Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Middle Tennessee report from HERENashville.
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 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 State DeskJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. — Tennessee Tech came from 10 points down Saturday and won 24-17 at East Tennessee State's William B. Greene Jr. Stadium, a result that pulled the Golden Eagles into a share of the Southern Conference lead. The deciding drive covered 90 yards…
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…
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. — Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell is putting the future of the city's public hospital under a formal review. At his weekly media roundtable Friday, he announced a vision committee to study Nashville General Hospital, from the buildings it uses to where it should be located and how it…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Heading into Tuesday's election, the most expensive fight in the Tennessee governor race has not been between the two major-party nominees. It has been a wave of outside spending aimed at an independent. Two independent expenditure groups have spent just under $10 million on ads against David…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Lee has put Christopher Hansen in charge of the Tennessee Department of Correction on an interim basis, handing the state prison system to the official who already runs its probation and parole arm. The appointment took effect immediately when the governor announced it Friday afternoon.…
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