A man was critically wounded in a shooting that happened on Sunday afternoon on Woodbine Avenue.
At around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 10, 2024, Knoxville Police Department officers were notified that a man who had been shot multiple times arrived at the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center via a personal vehicle. The victim was transferred to the UT Medical Center for further treatment and is currently in critical condition.
Detectives learned that the victim was shot in the 3000 block of Woodbine Avenue, drove away, and parked his car in a parking lot in the area of Baxter Avenue and Marion Street. The victim was then picked up and transported to Fort Sanders Medical Center.
The suspect vehicle is possibly a black full-size SUV that was seen leaving the area following the shooting.
The motive for the shooting is unclear at this time.
The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information that could assist is asked to contact East Tennessee Valley Crime Stoppers at 865-215-7165. Tipsters can remain anonymous.
Nearly nine months since Sebastian Rogers was last seen in Hendersonville, his father Seth says he has never given up looking for him and there is still an active Amber Alert from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for him.
Sebastian was last seen at his mother’s home in Hendersonville on February 26th of this year.
His father says he refuses to let his son be discarded like trash and he’s frustrated and hurt, but says that doesn’t matter, because he doesn’t know what his son is going through.
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to the whereabouts of Sebastian Rogers.
If you have any information, you are asked to call 1-800-TBI-FIND.
A homeless man is charged with a fire at a Blount County RV Park.
Officials with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office filed charges against 62-year-old Mark Bush for started Thursday night’s fire at the Whispering River Campground in Walland.
He is charged with felony vandalism and felony arson in connection to the campground fire in Blount County while Maryville officials are charging him with setting fire to personal property / land in a separate fire.
Additional charges are pending.
Bush is being held on a $120,000 bond. A hearing is set for 9 a.m. tomorrow (Tuesday).
he Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a motorcyclist is killed in an accident in Union County.
THP says an SUV was stopped in the northbound lane of Maynardville Highway waiting to turn left onto Old Highway 33 Saturday afternoon when the motorcycle, driven by 64-year-old Steven Miracle, tried to swerve to the left side of the SUV while it was stopped but ran into the left rear of the car.
The motorcycle then slid on its side and hit the guardrail on the right side of the road before coming to rest on the southbound side of Maynardville Highway.
Miracle died in the crash, neither the driver nor a passenger in the SUV were injured.
Knoxville’s 99th Veterans Day Parade will march down Gay Street on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, beginning at 10:45 a.m. The annual parade is organized by the American Legion Post 2 with support from the City of Knoxville Office of Special Events. The event will be held rain or shine.
Parade-related closures begin at 8 a.m. with the following roads:
• E. Hill Avenue between Hall of Fame Drive and Gay Street • Main Street between Walnut and Gay streets • Gay Street between Main Street and E. Hill Avenue
These streets will close at 9 a.m.:
• Market Street between Union and Clinch avenues • Union Ave between Walnut and Gay streets
Gay Street between Main Street and E. Fifth Avenue will close at 10:15 a.m.
All roads will reopen by 12:30 p.m.
On-street parking on Gay Street will be unavailable starting at 7 a.m., as will on-street parking on Market Street, Union and Wall avenues.
Parade attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Parking in City-owned garages and metered parking not in the parade zone will be free on Monday in honor of Veterans Day.
Henley Bridge decorative lights will be red, white and blue overnight on Nov. 11.
For additional information about the City’s Office of Special Events, which assists festival planners with road closures and other services, visit KnoxvilleTN.gov/Events.
Game Recap: Football | November 09, 2024 | Eric Trainer
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Dylan Sampson rushed for a career-high 149 yards and eclipsed 1,000 for the season and 2,000 for his career, as seventh-ranked Tennessee took care of Mississippi State, 33-14, at Neyland Stadium Saturday night in the Vols’ 100th Homecoming game.
UT (8-1, 5-1 SEC) improved to 6-0 on Shields-Watkins Field this season by winning its final Southeastern Conference home game. Tennessee utilized a balanced offensive attack of 240 rushing yards and 212 passing yards to dispatch the Bulldogs (2-8, 0-6 SEC). The ground game production was the Big Orange’s fourth best of the campaign.
