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Trane Taps Mississippi County Plants for Sustainable Steel Supply
Last month’s feature on sustainable steel manufacturing in Mississippi County caught the eye of Chance Hollingsworth, a top sales executive of Trane Technologies, based in Little Rock. “I thought I’d drop you a line and let you know that Trane has...

MTG announces bill making ‘weather modification’ a felony offense
U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks to reporters outside of the U.S. Capitol Building after a vote on a funding bill that would avert a government shutdown on March 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. Greene spoke to reporters about introducing...

Tennessee sets new law for 'cell-cultured food products'
The law took effect on July 1 and requires clear labeling of any "cell-cultured food product" sold in Tennessee. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee is laying the groundwork for how any "cell-cultured food product" can be sold in the state as lab-grown...

Nashville SC edges out Philadelphia Union with late penalty win
Philadelphia Union faced a narrow defeat against Nashville SC with a 1-0 scoreline at GEODIS Park on Saturday night. The match remained goalless until the second half stoppage time when Hany Mukhtar successfully converted a penalty kick in the...

Tennessee’s Most Charming Small Town Has A Top National Park On Its Doorstep
If you're looking for a weekend getaway, surrounded by nature, Tennessee offers plenty of great options. There are dozens of quaint, cozy small towns to check out. Whether you're visiting in the snowy winter months, want to chase the fall colors...
The Memphis Pyramid in photos: Basketball, Bass Pro and much more
The skeleton of the Great American Pyramid is reflected in a pool of standing water left over from Memphis area rains on May 22, 1990. With little ground work going on, progress continues in the structural steel and concrete work despite the...
The Most Massive Insects in Tennessee
An Atlantis Fritillary sits on a wildflower near Crested Butte during the annual Crested Butte Wildflower Festival.© Nikki Wentling/Shutterstock.comTennessee is a beautiful, pastoral state full of sweeping grasslands, thick forests, and lush...

Marjorie Taylor Greene Announces Bill To Tackle 'Weather Modification'
Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has announced she is introducing a new bill which would tackle "weather modification." Writing on X, the Republican politician said she was creating legislation that would make "the injection, release,...

Texas floods: Officials blame Trump’s National Weather Service for failed forecast amid scant funding
Texas floods: Catastrophic floods in Texas have claimed at least 51 lives, while more than 25 girls remain missing, according to authorities. Rescue operations are underway across the state as emergency teams race against time. In a viral video...

Chase Elliott Bats for Nashville Going Forward, Declares Chicago a 'Great Second Choice' After Three-Year Experiment
In Chase Elliott’s opinion, Music City is a better place to have a NASCAR race than the Windy City. During his media availability on Saturday, Elliott said that if NASCAR must make some significant decisions on what markets to keep racing in and...

Magnolia Three-Day Weather/Sky Forecast: Warm weather for Magnolia, Chantal hitting Carolinas
Magnolia can look forward to classic midsummer heat punctuated by daily afternoon storms through Tuesday. Sunday and Monday highs will be near 94 with overnight lows near 71. Three-Day Forecast Sunday: Intervals of clouds and sun with scattered...

US lawmaker calls for ban on deadly weather modification
Marjorie Taylor Greene says her bill would make weather-altering chemical releases a felony offense US House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who once claimed that Democrats could "control the weather," has announced a federal bill aimed at...
What’s That Swarm Over Nashville? Purple Martins Take Flight
Birds that eat bees: Purple Martin© iStock.com/Jeff HuthThis video shows hundreds of thousands of purple martins swarming throughout downtown Nashville, Tennessee, last summer. Each night for several weeks, onlookers gathered in the Tennessee...

Good Deed: Local paddle club contributes to Chattanooga environmental group
The Tennessee Valley Canoe Club, a premier paddling club in the southeast Tennessee region, recently donated $3,000 to WaterWays, a Chattanooga-based environmental nonprofit organization. Club members raised the funds during a recent paddle race...

Wagner: Some Americana musings, with pit stops in Tracy City and Alcoa, Tennessee
Since this column will run in the vicinity of July 4, my mind is filled with a bunch of thoughts about America -- some serious, some not so much. So here goes. › God made every nation and placed them where they are. Acts 17:26 says, "And hath made...

Elon Musk Obtains Permit to Spew Pollution
In the city that built the blues, Elon Musk's xAI data center has been given permission to keep polluting the air with fumes from burning methane gas — which it had already been doing so without authorization for a year. As Wired reports, Memphis'...

Scandal led to ethics reform in Tennessee: Notorious Nashville
This story is part of The Tennessean's Notorious Nashville series, which takes a look back at some of the city's most provocative news stories of the 21st century so far. FBI sting nets father-son duo. Corrupt lawmakers were willing to pass new...
Memphis cop with expired license runs light, crashes | On the Docket
Memphis police adjusted precinct boundaries to balance workloads and improve response times. A man was arrested for bringing a gun into the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center after a video of the incident surfaced on social media. The trial for...

I-40 to experience lane closures for repairs on overhead message sign
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Department of Transportation announced lane closures on Interstate 40 in Davidson County for an overhead message sign. Overnight lane closures and rolling roadblocks will occur on I-40 in both directions...

Woman allegedly used poisonous bug foggers to force family, child out of apartment
NASHVILLE (WKRC) - A woman allegedly became impatient with a family she was attempting to evict from an apartment, choosing to force them out using poisonous bug foggers intended for insect extermination. According to an arrest warrant obtained by...