WATCH: 2023 Tennessee Football Preseason Practice 5 Highlights

WATCH: 2023 Tennessee Football Preseason Practice 5 Highlights

The Tennessee Volunteers held Practice 5 of fall camp on Saturday. Below are highlights from Practice 5 in Knoxville.

Daily highlights, video interviews and audio podcasts of each interview available daily and updated often here at 991TheSportsAnimal.com!

Vols S Jaylen McCollough / Credit: 99.1 The Sports Animal
WATCH: 2023 Tennessee Football Preseason Practice 4 Highlights

WATCH: 2023 Tennessee Football Preseason Practice 4 Highlights

The Tennessee Volunteers held Practice 4 of fall camp on Saturday. Below are highlights from Practice 4 in Knoxville.

Daily highlights, video interviews and audio podcasts of each interview available daily and updated often here at 991TheSportsAnimal.com!

Vols WR Chas Nimrod / Credit: 99.1 The Sports Animal
TBI: Several Traffickers Arrested in Alcoa Prostitution Sting

TBI: Several Traffickers Arrested in Alcoa Prostitution Sting

Alcoa, TN (WOKI) An undercover operation in Alcoa results in the arrest of seven men for sex trafficking.

Officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation say the two-day operation focused on hunting down traffickers who prey on victims on websites known to be linked to prostitution or commercial sex cases with minors.

All seven men are accused of seeking sex from minors. They were arrested on charges of trafficking for a commercial sex act and have been booked into the Blount County Jail.

  • Rene Gonzalez, 44, of Sevierville
  • Hardkkumar Patel, 31, of Knoxville
  • Jorge Pickens, 21, of Knoxville
  • Bradford Hartman, 34, of Maryville
  • Kenneth Price, 60, of Rogersville
  • Jeremiah Williams, 23, of Knoxville
  • Chethan Ranganatha, 40, of Knoxville

The investigation also helped identify two women victims of human trafficking, and they were offered housing and counseling through Grow Free Tennessee, a program of the Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking.

Loudon High School Announces Tuesday Closure Due to Storm Damage

Loudon High School Announces Tuesday Closure Due to Storm Damage

Loudon High School closes amid storm damage (Courtesy: WVLT/Bob Lewis)

Loudon County, TN (WOKI) The school year barely underway, students at one Loudon County school will get a day off tomorrow, Tuesday, August 8 thanks to Mother Nature.

Though they are “still assessing [the] damage,” Loudon County School system officials say Loudon High School will be closed tomorrow, Tuesday, August 8 due to damage associated with Monday’s storm.

Loudon High School closes amid storm damage (Courtesy: WVLT/Bob Lewis)

Photos supplied to our news partner WVLT appear to show large portions of the high school’s exterior stripped away due to the storm that ripped through much of east Tennessee Monday afternoon.

School system officials say all other Loudon County Schools will remain open. Lenoir City Schools will be open Tuesday after dismissing early on Monday.

Knoxville Police have Identified Teen Killed on I-275 Near Heiskell Avenue

Knoxville Police have Identified Teen Killed on I-275 Near Heiskell Avenue

Knoxville Police investigating a fatal crash on I-275 near Heiskell Avenue have identified the teen killed.

KPD says 19 year-old Kanye Harris died at the hospital following Saturday’s crash.

Preliminary investigation shows his SUV was going south on I-275 when he lost control of the vehicle and it flipped numerous times. Harris was ejected from the vehicle. After he left the road, he hit another car on the interstate. The driver of that vehicle was not injured.

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