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SportsSTARKVILLE, Miss. — Brock Taylor did most of the scoring and Vanderbilt's defense hung on at the end, as the Commodores beat Mississippi State 25-23 on Saturday in Starkville for their first Southeastern Conference win of the year. Taylor made six field goals, a Vanderbilt…
SportsCINCINNATI, Ohio — Nashville SC put the finishing stamp on a historic regular season Saturday, beating FC Cincinnati 2-0 on Decision Day behind a pair of second-half scores from Sam Surridge and walking away with 77 points, the most any MLS club has collected in…
SportsCINCINNATI, Ohio — Nashville SC heads into Saturday’s regular-season finale at FC Cincinnati needing just one point to own the best regular season in MLS history. The Coyotes sit level with the 2024 Inter Miami team on 74 points, the league’s single-season high. A win…
From the HERE City State DeskCHARLESTON, S.C. — Tennessee-Martin left Buccaneer Field with a 20-10 win Saturday, using an early defensive score and two late kicks to close out Charleston Southern. The Skyhawks jumped in front 14-3 after the opening quarter and then kept the Buccaneers off the board after…
From the HERE City State DeskNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State grabbed a 7-3 lead early in the third quarter at Nissan Stadium, then watched Southeast Missouri score 21 unanswered points and pull away for a 33-14 victory on Saturday. Daylin Lee went 20-for-36 through the air for 273 yards and…
From the HERE City State DeskCOOKEVILLE, Tenn. — No. 9 Tennessee Tech poured in 35 points in the second quarter and saw eight different players reach the goal line in a 66-14 homecoming victory against VMI on Saturday in Cookeville. Leatherwood went 21-for-28 through the air for 312 yards and…
From the HERE City State DeskCLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Austin Peay answered last year’s defeat against the Colonels with a 55-31 result Saturday at Fortera Stadium, securing an eighth victory — a mark the program has reached three other times in the past decade — and lifting the Governors to 8-2…
From the HERE City State DeskMURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee ended a seven-year drought against Western Kentucky on Saturday night, winning 51-42 at Johnny Red Floyd Stadium after a last-second field goal and a fumble recovery on the final kickoff return. The rivals were tied 42-42 with 31 seconds left…
From the HERE City State DeskKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — No. 10 Tennessee volleyball snapped a two-match skid Friday night at Food City Center, blanking Mississippi State 25-20, 25-14, 29-27 and collecting the Lady Vols 13th sweep of 2026. Kennedi Rogers paced the attack with 19 kills while hitting .341. Jalyn Stout…
Education
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Democratic pickups in the Tennessee House are changing the arithmetic for another drive to grow the Education Freedom Scholarship program that Governor-elect Marsha Blackburn put at the center of her campaign. Ninety-five House members voted in April on expanding the private-school scholarship plan. Support came from 52…
Business
SELMER, Tenn. — Electrification manufacturer ABB is committing another large capital outlay in McNairy County, a $50 million second expansion that state economic developers say will bring 227 jobs to Selmer. Governor Bill Lee and Stuart C. McWhorter, the state top economic development official, joined company executives for the announcement.…
Business
JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. — Nuclear manufacturer BWXT is scaling up its Washington County campus with a $714.5 million build that state leaders say will add 181 positions and more than double the payroll already working there. Governor Bill Lee and Stuart C. McWhorter of the state economic development department unveiled the…
From Merger Monday
The New Orleans City Council approved a 45-year tax arrangement on Thursday for the planned Omni New Orleans, one of the last local steps for a $625 million convention headquarters hotel across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Rather than paying a conventional property-tax bill, the Dallas-based developers would make…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — House Speaker Cameron Sexton has placed a narrow grocery break before the incoming legislature, filing House Bill 6 to lift Tennessee’s 4 percent food sales tax from milk, eggs and bread. The measure was filed for introduction on Nov. 5 and would amend Title 67, Chapter 6…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Governor-elect Marsha Blackburn has stood up the people who will manage the handoff from Gov. Bill Lee, putting Stuart McWhorter in charge of both a five-person advisory committee and a campaign-heavy operating staff. On the advisory side, McWhorter will hear from former state Rep. Donna Barrett, Julie…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Governor-elect Marsha Blackburn is not weighing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to fill the U.S. Senate seat she will vacate after she is sworn in as governor in January, according to a person familiar with private transition talks. Blackburn won the Nov. 3 governor race over Democrat Jerri…
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