Early voting in the 2022 Federal / State Primary, County General and Town of Farragut Municipal Elections starts tomorrow.
Early voting runs through July 30. Times at most locations is 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. but be sure to check the location you plan to vote because some locations are offering different times. For a list of voting locations , please go to https://www.knoxcounty.org/election/.
The last day to request an Absentee Ballot is July 28.
Election day is August 4th.
Bailey Zimmerman’s debut single at country radio is “Fall In Love.”
Bailey is out playing shows – this weekend he’s in Texas at AT&T Stadium – and Zimmerman says that with each performance he’s working on growing an audience, “My first show ever was with Luke Combs, at Rock the South and that crowd was really big but it honestly just felt natural…I felt in my element playing a show. It’s really cool to see the crowd grow every time, every time it’s just a little more people and a little more people…and getting them to come is the coolest part and singing back to me is the coolest part.”
“Fall In Love” is Bailey Zimmerman’s debut single at country radio…
Photo Courtesy of Bailey Zimmerman
Carrie Underwood‘s Denim & Rhinestones arrived online and in stores on CD last month – but now fans have another way to listen to the music on Carrie’s latest project as it’s available now vinyl.
While this was Carrie’s 10th studio album (including her Greatest Hits: Decade #1 collection) – the record process for the country superstar was a first for her.
Carrie shares, “Making an album in the middle of the past couple years, it definitely had its challenges, like I was writing on ZOOM a couple of times with a few different writers. It was a little trickier to figure out little things like that, scheduling and logistics and everybody was dealing with something all the time.”
Underwood does admit there were some upsides to this new process too, “The fact that I was in one place a bit longer than usual. I feel like we definitely took advantage of that, and I was able to really focus in on making this album with fewer distractions than normal. I wasn’t leaving town constantly to go do things, and it was just nice to be able to have large chunks of time where I really got to focus on this album.”
Fans can listen to Carrie’s music digitally, on CD, or on vinyl – and now coming this Fall they can also hear it live and in person as the Denim & Rhinestones tour is kicking off.
Heading out this October with Jimmie Allen as a special guest, the Denim & Rhinestones tour will extend into 2023.
While Carrie had her residency dates, and played other events – there’s just something special about a tour that goes into people’s towns, “I do feel like after the past couple of years, people are ready to get out. I mean we see it in the festivals and the things like that I have been doing, the one off shows here and there and our Vegas residency, people are ready to reenter the world and get together and celebrate things, and music brings people together like nothing else. So, I certainly feel like that. I’m ready to get out there and go on tour and stuff like that with this album and I feel like people are really ready for it too.”
Underwood adds, “It definitely made me just want to make music that is, for the most part, just positive and happy and fun, because I feel like that’s kind of a gap that we all have in our lives right now.”
Check out “Ghost Story” from Denim & Rhinestones from Carrie Underwood…
Photo Courtesy of Carrie Underwood
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Tennessee is represented by 133 student-athletes on the 2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll that was announced Wednesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
The Vol baseball team featured 24 members on the list, followed by UT women’s track & field with 23, rowing with 22, men’s track & field with 19 and softball with 14. Other squads from Rocky Top with representatives on the honor roll included women’s tennis (7) and men’s tennis (5), men’s golf (5) and women’s golf (5).
A total of 1,531 student-athletes from around the league were named to the 2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll, which is based on grades from the 2021-22 academic calendar.
Any student‐athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student‐athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution’s NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll.
The criteria below will be followed:
(1) A student‐athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution.
(2) If a student‐athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll.
(3) Student‐athletes eligible for the SEC Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner) and non‐scholarship student‐athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons.
(4) Prior to being nominated, a student‐athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non‐remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution.
(5) The student‐athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.
