Greene County, TN (WOKI) The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a four-day-old baby died after being bitten by a dog.
GCSO officials say the baby was bitten by the dog at a Greene County home and taken to Greeneville Community Hospital around 10:30 Monday morning.
The baby was then flown to UT Medical Center and died from its injuries.
The infant has been taken to the Knoxville Regional Forensic Center for an autopsy.
Additional information has not been released.
For the third year, Tennessee State Parks and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) are joining the Tennessee chapter of the American Canoe Association (ACA) to offer low-cost kayaking instruction Saturday, May 18.
The event is part of National Safe Boating Week. Last year, the event trained 279 students across North Carolina and Tennessee in 24 simultaneous Kayaking 101 classes led by nationally certified ACA instructor volunteers. The National Safe Boating Council recognized this effort with the Communications Community Impact Award.
As a result of the success realized in Tennessee and North Carolina last year, seven states are participating in the event this year with 43 simultaneous Kayaking 101 classes planned in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Missouri, and Florida.
“Doubling the number of classes and involving more states for more boaters is great,” said Greer Tidwell, deputy commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. “We are happy to host these classes at Tennessee State Parks and grateful to the phenomenal volunteer instructors and our partners at TWRA and the ACA.”
“We want all Tennesseans to be safe while enjoying the state’s beautiful waterways,” said TWRA Executive Director Jason Maxedon. “We are excited to be part of this great partnership to highlight outdoor recreation opportunities and paddling safety skills.”
“Our instructor volunteers are so excited to share their love of the sport with newcomers and experienced paddlers alike,” said ACA Southeastern Chair Andrea White. “Just one day of training can make the difference between setting yourself up for a bad experience that ruins the sport for you versus setting yourself up for a whole lifetime of paddling fun.”
Participating Tennessee State Parks for the event are:
Big Ridge State Park
Booker T. Washington State Park
Cove Lake State Park
David Crockett Birthplace State Park
Harpeth River State Park
Harrison Bay State Park
Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park
Long Hunter State Park
Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park
Seven Islands State Birding Park
Warriors’ Path State Park
Classes cost $15 per person including a free kayak rental for training that often costs $75-$150.
All instructors are Tennessee volunteers who are nationally certified to give paddling and rescue training and are supported by experienced safety teams. TWRA wildlife officers will be present at various locations to emphasize and encourage paddlecraft safety on Tennessee waters.
Each park’s event will be limited to 15 people. A limited number of kayaks, paddles, and life jackets will be available. For the second year, the partnership is adding an Adaptive Kayaking 101 event at Booker T. Washington State Park. This event will have specialized adaptive paddling equipment available for paddlers with physical disabilities.
The classes are made available by certified instructor volunteers, safety boaters and equipment donations from many organizations, including Tennessee State Parks. These organizations include: Appalachian Paddling Enthusiasts; Blues City Kayaks; Bluff City Canoe Club; Catalyst Sports; Chattanooga Therapeutic Recreation Services; Chota Canoe Club; East Tennessee Whitewater Club; Knoxville Kayaking Clinic; Nolichucky Outdoor Learning Institute; Sunseeker Outfitters; Team River Runner-Atlanta; Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association; Tennessee Valley Canoe Club; and Tennessee RiverLine.
Interested parties can register at this link. In-person spaces are limited. A free online class is also available; however, in-person training with a certified instructor is strongly encouraged.
More information is available at the American Canoe Association website.
The ACA is the national accrediting body for paddlesports education.
Kayaking at Meeman-Shelby Forest State Park in 2023.
Photo by ANDe Demetriou
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Eric TrainerWomen’s BasketballMay 14, 2024
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tennessee’s 2024-25 SEC opponents have been revealed, as the conference office announced Tuesday afternoon each school’s league foes for the upcoming campaign.
As part of the 16-game SEC schedule awaiting first-year UT head coach Kim Caldwell, the Lady Vols play host to Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Oklahoma and South Carolina.
On the road, UT will battle against Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt.
Tennessee already has met Oklahoma and Texas on a fairly frequent basis despite not being in the same conference until now. UT defeated the Sooners, 76-73, last season on Nov. 25 at the Elevance Health Women’s Fort Myers Tip-Off in Florida to improve to 6-1 in the all-time series. The Lady Vols possess a 26-16 record in meetings with the Longhorns, last squaring off in Knoxville on Nov. 21, 2021, in a 74-70 Big Orange win in overtime.
