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SportsCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Tennessee will be a lineman short when it walks into Kyle Field on Saturday. Offensive guard Nic Moore was listed as out on the Vols Thursday night availability report and will not travel for the SEC road game against Texas A&M.…
SportsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's two biggest women's basketball programs meet Thursday night when Middle Tennessee rolls into Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center to face a Lady Vols team that has been lighting up scoreboards. The ball goes up at 6:30 Eastern time, which is…
SportsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Members of the Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball roster have put on paper what a union-style deal between college athletes and their school might look like, the first such term sheet released anywhere in college sports. The proposal, published Tuesday with the players…
Education
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Tennessee high school seniors eyeing a college just across the state line will keep a major price break for another year, the University of Alabama in Huntsville announced this week. Trustees for the University of Alabama System voted at their Nov. 6 meeting to carry the Tennessee…
Events
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Morgan Wallen is bringing his next stadium run home. The country star announced Thursday that his Last Time I Checked Tour will end with two nights at Tennessee’s new Nissan Stadium in Nashville on Friday, Aug. 27, and Saturday, Aug. 28, 2027. The 14-show tour hits seven…
From HERE Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Nearly two decades after fire wiped out the McClung Warehouses, Knoxville residents will soon get their first full look at what could rise on the empty stretch of West Jackson Avenue. The City of Knoxville and Knoxville's Community Development Corporation, known as KCDC, will hold a public…
Business
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority is dropping the interim tag from its chief executive and dividing the top job in two, a leadership shift at the federal power provider that supplies electricity across Tennessee. The TVA board announced Thursday that Mike Skaggs, who has run the utility on…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is in line for more than $52 million from a $183.5 million agreement that 43 states reached with a rent-to-own finance company accused of steering shoppers into far costlier leases than they expected, state Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Thursday. The deal resolves claims against Acima…
Crime
WARTBURG, Tenn. — Known lock defects, ignored threats and a climate of fear inside the Morgan County Correctional Complex set the stage for the February death of Dustin Pedigo, a state corrections officer, according to findings from local grand jurors in a report filed Nov. 10. Pedigo was stabbed on…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The stretch of the year when Tennessee drivers are most likely to hit a deer is here, and the state highway patrol and AAA are both telling motorists to slow down and resi
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov.-elect Marsha Blackburn is starting her term with a hard look at one of the state agencies that has drawn the most complaints, naming a four-person advisory committee to study the Tennessee Department of Children's Services. The panel is charged with examining how the department operates, how…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A state rule now taking shape would write kratom into Tennessee workplace drug standards, a step that could matter to injured workers, even as local agencies keep finding the substance in stores more than four months after lawmakers outlawed it. The ban on owning or selling kratom…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Drivers who register a vehicle in Tennessee for the first time will need to show they are in the country legally once the calendar turns to 2027, under a state law that county clerks are now warning residents about. The rule takes effect Jan. 1, 2027. It…
Health
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Expectant mothers in Tennessee whose doctors have flagged their pregnancy as high risk will soon be able to park closer to the door, under a new state law that kicks in with the new year. Starting Jan. 1, 2027, a person with a physician-certified high-risk pregnancy can…
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