Monday, January 20, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1838, Cleveland was designated as the county seat of Bradley County in honor of Colonel Benjamin Cleveland of North Carolina, a Revolutionary War hero of Kings Mountain.  Today is the presidential inauguration, with multiple Tennessee musical artists performing at events in Washington over the weekend, as […]

Friday, January 17, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1999, 27 tornadoes struck Tennessee and neighboring states, with an F4 hitting parts of Madison County and the town of Jackson. Nurses at the UT Medical Center recently helped plan a wedding for a bride’s dying mother, with pictures featured in our Et Cetera section […]

Thursday, January 16, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 2003, Nashville was hit with seven inches of snow, leading to slick roads and leaving some students stuck at school. Tennessee police officers rescued an injured owl found along a highway earlier this week. The owl is now on the road to recovery. A video […]

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1932, a possible F4 tornado swept away nine homes near Trenton, with 10 members of one family killed in a rare January cyclone. After last weekend’s snowfall, Middle Tennessee residents shared over 100 photos of their pets enjoying the winter weather. Moreover, in our Et […]

Monday, January 13, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1936, construction of the Chickamauga Dam began in Chattanooga, involving the purchase of over 61,000 acres of land. More than 900 families, 24 cemeteries, and 81 miles of roads had to be relocated. Friday’s snow was the talk of the state as schools and businesses […]

Friday, January 10, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1991, Rhea County’s devastating floodwaters surged from Grandview Mountain’s 20,000-acre watershed down Piney Creek and into Spring City near Watts Bar Lake, marking the worst flood in the area’s history. Tennessee native and comedian Nate Bargatze’s former school in Donelson is renaming its basketball gymnasium […]

Thursday, January 9, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1866, Fisk University in Nashville opened its doors to newly freed slaves and held its first classes just six months after the end of the Civil War. This week, a team of Chattanooga firefighters rescued two cats and a dog while extinguishing a house fire. Read […]

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1935, the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, was born. Though his life began in Tupelo, Mississippi, he later moved to Memphis, the location of his famous Graceland home that is still visited by millions of tourists today. This year, Elvis would have turned […]

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1865, the murder of Asa Harmon McCoy by a Hatfield family member sparked the legendary Hatfield-McCoy feud, a conflict that endured for over 25 years and became a hallmark of American folklore. A Nissan Stadium construction worker was surprised with a new car during the […]

Monday, January 6, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1827, former Gov. John Calvin Brown was born in Giles County. After participating in the Civil War, Brown served two terms as governor of Tennessee and later became a railroad president.  The Memphis Zoo released a cute video of its sea lion, Teva, performing a […]