The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is asking for your help to find a wanted fugitive.
Jonathan Lee Whitaker is a convicted sex offender wanted by the McMinn County Sheriff’s Office for violating the sex offender registry.
If you see him, call MCSO at 423-745-5620.
TENNESSEE FOOTBALL POSTGAME NOTES
Sept. 21, 2024 | Norman, Okla. | Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
FINAL SCORE: No. 6/7 Tennessee 25, No. 15/13 Oklahoma 15
General Notes
Vol Captains/Coin Toss
Team Offensive Notes
Individual Offensive Notes
Team Defensive Notes
Individual Defensive Notes
Special Teams Notes
Career Highs
The following players set or tied career highs in the respective statistical categories listed below:
Offense
Defense/Special Teams
MEDIC Regional Blood Center is the winner of the annual competition against LifeSouth Blood Center out of Florida.
Medic beating LifeSouth by 33 units collecting 1,727 pints of blood.
You can always donate to Medic, please go to medic blood dot org to schedule your appointment, walk-ins are welcome.
After defeating Oklahoma in their first SEC matchup of the season, the Vols have taken another step up in the AP Poll standings.
The 25-15 win over the Sooners on Saturday helped Tennessee to rise one spot to number 5.
Texas, Georgia, Ohio State and Alabama are the top four teams on the list.
The Vols will enjoy their scheduled bye week this weekend before they head to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to take on the Razorbacks on October 5th.
Game Recap: Soccer | September 22, 2024
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – In its first SEC road contest of the season, the No. 23 Tennessee soccer team picked up a point after tying Alabama 2-2.
Tennessee moves to 6-1-2 on the season and has gone unbeaten for eight consecutive matches now.
Junior Kennedy Price and graduate Sammi Woods found the back of the net for the Lady Vols.
Price’s goal was the first of her career. The defender also notched the secondary assist on Woods’ goal, marking her first-ever three-point performance.
Nedya Sawan and Gianna Paul were Alabama’s (7-2-2) goal-scorers as Lexi Meyer earned an assist on both goals. Additionally, goalkeeper Coralie Lallier registered five saves on the night.
Despite the Crimson Tide outshooting UT 20-to-12, the Lady Vols put seven shots on frame opposed to UA’s four.
The first half was a defensive battle before Sawan’s header found the back of the net in the 40th minute, putting Bama on the board first.
Price swiftly responded with a goal to level the match 1-1 in the 42nd minute. The Franklin, Tennessee, native was just outside the box and perfectly placed the ball in the back right corner of the net.
Unlike the opening frame, the second half saw early goals for each squad.
Woods registered her team-leading fourth goal of the season in the 51st minute after Price passed to Reese Mattern who then perfectly lofted the ball into the box.
Alabama’s equalizer came one minute later when Paul finished in the box.
UT’s Luciana Latino and Jaida Thomas both put a pair of shots in frame later in the match but were unable to break through.
UP NEXT: The Lady Vols will head to Florida for a 7 pm ET match on Thursday for its third SEC contest of the season.
UPDATE: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Silver Alert for 63 year-old John Thomas out of Oak Ridge has a sad ending.
Officials say he was found dead. He was last seen on Thursday on his way to work towards Knoxville.
No other details have been released.
Original Story: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has issued a Silver Alert for an Oak Ridge man.
63 year-old John Thomas was last seen Thursday and may be driving a white, 2002 Chrysler 300 with TN tag 145-BJZQ.
He is 6’3″, 250 lbs., with gray hair and brown eyes. Please call Oak Ridge PD at (865) 425-4399 or TBI at 1-800-TBI-FIND.
He has a medical condition that may impair his ability to return safely without assistance.
The Vols’ equipment truck hit a snag on the way back from the Oklahoma game.
According to cameras from the Arkansas Department of Transportation, the truck was involved in an incident I-40 near the I-30 interchange in North Little Rock, Arkansas.
WVLT News reached out to Tennessee Associate Athletic Director of Strategic Communications Bill Martin for more information on the situation. Martin said, “Our equipment truck was involved in an accident while returning to Knoxville, and there were no injuries.”
No other details have been released.
GATLINBURG, TN—The Flint Gap Fire is now 75% contained. Yesterday, firefighters hiked into the fire and continued to safely secure the perimeter and put out hot spots. Today fire crews continue to work the fire, mopping up hot spots and remaining areas of heat within the perimeter. Crews have had great success in reducing the threat from the fire.
After today, the fire team will transition to a Type 4 Incident Commander and will downsize to one ten-person crew—this is a result of decreasing complexity, fire threat and incident complexity. Fire crews will continue to monitor and take additional actions as needed.
The park received a report of the fire (ttps://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/news/wildland-fire-burning-near-hannah-mountain.htm) burning in a remote area of the park near Hannah Mountain, south of Abrams Creek, the evening of Aug. 26. An investigation revealed several days later that the fire was started by lightning https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/news/flint-gap-fire-determined-to-be-caused-by-lightning.htm. No structures are threatened at this time.
Parson Branch Road as well as some park trails and backcountry campsites are currently closed due to fire activity. Check the park website for road closures https://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/conditions.htm and other updates https://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/temproadclose.htm before visiting. All fire updates are available on the park website https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/news/newsreleases.htm.
