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 moment below, and write in to tell us, what's the one piece of sports gear you would never be caught wearing?

Have you factored these three flaws into your retirement math? Financial advisers have leaned on the same rule of thumb for decades, and the plan you've been counting on may be built around a number that quietly stops working just when you need it most. In today's episode of The Flyover Podcast, Ayla shares three flaws hiding in your retirement math and the fix that keeps the bills covered no matter what the market does. So how many of the three have you already planned for? Tune in here!

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Heat Index Nears 110 Degrees This Week

Another heat wave is on the way for Tennessee this week as forecasters warn of heat index values approaching 110 degrees today and tomorrow. Actual temperatures are set to climb into the mid- to upper 90s.

West Tennessee faces the worst of it, with an Extreme Heat Warning in place through Tuesday evening and feels-like temperatures approaching 110 degrees in some areas.

Scattered showers and storms are possible in parts of the state as a cold front sweeps through late Tuesday, and the pattern finally breaks on Wednesday with noticeably cooler and less humid air.

Conditions in Middle Tennessee improve significantly by Thursday and Friday, with highs in the upper 80s and lower humidity before another round of rain chances arrives over the weekend.

ICE Detains Flight Attendant at BNA

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at Nashville International Airport on July 14 after DHS identified him as a Jamaican national who overstayed a visa.

Friends say Lorenzo Thompson has a valid work permit and no criminal record, and that he came to the United States seeking safety from life-threatening abuse in Jamaica.

The Union of Southwest Flight Attendants confirmed the detention on social media, adding that the union is collaborating with Thompson's attorney.

Thompson is currently being held at an ICE facility in Natchez, Mississippi, pending immigration proceedings.

Knoxville Teen Builds Nonpartisan Voter Site

A 15-year-old Farragut High School student has built VoteKnox.org, a nonpartisan website compiling every race on the Knox County ballot, including every candidate's own description of themselves.

Garrett Jobes said the idea came from dinner table conversations about how difficult it is to research local candidates, especially for less familiar offices like county clerk. He drew descriptions directly from candidates' own websites to avoid bias.

The site launched last week and has already received more than 2,000 page views. Jobes is still adding features as early voting runs through Saturday ahead of Election Day on Aug. 6.

"The decisions made by our elected representatives affect all of us, regardless of our age," Jobes said, citing Thomas Jefferson's observation that government is run by the majority who participate.

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➤ Claiborne County: Mayor Joe Brooks died Friday in a motorcycle crash, drawing an outpouring of condolences from state officials and community leaders across East Tennessee. (More)

➤ Nashville: A judge ordered Tennessee to remove 149 state inmates from metro jails within 10 days, ruling the state has a mandatory legal duty to accept them. (More)

➤ Grainger County: Mayor Mike Byrd declared a state of emergency after flooding this week led to about 30 rescues. Some areas received more than 8 inches of rain. (More)

➤ Franklin: A local woman and her two children have been trapped in southwest France since Friday as wildfires closed both roads out of their area. Police told them to shelter in place. (More)

➤ Hamilton County: Residents gathered Saturday for a community workshop on AI data centers. Organizers noted that the new one-year moratorium only protects the unincorporated parts of the county. (More)

➤Henderson: Chickasaw State Park held its free Super Skulls program Sunday, using animal skulls from local wildlife to teach visitors about the creatures found across West Tennessee. (More)

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➤ Tennessee’s Neyland Stadium was ranked as the loudest stadium in college football in a recent post by On3, beating second place by more than three decibels. (More)

➤ Tennessee Titans receiver Xavier Restrepo reportedly clocked a 4.45 40-yard dash ahead of training camp, a personal best for the 24-year-old. (More)

➤ Former Tennessee defensive lineman Omarr Norman-Lott, a second-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, will not be on the field for the Kansas City Chiefs to start training camp as he works his way back from a knee injury. (More)

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➤ All 17 Vanderbilt varsity teams will wear SRM Concrete jersey patches this athletic year as the Nashville company expands its partnership with Commodores athletics to include NIL opportunities. (More)

➤ Three Tennessee Valley hospitals received federal price transparency warnings from the Trump administration. Noncompliance could carry penalties of up to $2 million annually. (More)

➤ Rev Powersports opened its doors Saturday in Jackson, offering ATVs, UTVs, dirt bikes, and golf carts with a full service and parts department. (More)

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➤ Liverpool FC legends Ian Rush and Natasha Dowie visited young patients at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt during the club's pre-season tour stop in Nashville. (More)

➤ Sneedville-native Morgan Wallen upset Vols fans by wearing a Charles Woodson Michigan jersey onstage at a concert Saturday, reopening old wounds from Woodson's 1997 Heisman win over Peyton Manning. (More)

➤ Broadway actress Rachel Potter has been cast as Elsa in the Nashville Repertory Theatre's production of Disney's Frozen, running Dec. 4 through 20. Tickets are on sale now. (More)

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