The deadline for fans wishing to renew Lady Vol season tickets is June 12, and they may do so here. Those wishing to reserve new season tickets may purchase them at this link.
The SEC schedule consists of a single round robin of home or away (14 games) with one rotating opponent that will be played at home and away (two games). Each team will compete in eight home games and eight away games. The rotating opponent changes annually, and that foe for Tennessee this season is LSU.
This marks the 16th season of the 16-game schedule for SEC women’s basketball and the first-ever with 16 teams now that Oklahoma and Texas are onboard. Times, dates and television information for the 2024-25 SEC schedule will be released at a later date, as will the Lady Vol non-conference slate.
Seven of the league opponents UT will face are ranked among ESPN’s “Way-Too-Early Top 25,” including defending NCAA champion South Carolina at No. 1, 2023 NCAA champ LSU at No. 7 and SEC newcomer Texas at No. 6. Those rankings were published on May 1 before the Lady Vols added standout guards Samara Spencer and Ruby Whitehorn via the transfer portal.
UT returns eight players who saw action in 2023-24, including five who started games on a squad that finished 20-13 overall and 10-6 in the SEC (t4th). That unit fell on the road in the NCAA Second Round to eventual Final Four participant NC State. Top returnees include 5-foot-10 senior guard Jewel Spear (13.1 ppg.,4.4 rpg., 69 3FGs) and 6-2 senior guard/forward Sara Puckett (9.9 ppg., 4.9 rpg., 38 3FGs), who were the only Lady Vols to start all 33 games a year ago.
Other regular contributors back are 5-6 redshirt senior guard Destinee Wells (6.8 ppg., 3.5 apg., 2.3 rpg., 10 games before season-ending injury), 6-1 fifth-year guard/forward Tess Darby (5.2 ppg., 3.4 rpg., 44 3FGs), 6-5 senior forward Jillian Hollingshead (4.6 ppg., 4.2 rpg.) and 6-0 senior guard Kaiya Wynn (4.4 ppg., 2.6 rpg.).
Two talented players who sat out the 2023-24 campaign are set to make their debuts in 2024-25. Talaysia Cooper, a 6-0 redshirt sophomore guard who was a McDonald’s All-American and the No. 18 prospect in the 2022 espnW 100, transferred to UT after playing in 2022-23 at South Carolina (2.9 ppg., 1.8 rpg., 1.3 apg.). She is joined by 5-9 redshirt freshman guard Kaniya Boyd, an early enrollee in January 2024 after being ranked No. 35 in the 2024 espnW 100.
Incoming transfers include Spencer, a 5-7 senior guard from Arkansas; Whitehorn, a 5-11 junior guard from Clemson; Alyssa Latham, a 6-2 sophomore forward from Syracuse; and Lazaria Spearman, a 6-4 junior forward from Miami. Spencer, Whitehorn and Latham each earned conference all-freshman team honors during their college careers, and Spencer was chosen as the SEC Freshman of the Year in her first collegiate season in 2021-22.
Spencer and Whitehorn each averaged double figures in scoring in 2023-24, with Spencer putting up 13.9 ppg. and 3.8 rpg., while Whitehorn produced 12.3 ppg. and 5.6 rpg. Spencer added 115 assists, 43 steals and 40 three-pointers, while Whitehorn tallied 51 dimes, 45 takeaways and 25 long balls.
Latham and Spearman led their previous teams in rebounding, averaging 7.0 and 6.0 per contest, respectively, while also putting up 8.6 and 6.3 ppg. Latham earned 26 starts as a freshman for SU last season, while Spearman reported to the jump circle on 10 occasions for the Hurricanes.
Roane County, TN (WOKI) A Roane County couple will spend the rest of their lives in prison without the possibility of parole.
Michael Gray, Sr. and Shirley Gray both waived their right to a trial and pleaded guilty to child abuse and felony murder charges in a Roane County courtroom Tuesday, May 14. The two had been involved in a years long abuse and murder case involving their four adopted children.
