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 one of the top 20 finalists in a national Halloween contest, and she’s raising money for sick kids along the way. Meet her in Et Cetera, and hit reply to tell us your own plans for Halloween weekend.

Misplaced keys, a name that won’t come, and a parent telling the same story twice in one afternoon. Somewhere around age 50, memory stops being something we take for granted and starts being something we worry about. Researchers say nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed, and the steps that help are surprisingly ordinary. The No. 1 suggestion isn’t a puzzle or a pill, and it might be the easiest one on the list. Ayla counts down the seven things you can do to protect your memory on today’s episode of The Flyover Podcast. Tune in here!

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3 Governor Candidates Debate at MTSU

Democrat Jerri Green and independents David Hatley and Lauren Pinkston debated at Middle Tennessee State University Tuesday night, while Republican nominee Marsha Blackburn held a rally in Hendersonville.

At the debate, the candidates criticized the state’s school voucher program and used their closing arguments to discuss housing affordability, child care, data centers, and tax policy.

They split on Medicaid expansion and library oversight, with Green and Pinkston opposing book bans while Hatley backed state intervention in library content.

Blackburn turned down Green’s offers of four head-to-head debates. Early voting ends today ahead of Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 3.

Tennessee Bids for U.S. Space Academy

Gov. Bill Lee announced Tennessee will pursue the U.S. Space Academy, a campus President Trump created by executive order in August to train future astronauts, engineers, scientists, and other space workers.

The state’s proposal centers on the Coffee County Joint Industrial Park in the Tennessee Valley Aerospace Corridor, near Arnold Air Force Base.

Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty and Reps. Matt Van Epps and Scott DesJarlais back the bid, with Blackburn calling Tennessee “the natural home” for the academy.

Tennessee faces stiff competition, with Alabama, Ohio, Texas, Arizona, and West Virginia also making pitches.

Cardarelli Makes Opry Debut Cancer-Free

Country singer Jillian Cardarelli made her Grand Ole Opry debut at the 18th annual Opry Goes Pink on Tuesday, months after being diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer at 33.

She was diagnosed in May, spent much of the summer in treatment at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and told the crowd she is now cancer-free.

She closed her set with Happily Even After, a song she wrote before her diagnosis that took on new meaning after her treatment.

“You are the CEO of your own health,” she told the crowd, urging women to know their bodies, as the annual show raised money for Susan G. Komen.

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➤ Statewide: Escaped killer Jacob Morley remains at large after the stolen truck he fled in turned up abandoned in Marion, Illinois. The reward for information has climbed to $15,000. (More)

➤ Clarksville: A Rossview High School resource officer accidentally triggered his emergency alert while breaking up a fight among about eight students, drawing a big police response. No one was hurt. (More)

➤ Sparta: Human remains found by officers at the city’s former water treatment plant are believed to be those of Nicky Robert Simmons, pending an autopsy to confirm. (More)

➤ Nashville: The James Robertson Parkway bridge downtown will close for at least two years so crews can lower it to street level as part of East Bank development. (More)

➤ Memphis: The Army Corps of Engineers marked completion of a $6 million upgrade at Greenbelt Landing on the Mississippi River, with a second boat ramp, new parking, and lighting. (More)

➤ Tri-Cities: Ballad Health expects to stay in-network with BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee as the two negotiate a new contract covering commercial, TennCare, and Medicare Advantage plans. (More)

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➤ Middle Tennessee State University hosted Kennesaw State last night at Floyd Stadium, aiming for a third straight win and to stay perfect at home this season. (See Score)

➤ The Predators rallied from 3-0 down on goals by Filip Forsberg, Alexander Kerfoot, and Ryan O’Reilly but fell 4-3 to the Islanders in a shootout. Nashville is 4-3-5. (See Recap)

➤ Before facing Memphis tonight, Blazers guard Ja Morant said he takes responsibility for his troubles with the Grizzlies, “but it wasn’t all me.” Both teams are unbeaten. (More)

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➤ Federal officials and nuclear industry leaders gathered in Oak Ridge to spotlight about $15 billion in projects expected to create roughly 10,000 jobs over the next five years. (More)

➤ DriveTN, the Spain-based group building I-24 toll lanes, agreed to pay the state nearly $148 billion over 50 years, six times its initial $24.8 billion guarantee. (More)

➤ Crossville Commons, a $50 million shopping center with Marshalls, Burlington, Aldi, and Hobby Lobby, will bring about 200 jobs in the city’s biggest development in 30 years. (More)

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➤ A video Dolly Parton recorded shortly before her death welcomed hundreds of Japanese political and business leaders to the Southeast U.S.-Japan meeting in Nashville. (More)

➤ Knoxville’s Denise Beeler is in the top 20 of the national Face of Halloween contest, which raises money for the Starlight Children’s Foundation. (More)

➤ Titans receiver Wan’Dale Robinson visited Rose Park Middle School for “Take a Titan to School,” testing homemade footballs with eighth graders and pitching kickball for sixth graders. (See Photos)

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➤ Try these seven everyday habits that researchers say may help prevent or delay dementia. (Listen Now)

➤ Brazil’s defeated presidential candidate has fled the country and surfaced in the U.S., defying a court order to surrender his passports. (Hear Details)

➤ One of basketball’s most familiar voices says heart issues played a role in his decision to make this season his last. (Listen Now)