2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
University of Tennessee
Baseball (24)
Jordan Beck – Anthropology
Kirby Connell – Public Administration
Jared Dickey – Sport Management
Hunter Ensley – Sport Management
Hollis Fanning – Forestry
Jake Fitzgibbons – Sport Management
Austen Jaslove – Journalism & Electronic Media
Ben Joyce – Finance
Cortland Lawson – Supply Chain Management
Luc Lipcius – Business Administration/Aerospace (Master’s)
Trey Lipscomb – Journalism & Electronic Media
Will Mabrey – Sport Management
Mark McLaughlin – Supply Chain Management
Jorel Ortega – Sociology
Drew Patterson – Biological Sciences
Ethan Payne – Management
Evan Russell – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication (Master’s)
Shawn Scott – Sport Management
Camden Sewell – Sport Management
Logan Steenstra – Kinesiology
Charlie Taylor – Supply Chain Management
Blade Tidwell – Sport Management
Redmond Walsh – Engineering Education
Tommy Wilcox – Audiology/Speech Pathology
Men’s Golf (5)
Trenton Johnson – Finance
Bryce Lewis – Sport Management
Cade Russell – Sport Management
Jet Tickle – Sport Management
Hunter Wolcott – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication (Master’s)
Women’s Golf (5)
Mikayla Bardwell – Business Analytics
Vanessa Gilly – Finance
Kayla Holden – Sport Management
Hadley Walts – Management
Nicole Whiston – Accounting
Rowing (22)
Jaimie Armitage – Biosystems Engineering
Abigail Bacci – Supply Chain Management
Lexi Bales – Biological Sciences
Beatrice Bernard – Philosophy, English
Casey Chronister – Mechanical Engineering
Erin Gifford – Supply Chain Management
Elena Jerkovic – Biological Sciences
Tessa Kimmy – Kinesiology
Madison Kirkman – Marketing
Reagan Long – Neuroscience
Natalia Loram – Political Science
Lucy Marret – Political Science
Lindsey Morrissett – Post BA/BS ‐ Non-Degree Graduate
Sydney Pardy – Kinesiology
Kathleen Rice – Architecture
Haley Savastano – Kinesiology
Katherine Schildmeyer – Civil Engineering
Emma Seawright – Biological Sciences
Adi Thrasher – Modern Foreign Language/Literature
Elizabeth Walley – Management
Madelyn Walsh – Supply Chain Management
Logan Yates – Nutrition
Softball (14)
Amanda Ayala – Kinesiology (Master’s)
Samantha Bender – Kinesiology
Amanda Curran – Child & Family Studies
Ivy Davis – Communication & Information (Master’s)
Anna Fox – Political Science
Bailey McCachren – Biomedical Engineering
Kiki Milloy – Neuroscience
Ashley Morgan – Business Administration (Master’s)
Madison Pacini – Accounting
Kaitlin Parsons – Kinesiology
Ashley Rogers – Kinesiology (Master’s)
Caliyah Thompson – Kinesiology
Madison Webber – Child & Family Studies
Rylie West – Journalism & Electronic Media
Men’s Tennis (5)
Pat Harper – Sport Management
Johannus Monday – Political Science
Martim Prata – Management
Mark Wallner – Management & Human Resources (Master’s)
Adam Walton – Management & Human Resources (Master’s)
Women’s Tennis (7)
Esther Adeshina – Business Management
Callie Creath – Psychology
Kylie Duckworth – Biological Sciences
Daria Kuczer – Accounting
Tenika McGiffin – Recreation/Sport Management (Master’s)
Rebeka Mertena – Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism
Eleonora Molinaro – Kinesiology
Men’s Track & Field (19)
Fuji Anday – Biological Sciences
Canaan Anderson – Aerospace Engineering
Garison Breeding – Kinesiology
Alex Crigger – Materials Science & Engineering
Peyton Davis – Mechanical Engineering
Blake Ewaskey – Management
Thomas Gardiner – Special Education
Georde Goodwyn – Finance
Rasheeme Griffith – Anthropology
Conner Hawkins – Biochemical, Cellular & Molecular Biology (Master’s)
Joe Hoots – Mechanical Engineering
Georgios Korakidis – Sport Management
Will Mazur – Biological Sciences
Matthew McMillian – Marketing
Eli Nahom – Mechanical Engineering
Anthony Riley – Finance
Preston Ruth – Industrial Engineering
Devin Sullivan – Finance
Karl Thiessen – Supply Chain Management
Women’s Track & Field (23)
Msgana Araya – Neuroscience
Carolyn Barksdale – Kinesiology
Ainsley Cooper – Psychology
Jette Davidson – Marketing
Emma Dilullo – Geography
Kayla Gholar – Psychology
Chandler Hayden – Hospitality & Tourism Management
Avery Jackson – Architecture
Olivia Janke – Psychology
Hannah Jefcoat – Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication (Master’s)
Shatara Johnson – Kinesiology
Emily Knight – Sport Management
Caroline Lewis – Anthropology
Joella Lloyd – Psychology
Kathleen Maley – Recreation/Sport Management
Sarah McCabe – Supply Chain Management
Jensen Overbay – Kinesiology
Allison Rand – Supply Chain Management
Sydney Seymour – Marketing
Danielle Shipp – Special Education
Katie Thronson – Biological Sciences
Callie Tucker – Neuroscience
Mikele Vickers – Psychology
-UT Athletics
Zoo Knoxville welcoming a baby Silvered-leaf langur monkey.
