Wednesday, July 29, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1999, singer Anita Carter died at 66 in Goodlettsville. The youngest of the Carter sisters, she was the first to record Ring of Fire, written by her sister June, before it became a hit for June’s husband, Johnny Cash. Middle Tennessee is bucking the declining national birth […]

Tuesday, July 28, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1869, a trestle collapsed at Budds Creek in Montgomery County, sending a passenger train into the valley below and killing five in one of Tennessee’s deadliest rail wrecks. An inspection at Maryville College turned up tens of thousands of honeybees living inside the football press box. […]

Monday, July 27, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1939, William Eggleston, a photographer widely credited with legitimizing color photography as a fine art form, was born in Memphis. Morgan Wallen ruffled some Tennessee orange feathers Saturday night when he took the stage in Michigan wearing a Charles Woodson jersey. Read more about the rivalrous […]

Sunday, July 26, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1903, Estes Kefauver—the Tennessee Democrat who went on to serve in the U.S. House and Senate and run for vice president—was born on a farm near Madisonville. After a Vietnam-era Army veteran passed away with no family to claim him, members of the Germantown community […]

Saturday, July 25, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1982, actor Brad Renfro, known for his stardom as a child actor in films like The Client and Apt Pupil, was born in Knoxville. FedEx workers in Memphis were caught by surprise when a lively pet escaped from its shipping box during pickup. Watch what happened in Et Cetera. Could […]

Friday, July 24, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1866, Tennessee became the first Confederate state to be readmitted into the Union, ending its painful separation throughout the Civil War. A new study seeks to settle one of the region’s great debates: is it pronounced “Appa-latch-a” or “Appa-lay-chia?” Which way do you say it? Write in […]

Thursday, July 23, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1792, Jefferson County selected a committee to locate a county seat. The town they eventually chose would become Dandridge, now one of the oldest in Tennessee. Cracker Barrel is selling its Maple Street Biscuit Company brand less than a year after it reversed a widely mocked […]

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1820, a Virginia church planter founded the Baptist Church of Nashville. The congregation would eventually become First Baptist Church Nashville, one of the oldest and most historic churches in the city. A new study ranked 300 cities for first-time homebuyers and found four Tennessee cities among […]

Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1818, William T. Haskell, who served in the State House, the U.S. House of Representatives, and as a colonel in the Mexican-American War, was born in Murfreesboro. Spain won the World Cup yesterday, defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final, and Chattanooga is celebrating right along with them […]

Monday, July 20, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1942, Carl Dean was born in Nashville. Dean was the quietly devoted husband of Dolly Parton, whom he met outside a laundromat on her very first day in Music City in 1964. The Spring Hill Police Department has a new narcotics K-9 on the streets, and […]