Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Middle Tennessee report from HERENashville.
SportsNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Down two goals before halftime, Nashville SC came all the way back on Sunday and beat Red Bull New York 3-2 at GEODIS Park, finishing its home schedule without a loss and matching the most points any MLS team has collected in…
SportsCINCINNATI, Ohio — The Tennessee Titans bring a 1-6 record into Paycor Stadium on Sunday to face the 4-2 Cincinnati Bengals, and they will do it without two key pieces of their offense. Kickoff is 1 p.m. Eastern, noon in Nashville. Rookie wide receiver Carnell…
SportsNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Steven Stamkos beat his old team twice on Saturday afternoon at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, scoring the tying power-play goal late in regulation and then the lone shootout goal as the Predators edged the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4. The victory snapped a…
From the HERE City State DeskSTARKVILLE, Miss. — A rebuilt Tennessee Tech men's basketball team begins a new chapter Monday night, opening the 2026-27 season at Mississippi State in its first game since leaving the Ohio Valley Conference. Tipoff at Humphrey Coliseum is set for 6:30 p.m. Central, 7:30 p.m.…
From the HERE City State DeskCINCINNATI, Ohio — The Tennessee Titans had a nearly two-touchdown underdog upset in their hands for most of Sunday afternoon at Paycor Stadium, and then watched it slip away in overtime, 43-36, to the Cincinnati Bengals. Tennessee led 36-29 after Cam Ward found Wan'Dale Robinson…
From the HERE City State DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies are the only team in the NBA without a loss after a 136-105 home rout of the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. At 6-0, Memphis has matched the 2014-15 club for the best opening in franchise history. Houston had…
From the HERE City National DeskDETROIT, Mich. — The NFL no longer has an undefeated team. Detroit beat Minnesota 19-15 at Ford Field on Sunday, ending the Vikings' 6-0 run and leaving the 1972 Miami Dolphins as the only club ever to finish a season without a loss. The Lions,…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — Atlanta Hawks rookie guard Kingston Flemings will sit out Monday night after the NBA handed him a one-game suspension without pay for an elbow to the head of a New Orleans player. The league office said Flemings intentionally struck Pelicans guard…
From the HERE City National DeskROME, Italy — Notre Dame opened its women's basketball season an ocean away from South Bend and looked right at home. Hannah Hidalgo scored 32 points and the No. 13 Irish beat Villanova 99-75 on Sunday in the Eternal City Tip-Off at the Palazzo dello…
From the HERE City National DeskST. LOUIS, Mo. — Atlanta and Chicago each came away with a pair of fielding honors Sunday night when Rawlings named its 2026 Gold Glove Award winners, while Boston and Arizona led the majors with three apiece. For the Braves, first baseman Matt Olson collected…
From the HERE City National DeskTAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay found a way to beat Atlanta on Sunday without a single completed pass. The Buccaneers leaned on two running backs in a steady rain at Raymond James Stadium and walked off with a 16-0 shutout of the Falcons. Baker Mayfield…
From the HERE City National DeskORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Baltimore went through three quarterbacks before halftime Sunday in Buffalo, and the Ravens may have to start the third one in four days. The Bills rolled to a 36-10 win as the Ravens dropped their third straight game. Lamar Jackson was…
Education
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's 13 community colleges will split a $7.6 million federal grant to build the kind of quick-turnaround career certificates that students can now pay for with Pell Grants. The U.S. Department of Labor is paying it out over four years through a community college training grant program.…
Education
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A state review panel is asking Tennessee leaders to change how public schools find their low-income students, a shift that would send about $233 million more a year through the state school funding formula. The TISA Review Committee, whose members include senior state education officials and district…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee drivers are paying noticeably less at the pump heading into Election Day, with the statewide average for regular gasoline sliding about 10 cents over the past week. AAA's daily survey put Tennessee's regular unleaded average at $3.71 a gallon on Monday, down from $3.81 a week…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee now has somewhere between 60 and 65 data centers in operation, and a growing list of local governments wants to slow down the next wave. Two industry research firms, DataCenterMap and Baxtel, each count 65 operating facilities spread over 10 counties. Davidson County has the most…
Crime
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Canadian citizen who federal prosecutors say spent roughly four decades in Tennessee living under an American man's identity, and voting in that name, has pleaded not guilty to an 11-count federal indictment. Gregory Allan Porter, 67, of Sevierville, entered his plea Friday, Oct. 30, in front…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Groceries got slightly cheaper at the register in Nashville this month. Starting Sunday, Nov. 1, the Metro local-option sales tax on eligible food in Davidson County dropped from 2.25% to 1.75%. The state still collects its 4% tax on food, so the total rate shoppers pay on…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee voters will settle a familiar U.S. Senate matchup on Tuesday, as Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty seeks a second term against Democrat Marquita Bradshaw, the same opponent he beat in 2020. Ten names are on the ballot. Besides the two party nominees, eight independents qualified by petition,…
Politics
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — The race to succeed Gov. Bill Lee is down to its final hours, and the leading candidates spent the weekend crisscrossing Tennessee with the same message: everyday costs are too high. Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn rallied supporters in Murfreesboro on Sunday. She told the crowd her…
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