The bright orange baby monkey, born on June 26th, named Mikey was able to join the outdoor habitat for the first time yesterday (Tuesday).
The Silvered-leaf langur troop at the zoo consists of eight members, including the newest baby. Each monkey has an average life span of 30 years in captivity.
Zoo officials say the Silvered-leaf langurs’ population is considered nearly threatened of endangerment.
Earlier this year Tiffany Woys released her 6-track EP, All About Love.
The EP covers all aspects of love, and Tiffany thinks fans will find a song to connect with no matter where they are in their life, “Love is a universal language. It’s a feeling that everyone experiences along with heartbreak. It’s all I’ve really wanted to convey with listeners. I want people to know we are all more related than you think. That’s through love.”
One of the songs featured on the project is “I Don’t Want You Back.”
Now Tiffany is giving fans a special – and more intimate version of the track, “I am excited to share the acoustic video of I don’t want you back. The song in itself has such an important and emotional connection with me that it was nice give it a life that feels even more intimate. The wounds have heeled from the reason I released this song but I hope this song finds a home with someone that also needs to hear it.”
Tiffany adds, “Filming a video for the stripped down version of I don’t want you back was important. I’m so grateful to my videographer and friend Robert Chavers who is always able to capture something special. Being that this song means so much to me, sitting in my own living room and being able to feel comfortable and vulnerable was exactly what I needed. I hope you enjoy this song!”
Check out the EXCLUSIVE VIDEO PREMIERE of the acoustic version of Tiffany Woys’ “I Don’t Want You Back.”
Photo Credit: Robert Chavers
East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers is asking for help to identify a person of interest in catalytic converter thefts in the Knoxville area.
He may be driving a 2000’s model Chevrolet Silverado, 4-door and may be accompanied by a woman.
If you have any information about these crimes or recognize the man in the photo, you are urged to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS.
All callers will remain anonymous and be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000.
Although experts said brown recluse spiders are not as common in East Tennessee as in other parts of the state, they still exist around the area.
Christopher Smith said while outside Saturday, he was bit by what he thought was an ant.
“It was all swollen and black, and she (his wife) told me I need to go to the doctor and I did and they said it was either a black widow or a brown recluse,” shared Smith.
X-rays determined the bite did not get into his bones, according to Smith.
The brown recluse has a reputation for being dangerous, but experts said most people don’t have severe reactions. About 90% of people only experience a small raised bump, Karen Vail a professor at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture said.
She shared ways how to avoid getting bitten.
“If they want to prevent the brown recluse from biting them during the night, they can move their bed away from the wall and tuck all bed skirting in, remove all the clutter from under the bed and put glue boards underneath their bedposts so the brown recluse will get stuck on the glue board before they make it to their bed,” said Vail.
If you are bitten, it’s best to get the bite examined, Sarah Bachor a Physician Assistant at Summit Express Clinic in Farragut said.
Brown recluse spider bites do need prescription anti-biotics. You do need to see a healthcare provider for them. They’re not necessarily something that you always have to go to the emergency room for. You can go to Urgent Care or your regular primary care provider for them. But typically all insect and spider bites do need medical evaluation,” explained Bachor.
You can estimate how many brown recluse spiders are in your home by placing glue boards around dark places they may be hiding. An exterminator can help get rid of the spiders. Clearing away clutter, sealing cracks in your home’s foundation, and moving wood and brush piles away from your house can also keep the spiders out.
Story courtesy of WVLT
Officials with Colonial Pipeline have discovered that the gas spill in Loudon County is worse than expected.
Officials say they discovered spilled material approximately 8 feet outside of the Sugarlimb Trap Facility on Monday night.
The spill happened on July 4th and officials were able to quickly repair the pipe and get it operational.
Officials say they are implementing proactive measures to protect Hubbard Branch and the Tennessee River. No product has been detected on the surface of the water.
The company is working with state and county agencies to clean up the spill.
Officials with East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers are still looking for a runaway girl.
17-year-old Breonna Stacy Gardner has been missing since June 16th.
Officials say she reportedly ran away from the Lake Brook Academy and may be in McMinn County.
Anyone with information is asked to contact East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers at 865-215-7165
