Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Tennessee Valley report from HERE Huntsville.
From HERE KnoxvilleKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee expects to have its top runner in Knoxville when the Vols come off their open date. Head coach Josh Heupel said Wednesday that running back DeSean Bishop should be in good shape to face No. 9 Kentucky at Neyland Stadium. Bishop…
From HERE SpartanburgSPARTANBURG, S.C. — Rain in the Sunday forecast has pushed the South Carolina and Duke fall baseball exhibition in Spartanburg up by one day. The Gamecocks and Blue Devils will now meet at Fifth Third Park on Saturday, Oct. 31, with first pitch at 1…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Gamecocks junior Joyce Edwards is one of 20 players on the preseason watch list for the 2027 Cheryl Miller Award, which goes to the best small forward in Division I women’s basketball. The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream host Golden State in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, with a 12:30 p.m. ET start at State Farm Arena, a workday tipoff the team’s owners have publicly blamed on the league. In a letter to fans…
From the HERE City National DeskATHENS, Ga. — Georgia men’s basketball tips off its season Monday night at Stegeman Coliseum against North Carolina Central, the first step in a push for a third NCAA Tournament bid in a row. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Coach Mike White enters…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
From the HERE City National DeskPHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix’s first turn hosting the NCAA Women’s Final Four pumped $71.5 million into the Arizona economy, researchers at Arizona State’s Seidman Research Institute concluded. The results were released Wednesday. Researchers surveyed out-of-state fans in person at the April 3 and April 5…
Education
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Cadets at Columbia High School in Huntsville have a new home base after Huntsville City Schools cut the ribbon this week on a $6 million building for the school Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps program. The district counts the project as another step in its 10-Year Capital…
Education
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — UAH, the University of Alabama campus in Huntsville, has landed a federal grant worth $3,231,252 to follow roughly 700 students in Limestone and Marshall counties from seventh grade until they finish high school, steering them toward college or job training. The money comes through GEAR UP, a…
Business
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Transformative Biotech, a Boulder, Colorado, company that builds infectious disease tests, is shifting its research and development work to Huntsville after winning a spot in HudsonAlpha’s Primer Lab startup program at the biotechnology institute. The company, which goes by T-Bio, makes PCR tests, the kind that hunt…
Business
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — The Mazda Toyota Manufacturing plant in Huntsville has turned out its one millionth vehicle, and the company marked the milestone on Wednesday, Oct. 28, by handing $120,000 in grants to local groups that helped it build a workforce. The plant, a joint venture of Mazda Motor Corporation…
From the HERE City National Desk
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Alphabet shares were down about 11% before the opening bell Thursday after the Google parent fell short of Wall Street forecasts on both sales and profit for the first time in nearly four years and reported that its massive artificial intelligence buildout pushed free cash flow…
Crime
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — A pair of killings in Huntsville, Ala., that went unsolved for more than 15 years now have a suspect attached to them. Huntsville police said Wednesday that detectives have closed both cases and blame Jeremy Powell, a man who died in Mississippi in 2013. The first victim…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — Five days before Election Day, Alaska's tight U.S. Senate race is now the subject of both a state investigation and an expanded federal court fight over a little-known candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan. Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, said Wednesday night…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — With the midterm elections days away, the president of Pew Research Center is cautioning Americans not to treat any one survey as a forecast, arguing that 2026 combines old polling problems with several new ones. Pew president Michael Dimock said in an analysis posted Thursday that surveys remain…
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