Saturday, July 18, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1895, George Kelly Barnes, famously known as the Prohibition-era gangster “Machine Gun Kelly,” was born in Memphis. Have you ever heard of a farm stay? According to USA Today, farm stays offer a way to slow down and reconnect with the land by offering visitors a […]

Friday, July 17, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2010, country studio musician Fred Carter Jr. died in Nashville at the age of 76, leaving behind a legacy of working with legends like Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, and Waylon Jennings. A German World Cup superfan spent an evening at a rural Tennessee ranch this week and […]

Thursday, July 16, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2012, Kitty Wells died at her home in Madison at age 92. The Nashville native’s 1952 recording It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels made her the first female solo artist to top the country charts. A creamery in Jonesborough gave free ice cream to […]

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2010, country songwriter Hank Cochran died at 74 in his Nashville home. The behind-the-scenes legend co-wrote some of Patsy Cline’s most enduring hits, including She’s Got You and I Fall to Pieces. Christopher Nolan’s new film, The Odyssey, opens tomorrow at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, […]

Tuesday, July 14, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1984, Geoffrey Bodine won the NASCAR Cup Series race at the Nashville Fairgrounds, leading 327 of 420 laps in a dominant performance that would prove to be the final Cup Series victory at the historic track. A Marine Corps veteran from Chattanooga may soon be a […]

Monday, July 13, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1821, Nathan Bedford Forrest was born in Chapel Hill. Forrest, a Memphis businessman, became one of the Confederacy’s most feared cavalry generals. A Memphis startup is growing more than 100,000 pounds of tomatoes on abandoned lots, and says Shelby County has 30,000 vacant acres just waiting […]

Sunday, July 12, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1812, the City of Murfreesboro was founded when William Lytle officially executed a deed transferring the initial 60-acre tract of land to the town commissioners. This pivotal transaction established the physical site of the city, which later served as the capital of Tennessee from 1818 to […]

Saturday, July 11, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1795, the Town of Maryville was officially established. It was named in honor of Mary Grainger Blount, the wife of territorial Gov. William Blount. Because of this founding date, the city is actually older than the state of Tennessee itself, which was officially admitted to the […]

Friday, July 10, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1852, a Blountville merchant purchased 100 acres straddling the Tennessee-Virginia state line that would give rise to the city of Bristol, one of the only cities in America to sit in two states at once. Former One Direction member Niall Horan made his Grand Ole Opry […]

Thursday, July 9, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1918, a crowded troop train collided head-on with a passenger train near Dutchman’s Bend in Nashville, killing an estimated 121 people in what remains the deadliest train wreck in American history. Great Smoky Mountains National Park will soon begin demolishing the LeConte Lodge recreation building, with […]