Tennessee

2022 - 5 - 19

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1 dead in shooting after Tennessee high school graduation (ABC News)

Police say one person was killed and another injured in a shooting after a high school graduation at Middle Tennessee State University.

“Tonight’s shooting at MTSU is a tragedy,” Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Dan Goodwin said. It was not immediately known if the victims were students. The injured victim was hospitalized in critical condition.

Tennessee Higher Education Commission Votes to Hold Tuition Flat ... (tn.gov)

COOKEVILLE – May 19 – For the first time in its history, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has voted to ensure no tuition increases at the ...

Tennessee public colleges and universities will also receive over $47 million to fund the state’s share of a four percent state employee salary increase. Once set, no public institution can exceed the ranges established by the Commission when setting their tuition and mandatory fees for the following academic year. The vote by the Commission today represents years of conversations and hard work to get to this point.

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Skeptic's guide to Tennessee's 2022 football season (Saturday Down South)

Tennessee fans are a skeptical bunch. Here's why 2022 might fall short of expectations.

Tennessee went 7-6 in 2021, but if they get the benefit of 4th-quarter first-down spots against Pittsburgh and Ole Miss or a favorable forward progress call against Purdue, that win total might have reached double digits. But there’s a big difference between watching and having to play against that speed in person. They’ve seen his ability to operate Heupel’s system and how he can take over a game with his arm and feet. But Hendon Hooker proved to be the Vols’ most valuable player. But the Vols aren’t a secret anymore. Heupel’s rookie season as a head coach in the SEC must be considered a success. The Vols almost always beat Kentucky, but the Wildcats are no longer a pushover. Jalin Hyatt, Jimmy Calloway and Ramel Keyton are probably the 3 players most likely to fill that void. Florida went through a coaching change, but can any Tennessee fans really expect a win over the Gators when they’ve UT has lost 16 of their past 17 in the series? Tillman didn’t get the most attention from opposing defenses. When Lane Kiffin bolted and left a burning Knoxville in his wake in January 2010, that started Tennessee athletics on a very dark road. Only recently has it appeared that UT is snapping out of that funk.

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How to watch Tennessee Lady Vols vs. Campbell softball on live ... (Knoxville News Sentinel)

What to know to watch the Tennessee Lady Vols vs. Campbell University softball in the NCAA Softball Tournament on Friday, May 20, 2022.

The loser advances to face the loser of Ohio State and Oregon State at 2:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 21. Tennessee enters the contest 39-16 overall. The Tennessee Lady Vols and Campbell University softball teams are scheduled to meet in the 2022 NCAA Softball Tournament Knoxville Regional first round on Friday, May 20.

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VolQuest - Weekend Preview: No. 1 Tennessee @ Mississippi State (VolQuest)

The Vols take on the Bulldogs in the final weekend of the regular season.

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1 dead, 1 in critical condition in shooting after Tennessee high ... (NBC News)

One person was killed and another was injured in a shooting that erupted after a high school graduation ceremony hosted on a local college campus in ...

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Bracketology: A Look at Who Tennessee is Projected to Face in the ... (CalBearsMaven)

After that for the Vols and the rest of the SEC is the conference tournament in Hoover, Alabama, where UT has already locked up the No. 1 seed after outright ...

No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 1 Tennessee vs. Want the latest on national football and basketball recruiting, including Vols targets? No. 1 Tennessee vs. No. 2 Stanford (34-14, 18-9 Pac-12 (2nd)) vs. No. 2 Connecticut (43-10, 16-2 (1st)) vs.

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This rural Tennessee county was a vaccine success story. Not ... (Nashville Public Radio)

At a glance, it seemed like a Southern pandemic success story in a most unlikely place. A small county northeast of Chattanooga, along the twisting banks.

“When the data was pulled out, each ZIP code had to be ascribed a county because there wasn’t another good way to do it.” The health department stopped waiting for that software update on April 1 and tasked its staff with geocoding vaccination data to the correct counties. Other states appear to have avoided the ZIP code issue before it skewed their public vaccination data. STChealth initially agreed to an interview with KHN but canceled after being provided more details about the focus of this article. When the Tennessee Department of Health quietly corrected the error last month, county rates shifted overnight, and Meigs County’s rate of fully vaccinated people dropped from 65% to 43%, which is below the state average and middling in the rural South. When told of the data error, some lamented the county’s once-enviable rate. Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, said the ZIP code error was emblematic of the nation’s piecemeal public health infrastructure. The CDC still publishes the incorrect statistics daily. STChealth provides similar services to at least eight other states, and officials in West Virginia and Montana said ZIP code errors have also affected their county-level vaccination data. “Good data don’t guarantee good decisions,” Schaffner said. The inverse occurred in Moore County, which had been labeled Tennessee’s least-vaccinated area. Meigs, with a population of 13,000, got credit for about 2,900 extra vaccinations, largely from neighboring Roane County.

