By TED ANTHONY, AP National Writer It became easy, in recent years, to dismiss him as the wisecracking grandpa of the American comic book, a past-his-prime gimmick who cameoed alongside Earth’s angstiest superheroes in the high-grossing Marvel blockbusters of the past decade. But Stan Lee, who died Monday, was far more …
Read More »Mayo’s career-best 40 leads E. Kentucky over Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Nick Mayo grabbed 12 rebounds and scored a career-high 40 points, including 13 straight in a game-changing second-half rally, and Eastern Kentucky beat Chattanooga 81-78 on Saturday night for coach A.W. Hamilton’s first Division I win. Mayo’s jumper with 6:44 to play capped his single-handed 13-0 …
Read More »Houzah sparks Mercer to 13-9 victory over Chattanooga
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Stephen Houzah returned a punt 91 yards and one play later Tyray Devezin bulled in from the 1 for the winning touchdown as Mercer scored late to beat Chattanooga 13-9 on Saturday. Houzah set up Mercer’s first score when he returned a kickoff 73 yards to …
Read More »Mocs News 11- 9-2018
Campus Vehicle Thefts
UTC Police have received multiple reports of vehicle burglary this afternoon, Friday, Nov. 9, in the following parking areas: Lot 31 (5th Street Garage) Lot 32 (East 4th and Mabel streets near McKenzie Arena) Lot 38 (Palmetto and Oak streets) Please call UTC PD at 423-425-4357 if you have any information concerning …
Read More »Northern California wildfire nearly quadruples in size
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire that moved so fast that firefighters couldn’t hope to stop it quadrupled in size Friday after destroying several thousand buildings and leveling much of a Northern California town of nearly 30,000 people, authorities said. Only a day after it began, the fire near the …
Read More »The Latest: Calif. shooting survivor was at Vegas massacre
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at a Southern California bar that left 13 dead including the gunman (all times local): 8:10 p.m. A survivor of the mass shooting at a Southern California bar was also at the Las Vegas music festival that ended in a …
Read More »Despite the rain, Taps plays on at UTC
Bad weather didn’t stop the taps project on the University of Tennessee Chattanooga campus. This is the third year for the project meant to honor veterans and their service. Volunteers play trumpet in various places on our campus…. one after another. Their coordinated performance results in a haunting moment that …
Read More »Kemp’s campaign declares victory in Georgia’s governor race
By BILL BARROW and BEN NADLER, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican Brian Kemp’s campaign declared victory Wednesday in the Georgia governor’s race, though Democrat Stacey Abrams insists that enough ballots remain to leave open the possibility of a runoff in a race that Kemp oversees as secretary of state. The …
Read More »Trump forces out Jeff Sessions as US attorney general
By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was pushed out Wednesday as the country’s chief law enforcement officer after enduring more than a year of blistering and personal attacks from President Donald Trump over his recusal from the Russia investigation. Sessions told the president in a …
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