies and refused to get out of the vehicle. A taser was deployed with no effect. At some point during the encounter, DeHart produced a gun and fired shots, striking both deputies. At least one of the deputies returned fire. One deputy was transported to an area hospital, where he later died. The other deputy was also transported with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. DeHart drove away from the scene.
Early Friday morning, TBI agents obtained warrants charging Kenneth DeHart with one count of First Degree Murder, one count of Attempted First Degree Murder, and one count of Felon in Possession of a Weapon. A statewide Blue Alert was issued for DeHart, and he was added to the TBI Most Wanted list. He has not been located and is the subject of a search by local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.
At this time, the investigation remains active and ongoing, as TBI agents continue to gather any and all relevant evidence, interviews, and information. Throughout the process, investigative findings will be shared with the District Attorney General for his further review and consideration.
The TBI does not identify the officers involved in these types of incidents and instead refers questions of that nature to the respective department to answer as it sees fit.
