Wednesday, August 20, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1942, singer and composer Isaac Hayes was born in Covington. Hayes would go on to create the Grammy and Oscar-winning score for the film Shaft. Last week, after featuring Dolly Parton’s cotton candy soft drink, we asked what flavor you would add to Coke—and we got […]

Monday, August 18, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1920, Tennessee, by a single vote, ratified the 19th Amendment, becoming the 36th and final state needed to enshrine women’s right to vote in the U.S. Constitution. Last week, we asked your thoughts on hand-feeding ostriches at Zoo Knoxville—and you sounded off! One reader called the […]

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1966, the Beatles faced hostility from protestors during two Memphis concerts, with one demonstrator even exploding a cherry bomb on stage. Seen any new ATVs around lately? Country star John Rich appealed to social media for help recovering his stolen ATV, offering an autographed guitar to whoever […]

Friday, August 15, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1977, music legend Elvis Presley spent his last full day alive in Memphis with his then-9-year-old daughter Lisa Marie and his fiancée Ginger Alden. Planning a trip to the Smokies for some end-of-summer fun? Park officials are reminding visitors not to feed black bears after three […]

Thursday, August 14, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1945, after President Harry S. Truman told the nation of Japan’s surrender, thousands of Manhattan Project workers and their families flooded the streets of Oak Ridge to celebrate the end of WW II. From thousands of purple martins roosting in downtown Nashville to a hands-on ostrich […]

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1967, McNairy County Sheriff Buford Pusser’s wife, Pauline, was shot while accompanying him to an investigation. The murder and Pusser’s pursuit of vengeance inspired the 1973 film Walking Tall. It’s back-to-school season, and Tennesseans are helping kids put their best foot forward. From First Lady Maria […]

Monday, August 11, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1921, author Alex Haley was born in Ithaca, New York, and later moved to his mother’s hometown of Henning, Tennessee, where he heard family stories that inspired his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots. A child, initially given a 50 percent chance of survival, was able to go […]

Friday, August 8, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1863, Andrew Johnson freed his personal slaves at his home in Greeneville, TN—a symbolic act that preceded statewide emancipation on Oct. 24, 1864, with slavery formally abolished statewide in 1865. An educational resource group ranked Tennessee high schools using test scores, college data, and reviews. […]

Thursday, August 7, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1760, British forces at Fort Loudoun surrendered to the Cherokee during the Anglo-Cherokee War. Though the Cherokee had promised them safe passage, the retreating British were ambushed, killing dozens, with the rest being taken as prisoners. A Tennessee theater just became the first in the state to […]

Wednesday, August 6, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Each year on August 6, Oak Ridge, Tennessee—home to a key Manhattan Project site—commemorates the event with a dawn ceremony at the International Friendship Bell, a symbol of peace and reconciliation between the U.S. […]