Leading the charge was Sampson, whose 30 carries also ranked as a personal best. He became the second player in Tennessee history with eight 100-yard rushing games in a single season, joining Jay Graham, who had 11 in 1995. Sampson now has 1,129 yards in 2024, becoming the 20th Vol to run for 1K in a season, and he increased his career total to 2,130 in his 31st game. Sampson scored his 20th rushing touchdown of the season, moving him into a tie with Arkansas’ Alex Collins (2015) and Auburn’s Cam Newton (2010) for eighth place in SEC history.
Wide receiver Dont’e Thornton Jr. caught three passes for 104 yards and a touchdown and carded his second 100-yard receiving game of the year and the third of his career. Squirrel White also added a TD reception and 63 yards receiving. Both wideouts were the recipients of balls thrown by quarterback Nico Iamaleava, who finished eight of 13 for 174 yards and two scores before Gaston Moore handled signal-calling duties in the second half.
Defensively, Tennessee limited the Bulldogs to 271 yards of total offense, which marked the lowest output by a Vol foe since the Arkansas game. MSU’s 92 yards passing ranks as the second fewest generated by an opponent in 2024. Jermod McCoy and Arion Carter paced the defense with seven tackles each. Boo Carter came up with an interception, while James Pearce Jr., Bryson Eason, Omarr Norman-Lott and Jayson Jenkins recorded sacks.
After forcing Mississippi State into a three-and-out on the game’s opening drive, Tennessee recorded its first points in the first quarter since game four against Oklahoma. Iamaleava’s 34-yard pass to White on fourth and three capped a seven-play, 55-yard drive that required only two minutes, 34 seconds. Max Gilbert’s PAT made it 7-0 Vols with 11:44 left in the period.
The Big Orange scored through the air again early in the second stanza. Iamaleava went deep to Thornton Jr., and the senior hauled it in for a 73-yard touchdown that was the longest pass of Iamaleava’s career, longest reception of Thornton’s career and longest offensive play of the year for the Vols. Gilbert drilled the extra point to make it 14-0 with 13:35 remaining in the second frame.
Mississippi State got on the scoreboard with 5:47 left in the half, navigating 75 yards on 16 plays and taking seven minutes, 48 seconds in the process. Davon Booth found the end zone from one yard out to cap the drive, and Kyle Ferrie’s PAT trimmed UT’s advantage to 14-7.
Tennessee answered on its next possession, marching to the MSU six yard-line before settling for a 24-yard Gilbert field goal to make it 17-7 with 46 seconds still left in the half, thanks to the Bulldogs calling three timeouts in hopes of having one last shot at points before heading to the locker room.
After forcing MSU to a quick three-and out, a nifty 23-yard Carter punt return put UT in position to score again before the intermission, and that they did. A five-yard Cameron Seldon carry and a 21-yard pass from Iamaleava to White set the table for Gilbert to drill a 38-yard field goal as time expired, giving the home team a 20-7 cushion at the break.
With Moore under center for the Vols in the second half, the Big Orange tacked on to its lead on its second series of the third quarter. Gilbert booted a career-long 51-yard field goal to make it 23-7 with 7:59 to go.
State struck right back, getting an 18-yard rush up the middle from Johnnie Daniels for a touchdown. Ferrie’s PAT pulled the Bulldogs within nine, 23-14, with 6:22 left in the third.
The Vols responded, though, with a pair of scores to increase the margin. A 33-yard touchdown scamper by Sampson with 3:31 to go in the third quarter and a 38-yard field goal by Gilbert with 8:14 remaining in the fourth period pushed the Big Orange lead to 19, 33-14, and that’s how it would end.
UP NEXT Tennessee will be in Athens, Ga., next Saturday to take on the second-ranked Georgia Bulldogs at Sanford Stadium. The game will be televised by ABC at 7:30 p.m. ET.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team turned in a dominant performance in front of 16,976 fans Saturday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center, cruising to a 77-55 victory over homestanding Louisville.
No. 12 Tennessee (2-0) did not trail the entire contest and led by double digits for all but 45 seconds of the final 30 minutes. The Volunteers, who shot a blistering 10-of-19 (52.6 percent) from beyond the arc, got a co-game-high 19 points apiece from fifth-year guard Chaz Lanier and senior guard Zakai Zeigler in the thorough decision.
The Volunteers raced out to a 10-0 lead in the first 5:10 and held Louisville (1-1) without a point for the opening 5:25, forcing seven straight misses to open the game. The Cardinals had four turnovers in that stretch, including on each of their first three possessions.
