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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…
From the HERE City State DeskKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee football is back among the top 10 teams in the country. One night after a 34-6 rout of Kentucky at Neyland Stadium, the Volunteers climbed to No. 9 in both major weekly polls released Sunday. The jump was seven spots in…
From the HERE City State DeskKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee volleyball said goodbye to its seniors Sunday with a straight-sets win, beating Alabama 25-17, 25-17, 25-18 at Food City Center. Before the first serve the program honored four seniors: Sydney Jaynes, Nia Hall, McKenzie Plante and Caroline Kerr. Plante sat out…
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 HERE Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The head of school at Chattanooga Christian School has resigned abruptly, school officials told staff and parents in emails, and Matt Covey and his family have left town. Covey took over as the school’s top administrator in 2024. In notes to staff and parents, administrators said the…
From Merger Monday
Monday’s deal tape had a pattern. Nearly every buyer already owned a piece of what it was buying. Crédit Agricole holds 29.6% of Banco BPM and wants to reach about 45% by folding its Italian bank into the Milan lender, structured so that it never has to make a tender offer…
From Merger Monday
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., South Korea’s largest property-casualty insurer, agreed to buy the rest of British specialty insurer Canopius with KKR & Co. and Korea Investment Corp. for about $2.2 billion, a deal that would give the Seoul company control of a Lloyd’s of London underwriter it has…
From Merger Monday
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has hired Mizuho Securities and BofA Securities to arrange its first yen-denominated bond sale since April, returning to a market where it has borrowed about twice a year to fund its Japanese investments. The planned benchmark offering of senior unsecured notes is expected in the near future, subject…
From HERE Bristol
BRISTOL, Tenn. — The Bristol Tennessee City Council is set to take up a contract Tuesday evening that would pay for a study of a possible bus line linking Bristol, Tennessee, Bristol, Virginia, and Abingdon. The item is on the consent agenda. If it passes, the city would sign an…
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…
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