By JOHN MARSHALL, AP Basketball Writer Tennessee kept rolling for a while after taking over the top spot in The Associated Press college basketball poll, unlike its previous stint at No. 1. The Vols had a close call against Vanderbilt, the team that knocked them off the No. 1 perch a …
Read More »Mocs News Feb 1 2019
Campus Closed Tuesday
Due to snow and icy conditions forecast for Tuesday, Jan. 29, UTC will be closed. All classes are canceled and all campus offices are closed on Tuesday. Food service will be available in the Crossroads Dining facility from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday. The ARC (Aquatic and Recreation Center) …
Read More »Blue Gold Memorial Postponed
From the Chancellor’s Office: Due to the impending bad weather tomorrow, we have decided to postpone the Blue & Gold Memorial, regardless of campus being open or not. Again, the Blue & Gold Memorial will NOT take place tomorrow.
Read More »From the National Weather Service: Snow Predicted for the Tennessee Valley
Here’s the latest information from the National Weather Service: ...Wintry Conditions Expected Late Tonight and Tuesday... .An arctic cold front will move across the Tennessee Valley and southern Appalachians late Tonight and Tuesday morning bringing with it widespread precipitation. The precipitation will likely begin as a mixture of rain and …
Read More »Trump ally Stone charged with lying about hacked emails
By ERIC TUCKER and CHAD DAY, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s confidant Roger Stone has been charged with lying about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election bid. Prosecutors allege that senior Trump campaign officials sought to leverage the stolen material into a White …
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Symone Sanders at UTC
Even with IRS staffers returning, tax refunds may be delayed
By MARCY GORDON, AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS’ workforce will return to full strength under the short-term deal to reopen the government struck Friday by President Donald Trump and congressional leaders. But the disruption from the partial shutdown and the recent absence of a large contingent of recalled …
Read More »Trump, Congress agree to end longest government shutdown
By JILL COLVIN, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Submitting to mounting pressure and growing disruption, President Donald Trump agreed to a deal Friday to reopen the government for three weeks, backing down from his demand that Congress give him money for his border wall before federal …
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