Tennessee, which started 3-of-4 from deep and held Louisville to a 2-of-9 beginning beyond the arc, extended its edge to 16, 29-13, with 7:22 on the first-half timer after scoring eight straight points in 2:27. After missing eight straight field-goal attempts, the Cardinals converted a three-point play, but the Volunteers responded with nine points in a row in 2:33 s to go ahead by 22, 38-16, with 3:18 left in the frame, making it a 17-3 extended run in 6:31.
Louisville responded with a 10-0 burst in 2:16 to get within 12 with 41 seconds on the timer, but a jump-shot at the other by senior guard Jordan Gainey sent Tennessee into the locker room with 40-26 advantage. In a half during which they had 10-0, 9-0 and 8-0 runs, the Volunteers shot 59.3 percent (16-of-27) and held the home team to a 24.2 percent (8-of-33) ledger.
Tennessee sandwiched 3-pointers around a pair of Louisville free throws to open the second session, making it 46-28 with 16:52 to play. At that point, the Volunteers were 6-of-10 from deep, while Louisville had a 5-of-24 mark. The Cardinals missed their next long-range shot, but soon thereafter got back-to-back makes from senior guard Reyne Smith to cap a 10-1 run and make it a nine-point game, 47-38, with 13:17 remaining.
Zeigler countered with a 30-footer at the other end to spark a 22-5 burst—it included two more 3-pointers by Zeigler and one from Lanier—that put the visitors back ahead by a game-high 26 points, 69-43, with 6:38 to play. The spurt ended with 10 consecutive points in 107 seconds. Although the Cardinals scored the next eight points in 61 seconds, they never got the margin under 18 the rest of the way, as Tennessee closed out a convincing road performance with a 22-point triumph.
Eleven of Zeigler’s 19 points came in the final 13 minutes, after Louisville got within single digits. He finished 7-of-13 from the field, including 4-of-7 beyond the arc, adding a game-best seven assists and three steals. Lanier, who scored six of the game’s first eight points, shot 7-of-15, with a 3-of-6 ledger on 3-pointers.
Junior forward Felix Okpara totaled 10 points and six rebounds, while senior guard Jahmai Mashack turned in a dominant all-around performance that included a game-best seven rebounds and a co-team-high three steals, matching Zeigler.
Smith scored 18 points to pace the Cardinals, while sixth-year forward Noah Waterman chipped in 10 points. That duo had 28 points on 8-of-20 field-goal shooting and 7-of-18 3-point shooting, while every other Louisville player accumulated 27 points on 8-of-40 overall shooting and a 3-of-21 long-range clip.
Tennessee finished with an impressive 40-10 margin in paint points, along with 15-5 cushion in second chance points. It started 10-of-16 from beyond the arc, at which point the Cardinals were just 8-of-32.
In total, the Volunteers went 30-of-53 (56.6 percent) from the field while limiting Louisville to a 16-of-60 (26.7 percent) mark at the other end.
Tennessee continues competition Wednesday at 7 p.m. when it welcomes Montana to Food City Center, with tipoff set for 7 p.m., live on SEC Network+.
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 • Head coach Rick Barnes also moved to 204-101 in his Tennessee tenure, matching Don Devoe (204-137 from 1978-89) for second place on the program’s all-time leaderboard. • Barnes moved to 12-5 against ACC schools—based off the current membership—during his Tennessee tenure, including 11-2 versus all schools other than North Carolina. • Barnes now possesses 179 victories over programs with a national championship, including 39 in his 10 years at Tennessee. • The Volunteers are now 6-2 in their last eight road openers, including 4-1 over the last five campaigns. • Fifth-year guard Darlinstone Dubar (personal matter) missed his second consecutive contest. • Freshman guard Bishop Boswell made his official college debut, checking in for the final 75 seconds of the contest, and scored his first points on a layup with 17 ticks left. • The last time Tennessee won by 20-plus in a non-conference regular season road game was Jan. 27, 2018, at Iowa State, a 68-45 decision. • Over the last 49 seasons (1976-2025), the Volunteers have two prior non-conference regular season road wins by 20-plus over a Division I foe, with the aforementioned triumph at Iowa State and a 76-50 decision at Pittsburgh on Dec. 4, 1999. • Saturday marked the second time in the last 15 seasons (2010-25) the Volunteers shot over 56.0 percent and conceded a mark under 27.0 percent against a Division I team, joining a Dec. 21, 2022, contest against Austin Peay, also under Barnes’ direction, in which it had 56.3 (36-of-64) percent and 25.5 percent (14-of-55) marks, respectively. • Despite taking 15 fewer 3-point attempts in the first half, Tennessee had just one fewer make at the intermission, posting a 4-of-8 (50.0 percent) mark and conceding a 5-of-23 (21.7 percent) tally. • Tennessee had a 9-0 margin in second-chance points in the first half, as well as a 24-4 edge in paint points. • The Volunteers committed seven fouls in the first six-and-a-half minutes of the second half, putting Louisville in the bonus with 13:31 remaining. • Tennessee posted five runs of at least 8-0 in the contest, including a 10-0 ledger in each half. • For the second game in a row, sophomore forward Cade Phillips set a career high in minutes, this time playing 21:09.
Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon presented a plan Thursday to city council regarding parking in the downtown area.
A consultant recommended paid parking seven days a week, but the Mayor says free nights and weekends will remain; however, there will be some pricing changes.
The city’s first order of business is to start an app-based system and do away with coins and cards.
Under the plan, on street parking will cost more, increasing to $2 an hour for a maximum of two hours parking. Long-term parking fees will also increase to $1/hour with a four hour maximum, and a 30-minute spot increases to $1/30 minutes.
On street parking fee hours last from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday; on street parking is free on Sundays.
Parking in the Market Square Garage will be a $3 base fee from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays.
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A man was critically wounded in a shooting that happened on Sunday afternoon on Woodbine Avenue. At around 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 10, 2024, Knoxville Police Department officers were notified that a man who had been shot multiple times arrived at the Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center via a personal vehicle. The victim was transferred to…… Continue Reading
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An investigation is underway following an early morning fire in northwest Knoxville. Knoxville Fire Department crews say they saw smoke and flames coming from inside the home in the 2100 block of Curving Road. They say the fire started in the kitchen area and spread to the front room of the home. The home sustained…… Continue Reading
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Nearly nine months since Sebastian Rogers was last seen in Hendersonville, his father Seth says he has never given up looking for him and there is still an active Amber Alert from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation for him. Sebastian was last seen at his mother’s home in Hendersonville on February 26th of this year.…… Continue Reading
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A homeless man is charged with a fire at a Blount County RV Park. Officials with the Blount County Sheriff’s Office filed charges against 62-year-old Mark Bush for started Thursday night’s fire at the Whispering River Campground in Walland. He is charged with felony vandalism and felony arson in connection to the campground fire in…… Continue Reading
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he Tennessee Highway Patrol is investigating after a motorcyclist is killed in an accident in Union County. THP says an SUV was stopped in the northbound lane of Maynardville Highway waiting to turn left onto Old Highway 33 Saturday afternoon when the motorcycle, driven by 64-year-old Steven Miracle, tried to swerve to the left side…… Continue Reading
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Monday is Veteran’s Day and most Federal, State and local government offices are closed. Knox County government offices, including convenience centers, libraries, and the Health Department are closed today. Banks and some school systems including Seiver and Blount are closed today and the Post Office will be closed today. Knox County Schools are open today…… Continue Reading
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Knoxville’s 99th Veterans Day Parade will march down Gay Street on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, beginning at 10:45 a.m. The annual parade is organized by the American Legion Post 2 with support from the City of Knoxville Office of Special Events. The event will be held rain or shine. Parade-related closures begin at 8 a.m.…… Continue Reading
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Game Recap: Football | November 09, 2024 | Eric Trainer KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Dylan Sampson rushed for a career-high 149 yards and eclipsed 1,000 for the season and 2,000 for his career, as seventh-ranked Tennessee took care of Mississippi State, 33-14, at Neyland Stadium Saturday night in the Vols’ 100th Homecoming game. UT (8-1, 5-1 SEC) improved to 6-0…… Continue Reading
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Game Recap: Men’s Basketball | November 09, 2024 LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Tennessee men’s basketball team turned in a dominant performance in front of 16,976 fans Saturday afternoon at the KFC Yum! Center, cruising to a 77-55 victory over homestanding Louisville. No. 12 Tennessee (2-0) did not trail the entire contest and led by double…… Continue Reading
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Knoxville, TN (WOKI) Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon presented a plan Thursday to city council regarding parking in the downtown area. A consultant recommended paid parking seven days a week, but the Mayor says free nights and weekends will remain; however, there will be some pricing changes. The city’s first order of business is to start…… Continue Reading
