Thursday, November 5, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2002, Democrat Phil Bredesen narrowly defeated Republican Van Hilleary to become Tennessee’s 48th governor. Four years later, Bredesen won reelection by carrying all 95 counties. Nashville is home to North America’s largest group of giant anteaters, and you’ve probably never seen them. Find out why in […]

Wednesday, November 4, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1864, Confederate cavalry shelled the Union supply depot at Johnsonville on the Tennessee River, destroying boats, warehouses, and millions of dollars in supplies. Part of the battlefield is now Johnsonville State Historic Park. A Henry County High School class is bringing a grandfather’s gift back to […]

Tuesday, November 3, 2026 Good Morning! It’s Election Day in Tennessee. Polling hours vary by county, and you can find your polling place and hours at GoVoteTN. On the ballot are races for governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the state legislature, plus three proposed constitutional amendments. The Memphis Zoo’s glowing holiday tradition returns next week […]

Monday, November 2, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1795, James K. Polk was born in North Carolina. His family moved to Tennessee in 1806, and he went on to become Speaker of the U.S. House, governor of Tennessee, and the 11th president. A Hermitage father and daughter brought Showbiz Pizza Place animatronics back […]

Sunday, November 1, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1900, severe weather and a tornado struck La Vergne, completely destroying local structures—including a women’s college—and compounding the devastation the town had already suffered decades earlier during the Civil War. Volunteers set up 700 American flags, each honoring a veteran, in Crossville. Learn more in […]

Saturday, October 31, 2026 Good Morning! On Halloween night 1891, striking coal miners and their supporters in East Tennessee launched a major uprising during the Coal Creek War. Hundreds of masked and armed men attacked and burned prison stockades belonging to the Tennessee Coal Mining Company at Briceville and the Knoxville Iron Company at Coal […]

Friday, October 30, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1864, Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry used riverbank cannons to capture the Union gunboat Undine and two transport ships on the Tennessee River near Paris Landing. Days later, Forrest struck the Union supply depot at Johnsonville. Two everyday anglers are fishing against the world’s best bass pros […]

Thursday, October 29, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1929, the stock market crashed on “Black Tuesday,” helping plunge the nation into the Great Depression. Tennessee felt it hard a year later, when Nashville’s Caldwell and Company, then the South’s largest financial empire, collapsed and took dozens of banks with it. A Knoxville woman is […]

Wednesday, October 28, 2026 Good Morning! On this night in 1863, Confederate troops launched a rare nighttime attack on Union soldiers at Wauhatchie, near Chattanooga, trying to cut a new supply route. The Union held, keeping food flowing to the besieged city. One of the world’s biggest pop stars just joined the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. […]

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1863, Union soldiers floated down the Tennessee River in the predawn darkness and seized Brown’s Ferry near Chattanooga, opening the “Cracker Line” that brought food to the city’s starving army. An East Tennessee nonprofit delivers about 20,000 bouquets a year to hospital patients, and its biggest […]