NCAA, leagues sign off on plan that includes paying athletes
Student-athletes could start receiving millions of dollars as soon as the 2025 fall semester.
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Sports Rachel Heck helps Stanford win women’s NCAA golf title
Former St. Agnes standout delivers the final point and helps Stanford win its second NCAA championship in three years.
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State Government Tennessee to become first state to offer free diapers for Medicaid families
The recent funding approval comes as public health advocates say that families are increasingly struggling to afford enough diapers for their children.
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Education Tennessee is the latest state to mandate automatic defibrillators at high schools
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell joined Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday to celebrate Tennessee’s new law requiring all high schools to keep an automated external defibrillator available during classes, athletic practices and games.
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Sports Olive Branch’s Ricky Stenhouse could face suspension after throwing punch
The NASCAR driver threw a right hook at Kyle Busch, and suddenly, an otherwise boring All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro Speedway had NASCAR fans buzzing.
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State Government Gov. Lee OKs bill allowing death penalty for child-rape convictions
The new Tennessee law, which goes into effect July 1, authorizes the state to pursue capital punishment when an adult is convicted of aggravated rape of a child.
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Sports Texas A&M vs. Notre Dame headlines first weekend of college football TV lineup
ESPN announced its major matchups for Week 0 and Week 1 on Tuesday as part of its presentation to advertisers in New York.
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Sports Ole Miss, Lane Kiffin clean up in football transfer portal
The Rebels pick up multiple defensive players who might make Ole Miss the best non-Georgia team in SEC.
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Sports Memphian Doug Barron claims first PGA Tour Champions major
Doug Barron won the Regions Tradition on Sunday, May 12, for his first PGA Tour Champions major title, shooting a 4-under 68 to hold off Steven Alker by two strokes.
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Metro TVA ignores warnings in moving forward with new natural gas plant
The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn’t comply with federal law.
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Metro Two dead in Tennessee after severe weather
The storms continue an outbreak of torrential rain and tornadoes that has cut across the country this week, from the Plains to the Midwest and now the southeastern U.S.
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Elections New lawsuit renews challenge to Tennessee laws targeting crossover voting in primary elections
A law passed last year requires polling places to post warning signs stating that it’s a crime for someone to vote in a political party’s primary if they are not a bona fide member of that party.
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Metro FedEx building in Michigan destroyed as storms lash Midwest
At one point an estimated 50 people were trapped in a FedEx building in Kalamazoo by downed power lines. All escaped, and a company spokesperson said there were no serious injuries despite the severe damage.
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Sports Former ECS star makes MLB history with two home runs in same inning
Brent Rooker, who lives in Germantown during the MLB offseason, is the 60th player in major league history to homer twice in an inning. The last A’s player to do it was Mark McGwire in 1996.
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State Government Transgender Tennesseans want birth certificate policy declared unconstitutional
The plaintiffs argue in court filings that sex is properly determined not by external genitalia but by gender identity, which they define in their brief as “a person’s core internal sense of their own gender.”
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April 2024
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Sports Former Tennessee great Candace Parker to retire from WNBA
The former Lady Vols superstar, who was a three-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist, announced Sunday that her career was over after 16 seasons.
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State Government Tennessee lawmakers adjourn after finalizing $1.9B tax cut and refund for businesses
Gov. Bill Lee was able to secure a deal on the $1.9 billion tax cut and refund for businesses. The amount is almost 4% of the state’s $52.8 billion budget — which largely does not contain tax breaks for most Tennesseans.
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Sports Six quarterbacks selected in top 12 of NFL Draft
Caleb Williams, the 2022 Heisman Trophy winner kicked off a historic NFL Draft Thursday night that had five other teams selecting quarterbacks among the top 12 picks, setting a record with five in the top 10 and tying a record for the most in the first round.
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State Government Tennessee to criminalize giving help to minors seeking abortions
Tennessee’s GOP-dominant Statehouse approved the bill Wednesday, clearing the way for the measure to head to the Republican governor’s desk.
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State Government TN House passes bill allowing armed teachers year after Nashville shooting
Some opponents of the bill hope liability concerns may make teachers and schools think twice before adopting the program.
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EducationAmid FAFSA problems, Memphis students file for college aid
A number of application workshops have popped up in the wake of the U.S. Department of Education’s 2024-2025 FAFSA relaunch earlier this year.
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State Government TN lawmakers approve $52.8B spending plan as school voucher agreement hopes flounder
Even with the budget approved in the House and Senate, lawmakers still remained divided on whether they’ll advance any proposal to spend vastly more public money to send students to private schools throughout the state.
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Education Tennessee schools may be required to out transgender students to parents
State GOP House lawmakers gave near-final passage to the bill on Monday, putting Tennessee close to joining states such as Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana and North Carolina with similar laws.
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State Government Gov. Lee signs bill requiring local officers to aid US immigration authorities
The Tennessee bill says law enforcement agencies and officials “shall” cooperate in various immigration tasks already spelled out in state law, instead of saying they “are authorized” to do so.
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State Government Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to involuntarily commit some defendants judged incompetent for trial
The bill approved Monday would also temporarily remove their gun rights if they are ruled incompetent to stand trial due to intellectual disability or mental illness.
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