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This Week’s Weather :Extreme Heat 8-26-29-2024
Triple digit temperatures and dry conditions will be the theme all the way into the holiday weekend. Heat and Air Quality Advisories will probably be issued by mid-week. Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph. Monday Night. Mostly clear, with a...
College Notes: Bucs announce upgrades to fan experience
JOHNSON CITY — With college football season just around the corner, the ETSU athletic department unveiled its promotional schedule and upgrades to the fan experience for 2024. The Food City Fan Zone has been revamped. Opening four hours before kickoff, the Fan Zone will be moving to Lot 21, located between the parking garage and Warf-Pickel Hall. The BrightRidge Media Zone will include complimentary Pepsi products and a space for fans to watch the top games around the country. Additionally, three hours before kickoff, the...
Exchange Club of Greeneville hosts second annual BBQ, Bluegrass and Brews fundraiser
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — On Saturday, the Exchange Club of Greeneville hosted its second annual Barbecue, Bluegrass, and Brews (BBB) fundraiser. The non-profit club supports various community projects, scholarships, charities working to stop child abuse and its Field Day. BBB featured live music from Greeneville’s Stemwinder and Johnson City’s Pythagoras, dinner and coffee from local […]
Vol Network’s “Big Orange Hotline” Radio Show Debuts Monday
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Vol Network’s “Big Orange Hotline” radio show debuts for the 2024 football season at 8 p.m. ET Monday across the state of Tennessee live from the outdoor patio at Dead End BBQ restaurant on Sutherland Avenue in Knoxville. The Vol Network’s Bob...
Tennessee man arrested with 40 pounds of drugs on I-80 in Nebraska
Nebraska State Troopers found 40 LBs of Meth during an I-80 Traffic Stop. According to NSP, they arrested a Tennessee man after finding 40 pounds of suspected methamphetamine during a traffic stop on I-80 near Gretna. Friday morning, a trooper saw a Ford F-150 failing to maintain its lane and...
First Alert Forecast: Air quality and heat concerns
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - First Alert Weather Days are in effect for Monday through Friday of this week with dangerous heat expected. An Air Quality Alert is in effect for multiple Middle Tennessee counties on Monday for ground-level ozone. Those with respiratory and/or cardiovascular health ailments will want to limit time outdoors.
New Program Creates Leadership Training for Agriculture, Forestry Industries
It’s time for the Tennessee agriculture and forestry industries to develop new crops of leaders in their field. The Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership, an agency of the University of Tennessee Institute for Public Service (IPS), the UT Institute of Agriculture (UTIA), the Tennessee Department of Agriculture and other partner agencies have developed the Tennessee Agriculture and Forestry Leadership Program (TAFLP). TAFLP provides leadership and networking opportunities for farmers, foresters and the agriculture community.
Air Quality Alert Through Tuesday 8-27-2024
TNZ007>009-025>030-057-059-060-062-063-270500- Robertson-Sumner-Macon-Dickson-Cheatham-Davidson-Wilson-Trousdale- Smith-Hickman-Williamson-Maury-Rutherford-Cannon- Including the cities of Springfield, Hendersonville, Gallatin, Goodlettsville, Lafayette, Dickson, Ashland City, Kingston Springs, Nashville, Lebanon, Mount Juliet, Hartsville, Carthage, South Carthage, Gordonsville, Centerville, Franklin, Brentwood, Columbia, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne, and Woodbury 104 PM CDT Sun Aug 25 2024 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CDT MONDAY NIGHT... The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation has issued a Code Orange Health Advisory for the Nashville area.. from midnight tonight to midnight CDT Monday night. A Code Orange Air Quality Alert for Ozone has been issued. Ground level Ozone concentrations within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. The general public is not likely to be affected. Active children and adults, and people with a respiratory disease such as Asthma, should limit prolonged outdoor exertion. For additional information...visit the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation site at http://www.tennessee.gov/environment.
Tennessee man charged over social media posts threatening Biden, Harris, and Obama
A Tennessee man was charged over alleged social media posts threatening President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and former President Barack Obama. Kyl Alton Hall, a 37-year-old male from the Memphis area, allegedly posted several times on X in late July threatening to “kill, assassinate, shoot, and crash the plane” of Biden and assassinate […]
Tennessee housing director presses for more development
The director of Tennessee’s statewide housing finance agency offered Blount County residents a solution to high prices: build more homes. Tennessee Housing Development Agency Executive Director Ralph Perrey provided this suggestion during a presentation at the Blount Partnership on Thursday. The core of the problem, Perrey said, stems from an extended pause in building that began with the Great Recession. Development froze then as the economy contracted and stayed slow for years after. ...
Fall Armyworms Pose Potential Threat to Tennessee Lawns and Farmland
KNOXVILLE - As reports of fall armyworms continue across Tennessee, an entomologist with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture encourages residents to monitor their land for this migratory pest. “Fall armyworms travel north from Texas, passing right through Tennessee and neighboring states every year,” says Midhula Gireesh, assistant professor...
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