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From the HERE City State DeskKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two 5-1 teams meet at Neyland Stadium on Saturday when No. 14 Tennessee welcomes No. 6 Alabama for the latest Third Saturday in October, with a 3:30 p.m. Eastern kickoff on ABC. Each side carries a single loss into the rivalry. The…
From the HERE City State DeskFAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The No. 9 Tennessee volleyball team starts a two-stop SEC road trip Friday night at Barnhill Arena against Arkansas, with first serve at 8 p.m. Eastern, before heading to Oklahoma for a 3 p.m. Sunday match at McCasland Field House. SEC Network+…
From the HERE City State DeskBRENTWOOD, Tenn. — After ending a long NCAA Tournament wait last spring, Tennessee State enters the 2026-27 season as the team to beat in the Ohio Valley Conference, according to the league's preseason poll released Thursday. Head coaches and communications directors around the league gave…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Kristaps Porzingis remains unavailable for Golden State with no return date after missing camp and the entire exhibition slate, then resurfacing at the team building this week. Club officials said Wednesday the 7-foot-3 big man is still dealing with the same undisclosed…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — League referees are putting flopping at the top of the 2026-27 enforcement list, and a preseason whistle on Knicks guard Jalen Brunson showed how quickly the standard can bite. During a Madison Square Garden exhibition on Oct. 12 against Minnesota, Brunson took…
From the HERE City National DeskBETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene University announced Thursday the death of Crimson Storm safety Tyler Ulrich, a week after he left an away game on a stretcher, and scrubbed this weekend trip to Southwestern Oklahoma State. Ulrich was 21. He went down Saturday in Arkadelphia,…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — Milwaukee finished off Los Angeles, the two-time reigning World Series champs, on Thursday night, taking National League Championship Series Game 4 by a 6-4 score at Dodger Stadium and completing a four-game sweep that sends the franchise back to the Fall Classic…
From the HERE City National DeskDENVER — Wil Lutz drilled a 53-yard kick in overtime Thursday night, and the Denver Broncos escaped with a 17-14 result against Seattle at Mile High Stadium after JaQuan McMillian picked off Sam Darnold on the first sudden-death drive. Seattle opened overtime and faced third-and-7…
From the HERE City National DeskMINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota coach Niko Medved spent more than seven minutes after the Thursday exhibition ripping the NCAA for how it rolled out a five-seasons-in-five-years eligibility model, saying the timing and legal fallout have left hundreds of players and coaches in limbo. Medved said he…
Education
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Leaders in Knoxville celebrated Thursday as Knox County Schools opened a rebuilt wing at Sterchi Elementary School, an about $8 million project that adds classrooms plus dedicated arts and media rooms after more than a year of noisy construction. District planners said crews delivered roughly 15,275 square…
Education
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Trash and recycling pickup on the University of Tennessee campus got quieter this week, as the school put a battery-powered McNeilus Volterra ZFL refuse truck into service on its Knoxville collection routes. Campus officials picked the electric model to cut tailpipe emissions and the amount of diesel…
Events
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The entertainment-first baseball tour that packed Knoxville stands this year is already locked for another Old City doubleheader on the 2027 calendar. Covenant Health Park will host Banana Ball next June, with games set for the 4th and the 5th as the Texas Tailgaters meet the Indianapolis…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's tougher hemp law is shrinking the retail stores and suppliers it regulates, and state tax collections from hemp products are coming in at a small fraction of what budget writers expected. The numbers from the Department of Finance and Administration are stark. July, the first month…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee closed out the summer with its jobless rate parked at 3.4%, the September reading from the state labor department shows, the third month in a row at that mark and tied for the lowest level the state has posted this year, while employers kept adding jobs.…
From the HERE City National Desk
BANGKOK — The International Monetary Fund says the world economy has held up better than expected against war, an energy shock and trade fights, but it is warning finance ministers gathered in Bangkok this week that the cushions behind that resilience are wearing thin. In its latest World Economic Outlook,…
Politics
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Voters in Knoxville and the rest of Knox County can cast midterm ballots early at any of the county's sites from now until Oct. 29, and anyone who waits must vote on Nov. 3 at their assigned precinct. The early window opened Oct. 14 across Tennessee. In…
Politics
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A split Knoxville City Council on Tuesday night sided with South Knoxville residents who challenged a plan to redevelop the former Kerbela Shriners property, voting 5-4 to uphold their appeal of the project approval. The site sits at 315 Kerbela Ave. Developer CR Endeavors had proposed housing…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Federal authorities stopped a suspicious package that had been mailed to the Tennessee Division of Elections before it could arrive, Secretary of State Tre Hargett announced Thursday, the second day of early voting for the Nov. 3 general election. Hargett said the package was intercepted in transit…
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