Authorities say the couple severely abused two of their children. They also discovered the bodies of the Gray’s eleven year old adopted daughter buried in their backyard and the body of their other adopted child, a six year old, buried behind their biological son’s Knox County home.
The Grays were sentenced to life in prison without parole.
Game Recap: Baseball | May 14, 2024
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 1/1 Tennessee started fast with five runs in the first inning and cruised to a 10-0 victory on Senior Day in Tuesday’s midweek affair against Belmont at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The Volunteers’ pitching staff was dominant, holding the Bruins to four hits while issuing just two walks en route to recording their fourth shutout of the year.
Freshman lefthander Dylan Loy got things rolling with 2.2 scoreless innings in his fifth start of the season, striking out a pair before handing the ball off to the bullpen, which allowed just two hits over the next 4.1 innings.
Christian Moore hit his 24th homer of the year, going back-to-back with Colby Backus to lead off the sixth inning. The solo blast tied UT’s single-season program record for home runs, pulling him even with Sonny Cortez, who also hit 24 in 1998.
Reese Chapman also went yard in the Vols’ three-run sixth inning, hitting his fifth long ball of the season to cap the scoring on the night.
Backus and Billy Amick led the team with two hits apiece while eight different players recorded a base knock for the game. Hunter Ensley scored two runs and had a game-high three RBIs after hitting a bases-clearing double in UT’s five-run first inning.
JJ Garcia earned the win to improve to 3-0 on the year after tossing 1.1 innings of scoreless relief. Freshman lefty Matthew Dallas also looked impressive out of the pen, striking out the side in the top of the fifth during his lone inning of work. Sophomore righthander Marcus Phillips followed by retiring the side in order and posting two strikeouts in the top of the sixth.
Leadoff man Sam Slaughter led Belmont (24-28) offensively with a pair of singles. Starter Jordan Zuger got the loss for the Bruins after giving up five runs on five hits in just two innings pitched.
STAT OF THE GAME: With the victory, Tennessee finished the year with a 13-1 record in midweek games and outscored its opponents, 155-40.
UP NEXT: The Vols (43-10, 19-8 SEC) close out the regular season with a three-game set against No. 23/24 South Carolina this Thursday through Saturday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Games one and two are slated to begin at 6:30 p.m. while first pitch for Saturday’s finale is set for 1 p.m. All three contests will be streamed on SEC Network+ and the ESPN app.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police arrested a Knox County student at West High School Tuesday, May 14. The student is facing charges for having a stolen handgun on campus.
Following the student being taken into custody, KPD said West High received a call about a possible threat and out of an abundance of caution, the school was put on hard lockdown.
KPD officers and School Security Officers investigated the threat, finding no evidence to suggest the threat was credible. The lockdown was lifted around 2:15 p.m.
Another Knox County school, Vine Middle, was also placed on lockdown Tuesday for a potential threat.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A West Knoxville strip mall is evacuated and remains closed Wednesday morning following a fire Tuesday, May 14 at a Dollar General.
Knoxville Fire Department crews were dispatched to the fire at the Dollar General located at 9129 Executive Park Drive just after 3:00 p.m.
KFD says when crews arrived on the scene, there was heavy smoke and flames at the ceiling.
The fire was extinguished shortly before 5:30 p.m. No injuries have been reported.
Nashville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Tennessee’s Attorney General is leading 18 states in a lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over new sexual harassment guidance.
Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed the suit on Monday against the EEOC’s new guidance that he says “unlawfully extends Title VII’s protections against sex-based discrimination to cover gender identity.”
Skrmetti alleges that under the new guidelines, an employer may be liable under Title VII if they or another employee uses a name or pronoun that doesn’t coincide with an employee’s preferred gender identity among other stipulations.
“Additionally, under the EEOC’s guidance, an employer can be liable if it limits access to a bathroom or other sex-segregated facility, such as a shower or locker room, based on biological sex and not on gender identity. Employers also may be liable if a customer or other non-employee fails to use an employee’s preferred pronouns or refuses to share a restroom with someone of the opposite sex,” the AG said.
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia, are also involved in the suit.
McMinn County, TN (WOKI) A McMinn County man has been convicted in connection to a September 2021 quadruple murder.
In 2021, Curtis Smith and Jazzmine Hall went to a home in Riceville with a gun where Hall’s husband and son lived.
