College Football Playoff schedule
College Football Playoff schedule First round (Dec. 20-21) No. 10 Indiana at No. 7 Notre Dame, Friday, Dec. 20: 7 p.m. | ABC/ESPN No. 11 SMU at No. 6 Penn State, Saturday, Dec. 21: 11 a.m. | TNT No. 12 Clemson at No. 5 Texas, Saturday, Dec. 21: 3 p.m. | TNT No. 9 Tennessee…
Read MorePriscilla Adkins
Priscilla Dean Adkins, 85, of Union City died Dec. 6, 2024, at her home. Funeral services were 1 p.m. Sunday at Edmaiston Mosley Funeral Home. Burial followed in East View Cemetery. The Messenger/12.8.24
Read MoreMarcell Ingram
Marcell Ingram, 66, of Union City died Dec. 3, 2024, in Georgia. Services were 1 p.m. Saturday at True Gospel Baptist Church. Interment followed in East View Cemetery. Visitation was at noon on Saturday at the church. McPhearson-Rawls Funeral Home in Union City was in charge of arrangements. The Messenger/12.8.24
Read MoreAllison Webber
Allison Lee Webber, age 30, of Union City passed away Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. Services were 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, at White-Ranson Funeral Home. Burial followed in East View Cemetery. Visitation began Sunday at 1 p.m. and ran until the time of service at the funeral home. Pallbearers…
Read MoreLinda Wood
Mrs. Linda Lou Wood, age 76, of Hickman, Ky., passed away Nov. 23, 2024, at her residence. She was born on March 1, 1948, in Paducah, Ky., to the late Luther and Hazel “Heal” Hodge. Mrs. Wood was of the Pentecostal faith and worked in the nursing home industry. She was a previous graduate of…
Read MoreTSSAA BlueCross Bowl State Championship results
TSSAA BlueCross Bowl State Championship Games Division I Class 1A MASE 36, South Pittsburg 14 Class 2A Marion County 17, Milan 7 Class 3A Alcoa 40, Westview 21 Class 4A Macon County 45, Melrose 14 Class 5A Sevier County 27, Page 20 Class 6A Oakland 42, Houston 20 Division II Class A Nashville Christian 49,…
Read MoreTennessee gets 9th seed, trip to Ohio State
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The new, 12-team College Football Playoff brings with it a promise to be bigger, more exciting, more lucrative. Perfect or 100 percent fair? Well, nobody ever believed that. The first expanded playoff bracket unveiled Sunday left a presumably deserving Alabama team on the sideline in favor of an SMU…
Read MoreNo. 4 Wildcats rally to take down Gonzaga
By JOSH KIRSHENBAUM Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Andrew Carr had 19 points and No. 4 Kentucky erased an 18-point second half deficit to beat No. 7 Gonzaga 90-89 in overtime on Saturday night. Otega Oweh converted at the rim in the opening minute of overtime to put the Wildcats in front 81-79, their first…
Read MoreLady Vols remain perfect after beating Iowa
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Talaysia Cooper scored 19 of her 23 points in the second half to help Tennessee beat No. 17 Iowa 78-68 on Saturday night in the inaugural Women’s Champions Classic. Her jumper with 3:04 left in the fourth gave the Lady Vols (7-0) a 68-67 lead…
Read MoreVols whip Syracuse in SEC/ACC Challenge
By AL LESAR Associated Press KNOXVILLE (AP) — Chaz Lanier scored 26 points to lead No. 3 Tennessee to a 96-70 victory over Syracuse in the SEC/ACC Challenge on Tuesday night. The Volunteers (8-0) got a double-double from Igor Milicic with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Zakai Zeigler had 14 points and eight assists. Jordan…
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