Review: ORPHEUS DESCENDING at Tennessee Williams Theatre Company

There’s a moment in ORPHEUS DESCENDING when Valentine Xavier, tall, lanky, with enough charisma to make a statue blush, enters a dry goods store in a dying Mississippi town. You just know something is about to combust. With a snakeskin jacket and a guitar …

Maryland guard Ja'Kobi Gillespie commits to Tennessee out of NCAA transfer portal

Maryland guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie has committed to Tennessee out of the NCAA transfer portal, On3 has learned. He spent just one year with the Terrapins before making another move. Initially, Gillespie began his career at Belmont. He spent two seasons there …

Tennessee baseball vs Texas A&M to play doubleheader Saturday

Tennessee baseball and Texas A&M will play the final two games of their weekend series in a doubleheader Saturday. The schedule pivoted due to inclement weather forecasted Sunday in Knoxville. First pitch for Game 1 of the doubleheader is scheduled for …

Five dead as Tennessee braces for more severe weather

(The Center Square) – At least five people have died and that number is expected to increase after severe storms hit the western and middle portions of Tennessee.  "There has been a great deal of storm activity and damage," Gov. Bill Lee said in …

Tennessee baseball vs Texas A&M to play doubleheader Saturday

Ex-Maryland PG Ja’Kobi Gillespie going home to Tennessee

Former Maryland point guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie announced Friday that he is joining the Tennessee program. That marks a homecoming for Gillespie, who is a native of Greenville, Tenn., located about 70 miles east of the Tennessee campus in Knoxville. …

Tennessee bill on enrollment of undocumented students sparks civil rights concerns

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Concerns are rising over a Tennessee bill that questions if undocumented students should have to pay that tuition in order to attend. We spoke with the bill sponsor, who explained what started the conversation, and the bill's …

Tennessee Department of Health Confirms Three Additional Measles Cases

Nashville  – Today, the Tennessee Department of Health confirmed three additional cases of measles in Middle Tennessee, which are currently being investigated by public health officials. This brings Tennessee’s total to four, confirmed cases of measles in …

Tennessee driver charged with deadly hit-and-run had posted about how the victim would ‘be missed’

A Tennessee woman who allegedly killed a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash had posted about how much the victim would “be missed” — and even shared appeals to find the killer driver, according to reports. Haley Layman, 25, was arrested Tuesday, a day after …

'I'm Coming Home': Greeneville native Ja'Kobi Gillespie commits to Tennessee

'I'm Coming Home.' That was the simple message from Greeneville native Ja'Kobi Gillespie's X account on Friday afternoon - insinuating a full commitment to Tennessee Volunteers basketball for the 2025-26 season. Many reports, including …