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 […]

Wednesday, July 8, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1928, actor Mark Herron, who went on to appear in the acclaimed film 8½ and became perhaps better known as the fourth husband of Judy Garland, was born in Baxter. When a power outage hit a Manchester grocery store, staff let customers walk out on the […]

Tuesday, July 7, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1954, a Memphis DJ spun That’s All Right on WHBQ for the first time, a song that 19-year-old Elvis Presley had recorded at Sun Studio just days earlier. A Murfreesboro couple, both over 100 years old, still keep their weekly Egg McMuffin date after 80 years. […]

Monday, July 6, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2020, Charlie Daniels, the Mount Juliet-based fiddler and Southern rock pioneer best known for The Devil Went Down to Georgia, died in Hermitage at 83. Today’s issue of The Tennessee Flyover is a shortened holiday edition to allow staff to enjoy the Fourth of July weekend with friends […]

Sunday, July 5, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1954, a 19-year-old Elvis Presley recorded That’s All Right at Memphis’s Sun Studio, a session many consider the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. Today’s issue of The Tennessee Flyover is a shortened holiday edition to allow The Flyover staff to enjoy the Fourth of July weekend with friends […]

The Tennessee Flyover Tennesseans will celebrate the Fourth in sweltering conditions, with heat advisories in effect through this evening, highs in the 90s, and scattered afternoon storms possible.                 ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌   ͏ ‌ […]

Friday, July 3, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1943, the first residents arrived at the then-secret town of Oak Ridge, which housed Manhattan Project staff while they built an atomic bomb. Today, the Claiborne High School band marches in Philadelphia as part of the largest America 250 parade in the nation, representing Tennessee in front […]

Thursday, July 2, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1982, DeFord Bailey, who overcame childhood polio to become one of the first African-American country music stars, died in his daughter’s Nashville home at the age of 82. Spain’s national soccer team spent its last night in Chattanooga line dancing at Whiskey Cowgirl, which has us wondering: […]

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1898, Tennessee soldiers participated in the Battle of San Juan Hill, with Jonesborough native Alfred Ray planting an American flag at that location during the Spanish-American War. After 15 to 20 years of talks, the 160-acre Alcoa South Plant site may finally be changing hands as a […]

Tuesday, June 30, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1866, Memphis-born tenor Harry Tally was born. A pioneering artist, Tally is credited with recording one of the first songs ever to mention going to the movies, 1909’s Let’s Go Into A Picture Show. If you’re loading up the car for the holiday weekend, there’s a little […]