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17-year-old arrested in deadly Tennessee high school graduation ... (WZTV)

The Murfreesboro Police Department (MPD) has identified a person of interest in a graduation ceremony shooting which left one dead and another in critical ...

The deceased victim has been identified as Hasani "Sunny" Brewer Gant, a former student and graduate of Riverdale High School. We will work closely with the school system regarding their needs for tonight’s ceremony for Blackman High School." A 17-year-old has been taken into custody with the help of Clarksville Police and will be charged with first-degree murder.

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How to watch Middle Tennessee's high school graduations online ... (Clarksville Leaf Chronicle)

Many of the school districts in Middle Tennessee are planning to livestream or broadcast graduation proceedings for out of town visitors who can't attend the in ...

- Gallatin: May 20 at 7 p.m. - Beech: May 21 at 6 p.m. - Hendersonville: May 20 at 6 p.m. - Greenbrier: May 23 at 6 p.m. - Springfield: May 19 at 6 p.m. - Kenwood: May 27 at 7 p.m. - Northeast: May 26 at 7 p.m. - Stratford: May 25 at 6 p.m. - Hillwood: May 20 at 6 p.m. - Hillsboro: May 24 at 6 p.m. - Glencliff: May 23 at 6 p.m. - Harpeth: May 26 at 7 p.m.

Roadway Activity Report for parts of East and Middle Tennessee ... (tn.gov)

CUMBERLAND COUNTY I-40 resurfacing from MM 333.5 to the Roane County line (MM 340.4) including SR-299 interchanges: Nightly lane closures will continue Sunday ...

Signage, cones, and flaggers will be present, 05/16/22 through 05/25/22 from 9 am – 3 pm. Signage, cones, and flaggers will be present, 02/15/22 through 06/01/22 from 9 am – 2 pm. Signage, cones, and flaggers will be present, 05/02/22 through 05/25/22 from 9 am – 3 pm. Signage, cones, and flaggers will be present, 05/24/22 through 05/27/22 from 9 am – 2 pm. MARION COUNTY SR-27 between LM 26.9 and LM 27.9 slide repair and bridge and retaining wall construction: The contractor will be working on SR-27 (Suck Creek Road) at LM 26.9 and LM 27.9 to construct a new bridge and repair a slide. Signage, cones, and flaggers will be present, 05/19/22 through 05/25/22 from 9 am – 2 pm. One lane will be open to traffic with the restriction of all wide loads, the maximum lane width is 12’. Motorists should be alert to a new traffic pattern and encouraged to use caution and be alert to construction personnel and equipment. Also, at LM 26.9 from 05/18/22 through 05/20/22 the contractor will be reducing the road to one lane controlled by flaggers to install new poles for temporary traffic signals. BRADLEY COUNTY SR-60 widening from the 4-lane north of I-75 (LM 17.2) to SR-306 (LM19.9): During this reporting period, the contractor will be performing earthmoving operations and removal of structures. During this work, the contractor will close down one lane of traffic and will have flaggers and temporary traffic control devices to control the flow of traffic through the work zone. PUTNAM COUNTY SR-135 (BURGESS FALLS RD.) Utility Work both directions from LM 3.25 to LM 5.57: Shoulder and single lane closures from Cane Creek Road to the intersection of Cookeville Boatdock Road and Burgess Falls Road. Motorists should reduce speed and be prepared to stop. OVERTON COUNTY SR-85 (HILHAM HWY.) Utility Work both directions from LM 4.52 to LM 3.2: Mobile lane closures along SR-85 between Old Standing Stone Road and Jerry Bilbrey Lane. Motorists should use caution and be aware of personnel and equipment when traveling through the work zone.

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Tennessee baseball vs. Mississippi State: Live score updates (Knoxville News Sentinel)

Tennessee baseball has won eight of its nine SEC series entering the final series of the regular season against Mississippi State.

Mike Wilson covers University of Tennessee athletics. The Vols clinched the outright SEC regular-season title for the first time since 1995 with its series win against Georgia. Tennessee is the No. 1 seed for the SEC Tournament in Hoover, Alabama. UT played in the tournament title game last season when it lost to Arkansas. Tennessee baseball is trying to win its ninth SEC series this season when it faces Mississippi State.

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Five-Star Pass Rusher Announces Tennessee Visit Plans | Rocky ... (Rocky Top Insider)

Five-star pass rusher Chandavian Bradley announced plans to visit Tennessee at the end of May on Wednesday night.

