Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1983, country star Miranda Lambert was born in Longview, Texas. She now calls Middle Tennessee home and owns Casa Rosa, a Tex-Mex restaurant and bar on Nashville’s Lower Broadway.

Cracker Barrel’s famous front-porch rocking chairs are getting a patriotic makeover for Veterans Day. What’s your go-to order at Cracker Barrel? Hit reply and tell us.

Could eating more carbs actually help you age slower? Bread, pasta, and potatoes have spent decades on diet culture’s blacklist, blamed for everything from blood sugar spikes to expanding waistlines. But researchers who tracked 20 blood markers in adults ages 65 to 75 found something surprising. After just four weeks on a certain diet, one group’s biological clock had run back more than a year. So, what carbs can you embrace and which ones should you avoid? Ayla has the full story on today’s episode of The Flyover Podcast. Tune in here!

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Macrons Sue Candace Owens in Nashville

French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, filed a defamation lawsuit against podcaster Candace Owens in federal court in Nashville.

The suit alleges Owens repeatedly made false statements about Brigitte Macron’s identity and the couple’s relationship through podcasts and social media posts, including claims that she was born male.

It comes after a Delaware judge dismissed Owens personally from the couple’s earlier lawsuit there, after she argued the state lacked jurisdiction because she lives in Tennessee, though claims against two of her companies continue.

Owens has defended her reporting and called the Delaware case an extreme overreach by a foreign leader.

Court Rules for Religious Charter School

A federal judge has ruled that Tennessee can’t require charter schools to be nonreligious to take part in the public program, finding the requirement unconstitutional and barring Knox County’s school board from enforcing it.

The case was brought by the Wilberforce Academy of Knoxville, a Christian nonprofit that sued after the board wouldn’t accept its application unless it affirmed it would be nonsectarian.

Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti had called the state’s ban likely unconstitutional and declined to defend it, leaving the Knox County board to argue the case on its own.

Opponents, including a group of public school parents and faith leaders, argue that taxpayer-funded religious charter schools blur the line between church and state.

In-Laws Tie for Parrottsville Seat

Cocke County certified a tie for the final seat on Parrottsville’s town commission, with Mayor Gayla Ann Hommel and Commissioner Ronnie Hommel, who are in-laws, each receiving 38 votes.

The town commission will now decide how to break the tie. Whichever way the commission decides, a member of the Hommel family will hold the seat.

Parrottsville is a small town in Cocke County, where a handful of ballots can decide a local race.

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➤ Nashville: A vehicle T-boned at an intersection crashed into the dining room of a Parthenon Avenue home. The driver escaped with minor injuries, and the people upstairs weren’t hurt. (More)

➤ Also Nashville: A masked man tried to steal a binder of trading cards during a Magic: The Gathering event at Middle Tennessee Gaming, marking the store’s fourth attempted robbery in three months. (More)

➤ Knoxville: Nearly 200 people, including the mother of Corryton native Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss, joined UT ROTC cadets in a memorial workout honoring him and other fallen service members. (More)

➤ Memphis: Drew Barrymore, Jon Hamm, Michael Strahan, and Sofia Vergara are joining Marlo Thomas for St. Jude’s 23rd annual Thanks and Giving campaign supporting childhood cancer research. (More)

➤ Johnson City: East Tennessee State University’s Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy received $3.2 million in federal grants to cover half of tuition and fees for about 40 student pharmacists a year. (More)

➤ Hixson: Residents are pushing back against a proposed 27-townhome development they say would be built right up to their backyards. (More)

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➤ Titans receiver Calvin Ridley was involved in a minor incident at Nashville’s airport, which coach Robert Saleh called a miscommunication. The team declined to share details. (More)

➤ Fresh off a 34-6 homecoming rout of Kentucky, Tennessee has its TV broadcast team set for Saturday’s Week 11 matchup with Texas A&M. (More)

➤ Memphis women’s basketball, unbeaten after wins over LeMoyne-Owen and Middle Tennessee, hosts Little Rock and Alabama this week. (More)

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➤ Cracker Barrel turned its rocking chairs into veteran-themed art at 10 locations through Nov. 30 and is donating $100,000 to the Gary Sinise Foundation. (More)

➤ Atlanta-based Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks, founded by Philadelphia native Derrick Hayes, held a Memphis pop-up Sunday as it weighs opening a permanent location in the city. (More)

➤ Chattanooga gas prices dropped 58 cents from last month’s average, with some stations now under $3 a gallon as prices fall nationwide. (More)

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➤ Knoxville Opera’s Voices of Valor honored veterans Sunday with the U.S. Army Chorus, Tennessee Wind Symphony, and Military Voices of East Tennessee. (More)

➤ Lady Vols legend Pat Summitt, who won 1,098 games and eight national titles in 38 seasons at Tennessee, will be featured on a 2027 U.S. postage stamp. (More)

➤ A Maryville family is rebuilding after a fire destroyed their home, with neighbors helping convert a garage into a temporary place to live. (More)

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➤ Could the carbs we’ve spent decades blaming for unhealthy aging actually wind your biological clock back by years? (Listen Now)

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➤ Ohio State has suspended a fraternity chapter after video from a weekend party appeared to show two people on fire. (Hear Story)

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Macrons Sue Candace Owens in Nashville

Court Rules for Religious Charter School

In-Laws Tie for Parrottsville Seat

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