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SportsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee needed one snap to take the lead and one big fourth quarter to put away a top-10 rival, beating No. 6 Kentucky 34-6 on Saturday night before a sellout crowd of 101,915 at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville. Daune Morris broke loose…
SportsKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Karns High School in Knoxville, Tenn., will look for a new head football coach after Lee Warren stepped down Friday, Nov. 6, closing a four-season run leading the Beavers. The move follows a state penalty handed down in October. The TSSAA barred…
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 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 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
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 Merger Monday
Onodrim Industries, an Amsterdam company that plans to buy and hold European defense and industrial suppliers, raised $300 million in a Series A round led by Lux Capital that values it at $1.3 billion, nine months after its seed financing. General Catalyst, Lakestar, Altimeter, Strike Capital, 137 Ventures, 8090 and Expeditions…
Politics
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Teenagers who serve on the Knoxville Mayor's Youth Council put city leaders on the spot at the group's yearly forum, asking how local government really works and how young people can shape choices that affect their neighborhoods and schools. The session was built around clearing up common…
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…
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