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SportsGREENVILLE, S.C. — The Chattanooga Mocs wrapped up their Southern Conference schedule with a 17-10 victory over Furman on Saturday in Greenville, turning three Paladin giveaways and a pair of special teams swings into enough points to hold on. The tone was set before Furman's…
SportsELON, N.C. — The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's basketball team won the hard way Friday night, going to the rim over and over to beat Elon 77-70 at the Schar Center and even its record at 2-2. Outside shooting was not the answer.…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLLEGE STATION, Texas — Tennessee leaned on its kicker and its defense Saturday, beating Texas A&M 22-7 at Kyle Field as Cooper Ranvier made five field goals, the most of his career. The Volunteers improved to 8-2 overall and 5-2 in the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Four turnovers and a string of empty trips inside the 20 sent the Gamecocks home to Columbia, South Carolina, with a 34-6 loss at Arkansas on Saturday night. The defeat ended a four-game South Carolina winning streak. South Carolina was missing starting…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Aleksas Bieliauskas set a career high with 23 points Saturday afternoon, and South Carolina pulled away in the second half to beat Gardner-Webb 79-62 at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina. The Gamecocks are 4-0. Bieliauskas supplied all of South Carolina's…
From HERE ClintonCLINTON, S.C. — Clinton's Presbyterian College football team spent Saturday afternoon in Kentucky digging out of a deep hole, and came up one play short. The Blue Hose fell 28-25 at Morehead State after trailing by 18 points at the break. Morehead State put up…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — The top-ranked women's basketball team from Columbia, South Carolina, heads up Interstate 26 on Sunday for a matchup of two schools that share the same two-letter nickname. No. 1 South Carolina faces No. 3 Southern Cal in The Real SC event at…
From the HERE City State Desk
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University has narrowed its presidential search to a single candidate, a University of Mississippi administrator who will spend Tuesday on campus meeting faculty, staff, students and community leaders. Steven G. Holley stands alone in the running to follow Sidney A. McPhee, who has led…
From HERE Knoxville
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville Children's Theatre will stage Elf The Musical JR. for three weekends in December, the first holiday show in the company's new home at World's Fair Park, the theatre announced this week. Performances run Dec. 4 through Dec. 20. Curtain times are 7 p.m. on Thursdays and…
Business
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Chattanooga, Tennessee, restaurant company behind STIR and State of Confusion is putting its kitchen flavors on store shelves. SquareOne Holdings has rolled out a bigger retail line that includes tonic syrups for cocktails, seasoning blends and barbecue sauce. This consumer products arm is run out of…
From the HERE City State Desk
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Tennessee's newest Buc-ee's travel center opens its doors at 6 a.m. Central time Monday, Nov. 16, making Murfreesboro the third city in the state with one of the Texas chain's sprawling stores. The store sits at 3355 Elam Road. It covers 74,000 square feet and has 120…
From Merger Monday
For most of the past two years, the question in big deals was whether the money would show up. It did. This week the question changed to who else gets a vote. Start with Covetrus and MWI. A buyout-backed distributor agreed in March to buy its largest rival for $3.5 billion.…
From the HERE City State Desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee shoppers could stop paying state sales tax on three kitchen staples under a bill House Speaker Cameron Sexton has filed for the coming legislative session. House Bill 6 would carve milk, eggs and bread out of the tax that Tennessee charges on food. Everything else sold…
From the HERE City State Desk
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Anyone putting a vehicle on Tennessee roads for the first time will soon need paperwork showing they are legally in the country before a county clerk can hand over a license plate. The requirement, passed by the General Assembly earlier this year, takes effect Jan. 1, 2027.…
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