Tennessee’s 2023 recruiting class is the nation’s seventh best according to 247sports and the fourth best according to On3. The two-sport star is the top-player in the state of Missouri, playing his prep football at Platte County High School. Tennessee offered Bradley in February and have made him a priority sense.

TDOT Lane Closure Report for Middle Tennessee, May 19-25, 2022 (tn.gov)

Complete list of lane closures due to construction projects and maintenance work in Middle Tennessee for the week of May 19-25, 2022.

· Daily, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., (Excl. Weekends) There will be a temporary alternating lane closure on SR 112 Clarksville Pike in both directions for grade work, storm drainage, sanitary sewer and overhead power. · Daily, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., There will be a temporary alternating lane closure on SR 112 Clarksville Pike in both directions for grade work, storm drainage, sanitary sewer and overhead power. · 24/7, Continuous Full Road closure on SR 106 (Lewisburg Pk) between Carnton Ln and Eastern Flank Cir until June 30th for culvert replacement. Traffic on SR 13 will remain in the phase four alignment as switched on 11/7/20. Blasting operations will continue on SR 149. Contractor to utilize 1 lane of traffic for safety and construction. One lane will remain open in each direction. · 24/7, I-840 WB will be closed to do bridge repair work. Traffic will be controlled by a temporary signal. One lane to remain open at all times. At least one lane will remain open in each direction. One lane will remain open at all times. The interchange modification on I-24 at Hickory Hollow Pkwy. (Exit 60), including grading, drainage, construction of bridges, retaining walls and paving.

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Notorious Hawaiian Tropic founder and University of Tennessee ... (Knoxville News Sentinel)

The businessman who came from the hills of Asheville was the original guerilla marketing expert who "never stopped working."

“I used to teach school and I used to make $4,300 a year. He also recalled the earliest days, when he sat atop a Volusia County lifeguard tower in order to supplement his teaching salary. “To say he was a self-made success is the largest understatement I could ever make. Rice was married twice, including a brief second marriage in the early 1990s to Darcy LaPier, an aspiring actress who’d been a Miss Hawaiian Tropic contestant several years earlier. “When Ron recently became seriously ill, I realized he probably wouldn’t live long enough to hold his published autobiography in his hands, and that breaks my heart,” Snook said. And there’s Ron up on the stage, and he won’t stop. From there, he’d go all over, to Mardi Gras, the Final Four, then end up at the Cannes Film Festival. He traveled 300 days a year.” Trump’s relationship with Rice and Rice's annual event was also seen as the impetus for Trump’s later purchase of the Miss Universe franchise. He hired a pair of 11-year-old kids to fill the first bottles of his lotion, one bottle at a time, from that garbage can. Rice and Hawaiian Tropic became synonymous with his big roster of young women who traveled to major international events and promoted the product. “I came into the company when it was already well established,” said Kramer, who was Rice’s promotions director from 1985 through the 2007 sale. In many ways, I think he was the original Jed Clampett.”

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1 dead in shooting during high school graduation at Tennessee ... (FOX 5 Atlanta)

One person has died and another is in critical condition in a shooting after a high school graduation at Middle Tennessee State University.

"Tonight’s shooting at MTSU is a tragedy," Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Dan Goodwin said. It was not immediately known if the victims were students. The injured victim is hospitalized in critical condition.

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1 dead, 1 hurt in shooting after Riverdale High graduation on MTSU ... (The Tennessean)

The shooting happened near the Murphy Center as people left the Riverdale High graduation being held there, officials said.

We will work closely with the school system regarding their needs for tonight’s ceremony for Blackman High School." This was not an MTSU event, as Murphy Center is rented by Rutherford County Schools for its high school commencements, and we are not aware of any involvement or connection in the incident by members of the MTSU community. "Our hearts go out to the Riverdale students, faculty and family members affected by Wednesday night’s tragedy," the statement said. "We are working closely (with) law enforcement agencies which will release updates as the investigation continues." "The threat no longer appears to exist on campus, and it is safe to resume normal activities," MTSU Police said in a tweet early Thursday morning. "Tonight's shooting at Middle Tennessee State University is a tragedy for our community," Goodwin said Wednesday night.

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Tennessee teen arrested for murder after high school graduation ... (Fox News)

Police arrested a 17-year-old on a first-degree murder charge after a shooting at Middle Tennessee State University, which hosted a graduation ceremony for ...

We will work closely with the school system regarding their needs for tonight’s ceremony for Blackman High School," the statement read. Riverdale High School held its graduation ceremony at the university. 1 KILLED, 1 INJURED IN SHOOTING AT TENNESSEE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

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