After taking the child, they shot and killed the husband and three others.
Smith set the home on fire after they left.
Smith plead guilty on May 10 to four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, four counts of murder, one count of especially aggravated kidnapping, one count of aggravated arson and one county of possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
Both Smith and Hall will serve multiple life sentences for their crimes.
Gameday Info
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Sherri Parker Lee Stadium
2323 Stephenson Dr.
Knoxville, TN 37996
Parking is available for free in lots S14 and C25 adjacent to Sherri Parker Lee Stadium and Regal Soccer Stadium. Reserved bus parking is only available by pre-arrangement from the Event Management office by calling (865) 974-1205. There is no public RV or bus parking in Lee Stadium lots.
All fans looking to attend the softball regional should be prepared for traffic congestion. Fans are reminded that parking shuttles will be free and available at the Agriculture Campus all weekend. When Stephenson Drive lots are full, fans will be directed to the free Ag Campus Parking and Shuttles on River Drive.
For more parking information, visit the softball gameday information page.
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Greene County, TN (WOKI) The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a four-day-old baby died after being bitten by a dog. GCSO officials say the baby was bitten by the dog at a Greene County home and taken to Greeneville Community Hospital around 10:30 Monday morning. The baby was then flown to UT Medical…… Continue Reading
For the third year, Tennessee State Parks and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) are joining the Tennessee chapter of the American Canoe Association (ACA) to offer low-cost kayaking instruction Saturday, May 18. The event is part of National Safe Boating Week. Last year, the event trained 279 students across North Carolina and Tennessee in 24 simultaneous…… Continue Reading
Share: Eric TrainerWomen’s BasketballMay 14, 2024 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Tennessee’s 2024-25 SEC opponents have been revealed, as the conference office announced Tuesday afternoon each school’s league foes for the upcoming campaign. As part of the 16-game SEC schedule awaiting first-year UT head coach Kim Caldwell, the Lady Vols play host to Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Oklahoma and…… Continue Reading
Roane County, TN (WOKI) A Roane County couple will spend the rest of their lives in prison without the possibility of parole. Michael Gray, Sr. and Shirley Gray both waived their right to a trial and pleaded guilty to child abuse and felony murder charges in a Roane County courtroom Tuesday, May 14. The two…… Continue Reading
Game Recap: Baseball | May 14, 2024 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – No. 1/1 Tennessee started fast with five runs in the first inning and cruised to a 10-0 victory on Senior Day in Tuesday’s midweek affair against Belmont at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. The Volunteers’ pitching staff was dominant, holding the Bruins to four hits while issuing just two…… Continue Reading
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Police arrested a Knox County student at West High School Tuesday, May 14. The student is facing charges for having a stolen handgun on campus. Following the student being taken into custody, KPD said West High received a call about a possible threat and out of an abundance of caution, the…… Continue Reading
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) A West Knoxville strip mall is evacuated and remains closed Wednesday morning following a fire Tuesday, May 14 at a Dollar General. Knoxville Fire Department crews were dispatched to the fire at the Dollar General located at 9129 Executive Park Drive just after 3:00 p.m. KFD says when crews arrived on the…… Continue Reading
Nashville, TN (WOKI / WVLT) Tennessee’s Attorney General is leading 18 states in a lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) over new sexual harassment guidance. Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti filed the suit on Monday against the EEOC’s new guidance that he says “unlawfully extends Title VII’s protections against sex-based discrimination to cover gender…… Continue Reading
McMinn County, TN (WOKI) A McMinn County man has been convicted in connection to a September 2021 quadruple murder. In 2021, Curtis Smith and Jazzmine Hall went to a home in Riceville with a gun where Hall’s husband and son lived. After taking the child, they shot and killed the husband and three others. Smith…… Continue Reading
Gameday InfoFan InfoTeam InfoTicketsBracketsResults and Links Fan Information Parking Sherri Parker Lee Stadium2323 Stephenson Dr.Knoxville, TN 37996 Parking is available for free in lots S14 and C25 adjacent to Sherri Parker Lee Stadium and Regal Soccer Stadium. Reserved bus parking is only available by pre-arrangement from the Event Management office by calling (865) 974-1205. There…… Continue Reading
