UPDATE: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee executed Harold Wayne Nichols by lethal injection Thursday in Nashville for the 1988 rape and murder of Karen Pulley, a 20-year-old student at Chattanooga State University. Nichols, 64, had confessed to killing Pulley as well as raping several other women in the Chattanooga area. Although he …
Read More »Michigan fires football coach Sherrone Moore, saying he had ‘inappropriate relationship’ with staff member
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan fires football coach Sherrone Moore, saying he had ‘inappropriate relationship’ with staff member.
Read More »Doctor who sold ketamine to ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry gets 2 1/2 years in prison
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the “Friends” star’s overdose death was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday. Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence plus two years of probation to 44-year-old Dr. Salvador Plasencia in a …
Read More »Trump-backed Republican Matt Van Epps wins US House special election in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Matt Van Epps has won a nationally watched special election in Tennessee for a seat in the U.S. House, maintaining his party’s grip on the district with help from President Donald Trump. A military veteran and former state general services commissioner from Nashville, Van Epps defeated Democratic state …
Read More »Lane Kiffin says on social media he is leaving Ole Miss to become LSU’s football coach
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lane Kiffin says on social media he is leaving Ole Miss to become LSU’s football coach.
Read More »Gas Leak Repaired on Campus
UTC Community: As part of the ongoing construction project for the Dorothy and Jim Kennedy Health Sciences Building, an unmarked gas line was inadvertently struck at approximately 9:45 AM today. The UTC Police Department (UTCPD), UTC Office of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), Chattanooga Fire Department (CFD), and UTC Facilities …
Read More »Video: Marjorie Taylor Greene Resignation Announcement
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a loyal supporter-turned-critic of President Donald Trump who faced his political retribution if she sought reelection, said Friday she is resigning from Congress in January. Greene, in a more than 10-minute video posted online, explained her decision and said she didn’t want her …
Read More »Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, former Trump loyalist, says she will resign from Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, said Friday that she is resigning from Congress in January. In a more than 10-minute video posted online, Greene explained her decision and said she has “always been despised in Washington, D.C., and just never fit in.” …
Read More »Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Trump loyalist-turned critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January
WASHINGTON (AP) — Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Trump loyalist-turned critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
Read More »Investigators say UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky, killing 14, had cracks in engine mount
Federal investigators released dramatic photos Thursday of an engine flying off a doomed UPS cargo plane that crashed two weeks ago in Kentucky, killing 14 people, and said there was evidence of cracks in the left wing’s engine mount. A series of six photos showed the rear of the engine starting to …
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