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TWRA News: Prepping for Archery Season
Middle Tennessee archery hunters who want to hone their skills prior to the upcoming deer hunting season have options. The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) maintains and partners in several archery ranges in the mid-state area for sportsmen to utilize. TWRA archery ranges are located at Cheatham WMA Firing and...
TNStars Giving Away $5,000 in Scholarships During College Savings Month
September is College Savings Month, and the TNStars College Savings 529 Program is helping to jump-start savings by giving away $5,000 in scholarships during the month. The prizes will be awarded into a TNStars scholarship account. Now through Sept. 30, Tennessee residents 21 and older can enter at TNStars.com to...
Tennessee chief justice sees Northeast Recovery Center as model for state
ROAN MOUNTIAN, Tenn. (WJHL) — Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Holly Kirby sees the Northeast Tennessee Regional Recovery Center as a model program to be used to benefit communities across the state. Kirby visited the recovery center on Friday. The facility began taking patients last October. “It sounded amazing, of using opioid settlement money, specifically […]
Tennessee to Let Teachers Carry Guns Caused Ruckus, but Has Drawn Little Interest
Josh Arrowood carries his .22-caliber handgun most everywhere he goes in his rural Tennessee community — to church at Freewill Baptist, at the Food City store where he shops for groceries, and in the Greene County Courthouse, where he serves as a commissioner. A new state law that passed this spring would let him, under […]
Coalfield outlasts Oneida, 28-14, in rivalry game
COALFIELD, Tenn. | Coalfield scored on a fourth down pass from Luke Treece to Levi Heidel with 33 seconds remaining to give the Yellow Jackets a 28-14 lead over Oneida here Friday. But until that point, the third-ranked Yellow Jackets were very much on the ropes against Oneida, which came...
Tennessee’s dove season opens on September 1 at noon, marking the start of one of the state’s most cherished outdoor sports traditions
Chattanooga, TN – According to the state officials, this year’s opening day coincides with a Sunday over the Labor Day weekend. Outside of the opening day, hunting hours are from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset. Doves are prevalent throughout Tennessee, with the highest concentrations found in farming...
VIDEOS: Meteor seen passing over the Tri-Cities
TRI-CITIES, Tenn./Va. (WJHL) — Multiple viewers across the Tri-Cities have sent videos of a meteor passing over the area early Friday morning. The videos below show a meteor passing through the sky around 1 a.m. Meteorologist Jeremy Eisenzopf says meteors are random and there’s really no way to track when one will pass over. Meteors […]
To counter the state’s high fetal mortality rates, Tennessee officials launch “Count the Kicks” app
While fetal mortality rates have declined in Tennessee, they still remain among the highest in the nation, prompting the Department of Health to launch a new app-based maternal health initiative designed to help pregnant patients track fetal movement — an early signal of fetal distress. Fetal mortality rates in Tennessee have fallen 18% in the […]
Stockard on the Stump: Memphis replaces Nashville as legislative leaders’ target
The tempest rising out of Memphis is threatening to turn Nashville into a political backwater, at least for the moment. Since Republican lawmakers returned from the woodshed after a legal whipping over failed efforts to run Metropolitan Nashville, they appear to have shifted their efforts to controlling West Tennessee’s largest city. House Speaker Cameron Sexton […]
Burn Bans In Effect In Middle Tennessee
Burn Bans are in effect for some communities across Middle Tennessee. Locally Burn Bans are in place for Lawrenceburg and Loretto, plus other areas in Middle Tennessee including, Gallatin, Brentwood, Mt. Juliet, and La Vergne. A burn ban is issued due to overly dry conditions and a heightened need for...
Overreacting to Nico Iamaleava's season debut with Tennessee football: Let's talk Heisman
Nico Iamaleava put on a starring performance in his first Neyland Stadium start in Tennessee football's season opener Saturday. Behind Iamaleava and his three-touchdown first half, the No. 15 Vols (1-0) smashed Chattanooga (0-1) 69-3 to open Josh Heupel's fourth season. Here are three overreactions from Tennessee's blowout win: ...
Registration open for Oak Ridge Dance Cats Jr. Clinic; K-11th graders welcome
Aspiring dancers in kindergarten through 11th grade are invited to participate in the upcoming Dance Cats Junior Clinic hosted by the Oak Ridge High School Dance Cats on Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Wildcat Arena. Dancers will learn the official fight song, along with dances and chants that the Dance Cats perform at...
Majority of bears ‘humanely killed’ by TWRA in 2024 were in Gatlinburg
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — So far in 2024, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has had to humanely kill 22 bears because they became public safety risks. A majority of those bears were in Gatlinburg, a TWRA spokesperson shared. This year, there have been the most human-bear physical contact incidents in the last five years, according […]
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