WNBA Playoffs
UT In The WNBA
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Eric Trainer
Women’s Basketball
September 21, 2024
The WNBA Playoffs get under way this week, with the eight qualifying teams beginning first-round play on Sunday. Two LVFLs will be in action when their franchise embarks on its postseason journey.
LVFLs Jordan Horston and Mercedes Russell will head into battle with No. 5 seed Seattle, as the Storm travel to Las Vegas to take on the two-time defending champion Aces, who earned the No. 4 seed in 2024. Seattle and Las Vegas, whose team president is LVFL Nikki (Caldwell) Fargas, will face off at 10 p.m. ET on Sunday in a contest televised by ESPN.
Earlier in the day, No. 8 Atlanta will meet No. 1 seed New York in the Big Apple at 1 p.m. ET, No. 6 Indiana will play at No. 3 Connecticut at 3 p.m. and No. 7 Phoenix will travel to No. 2 Minnesota at 5 p.m. ESPN will carry the first and third of those matchups, while ABC will televise the Fever and Sun.
Game two between Seattle and Las Vegas is set for Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. ET in “Sin City” (ESPN), while a potential game three (if necessary) will be held in Seattle on Thursday. Tip time is TBD, but the game has been ticketed for ESPN2.
Horston enters her first playoff run averaging 6.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals per contest while starting 14 of 39 games during her second season in the league. Coming off an injury last season, her 39 games played in 2024 rank as the second most of anyone on the Storm roster, and her 49.3-percent shooting from the field and 1.3 steals per game average rank No. 14 and No. 17, respectively, in the WNBA.
Russell, meanwhile, embarks on her fifth postseason journey in her seventh professional season with Seattle. She tied a career high by appearing in 37 games this season and is averaging 3.9 points and 3.0 rebounds while earning 15.8 minutes per outing. She is shooting 51.7 percent from the field, which is her highest number since hitting 61.7 percent in 2021. In 10 previous playoff games, Russell produced 6.4 ppg., 5.3 rpg. and 1.4 apg. over 21.8 minutes per contest while making 65.1 percent of her shots.
Game Recap: Football | September 22, 2024
NORMAN, Okla. – No. 6 Tennessee football showcased its defensive prowess in a commanding 25-15 SEC-opening victory over No. 15 Oklahoma on Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.
The win marked the Vols’ 10th over a ranked opponent under head coach Josh Heupel, who made the return to his alma mater a memorable one.
Tennessee (4-0, 1-0 SEC) established defensive dominance from the outset, limiting the Sooners to just 222 total yards. The impressive performance continues a trend, as the Vols have now held their last five opponents under 250 yards of total offense, dating to their Citrus Bowl triumph over Iowa on Jan. 1, 2024.
The Vols had an impressive defensive streak end on Saturday as they went 19 quarters without allowing an offensive touchdown until Oklahoma scored with 8:25 left in the fourth quarter. This streak went down as the second-longest in program history and the longest since Tennessee shut out 15 straight opponents from Nov. 5, 1938, to Dec. 9, 1939.
Oklahoma (3-1, 0-1 SEC) struggled early, committing multiple turnovers that the Vols capitalized on. Cornerback Jermod McCoy recorded his first interception as a Vol, halting Oklahoma’s third drive and leading to Tennessee’s opening points with a 27-yard field goal from kicker Max Gilbert.
After the Sooners tied the game with a field goal, Tennessee quarterback Nico Iamaleava found wide receiver Dont’e Thornton Jr. for a spectacular 66-yard touchdown pass as the first quarter closed.
With Oklahoma deep in Tennessee territory after a turnover, the Vols’ defense struck again. Defensive lineman Joshua Josephs forced a fumble and recovered it on the UT six-yard line to flip the game’s momentum back in Tennessee’s favor.
On OU’s next drive, a false start by the Sooners then pushed them back to their 2-yard line, where defensive lineman Jayson Jenkins burst through the line to tackle Oklahoma’s running back in the end zone for a safety, extending Tennessee’s lead to 12-3 with 9:12 remaining in the second quarter.
The Vols continued to capitalize on mistakes, forcing their third takeaway of the first half when defensive back Jakobe Thomas recovered a fumble on a backward pass that hit the turf. Tennessee made Oklahoma pay, as running back Dylan Sampson plunged in for a one-yard touchdown on UT’s ensuing drive, marking his 10th of the season and pushing the lead to 19-3.
Gilbert added two more field goals in the second half from 41 and 32 yards, keeping Oklahoma at bay.
The Sooners made a quarterback change at halftime, bringing in freshman Michael Hawkins Jr., who led Oklahoma on a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown drives.
Linebacker Arion Carter was a standout for Tennessee’s defense, recording six tackles, including one for a loss, and breaking up a pass. Andre Turrentine, Christian Harrison, and Keenan Pili each contributed five tackles, with Pili particularly disruptive, adding a tackle for loss and two quarterback hurries. As a unit, the Vols’ defense registered three sacks and 11 tackles for loss.
On the offensive front, Iamaleava had a solid performance, completing 13 of 21 passes for 194 yards and a touchdown in his first SEC start. Wide receiver Bru McCoy was the top target, catching four passes for 92 yards. Sampson finished with 92 yards on 24 carries, while fellow running back DeSean Bishop contributed 65 yards on 16 carries.
Iamaleava presented the game ball to his head coach as the clock expired.
UP NEXT
After an open week, Tennessee travels to Fayetteville to face Arkansas on Oct. 5. A game time will be announced next week.
