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U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche visited Memphis on Friday to highlight the Memphis Safe Task Force’s results, crediting the multi-agency operation with reducing overall crime by 34 percent from the previous year.

Blanche said the task force, which launched in September 2025, has helped drive a 33 percent decline in murders, a 25 percent drop in sexual assaults, a 54 percent decrease in motor vehicle thefts, and a 40 percent decline in robberies.

The NCAA sued Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Friday over an executive order he signed that ignored newly established eligibility rules.

NCAA President Charlie Baker said DeWine lacks the authority to “permit Ohio colleges and universities to disregard the rules they have agreed to follow by rostering ineligible student-athletes.

President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill led by U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) into law to promote music tourism across the United States, including Tennessee’s historic music destinations.

Blackburn’s American Music Tourism Act, filed as S. 195, will direct the U.S. Department of Commerce to identify and promote locations and events important to music tourism, with the goal of increasing domestic and international travel to those destinations.

U.S. Representative Matt Van Epps (R-TN-07) launched a new reelection ad Wednesday highlighting his perfect congressional voting record and military service as early voting opens across Tennessee ahead of the November 3 general election.

The ad, titled “Mission,” connects Van Epps’ experience as a combat veteran and Army helicopter pilot with his approach to serving in Congress, emphasizing his record of attending every House vote since taking office.

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey expressed an “openness” to College Football Playoff (CFP) expansion.

At SEC Tipoff, a media event for the upcoming conference’s college basketball season, Sankey said the conference has “never said” the expansion “won’t happen” or that it “won’t be a point of support.”

Early voting for Tennessee’s November 3 general election begins Wednesday, giving voters a chance to cast ballots before Election Day in races for governor, the U.S. Senate, Congress, and the Tennessee General Assembly.

The November 3 general election will include contests for governor and the state’s U.S. Senate seat currently held by U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), along with all nine of Tennessee’s U.S. House seats.

Three men are facing multiple felony charges after an armed robbery at a Franklin home, according to the Franklin Police Department (FPD).

On Monday, FPD announced in a release that officers responded to a home in northeast Franklin shortly after 11 p.m. on Friday, October 9, following a report of an armed robbery.

The SEC implemented standardized contracts for name, image, and likeness (NIL) and revenue-sharing contracts, according to CBS Sports.

The outlet reported that SEC school presidents voted Monday to make this change. These contracts, which will include customizable portions, went into effect immediately

The College Football Playoff (CFP) Management Committee announced Saturday it will continue talks with ESPN about expanding the playoff system.

ESPN held an exclusive 30-day negotiating period with the CFP Management Committee to discuss expanding the playoff from 12 to 24 teams, which ended Friday.

The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission voted Friday to approve appeals from Music City Academy and The Gate School, overturning Metro Nashville Public Schools’ (MNPS) decisions to deny both proposed charter schools.