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Cicadas are back! What? There are two broods? Put in your industrial strength ear plugs
This spring for the first time since 1803, both broods will emerge together from the underground and create what is being called “Cicadageddon”!. Bill Haltom is an author who resides in Memphis and Monteagle. He is the author of "Why Can’t Mother Vote? Joseph Hanover and the Unfinished Business of Democracy."
Cool Down This Summer With Dr. Enuf
A Tri-Cities original soft drink with a cult following in northeast Tennessee, Dr. Enuf got its start as the “original energy booster” back in 1949. The idea for the lemon-lime soda came from Chicago chemist Bill Swartz, who experimented with adding B vitamins and minerals to a carbonated beverage to create a fortified tonic that tasted great and provided a healthy boost.
Jennifer Kee of Buckley-Carpenter Elementary School is this week’s Tennessee Lottery Educator of the Week
Jennifer Kee of Buckley-Carpenter Elementary School is this week’s Tennessee Lottery Educator of the Week. Ms. Key loves the kids most about teaching. Congratulations, Ms. Jennifer Kee!If you’d like to nominate a Tennessee Lottery Educator of the Week, you can do so by following this link.
Birthdays – May 7
Daily prize winner of a piece of pie provided by The Mercantile – 210 N. Irwin St. in Manchester. Claim prize certificate at Thunder Radio studio, 1030 Oakdale St. Manchester, TN. 37355. Weekly prize winner of a birthday cake provided by Food Lion and a Floral Arrangement provided by...
Gov. Bill Lee Touts Tennessee's ELVIS Act in Memphis, Aims to Protect Music Artists from AI Exploitation
Memphis, TN, was the stage for Gov. Bill Lee this week as he triumphed in the passage of a state law aimed at curbing AI abuses in music, namely, the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, which he hailed as a vanguard move by Tennessee to shield artists from unauthorized mimicry of their voice and image. In remarks reported by Action News 5, Lee said, "The industry, for decades and even longer than decades, has been a powerful part of the culture and the economy and the life of Tennessee."
'Kayaking 101' coming to a state park near you
NASHVILLE — For the third year, Tennessee State Parks and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) are joining the Tennessee chapter of the American Canoe Association (ACA) to offer low-cost kayaking instruction Saturday, May 18. The event is part of National Safe Boating Week. Last year, the event trained 279 students across North Carolina and Tennessee in 24 simultaneous Kayaking 101 classes led by nationally certified ACA instructor volunteers. The National Safe Boating Council recognized this effort with the Communications Community Impact Award. ...
Tennessean photographer named a Pulitzer Prize finalist
Tennessean photographer Nicole S. Hester was named as a finalist Monday for the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography.Hester's photo shows a child weeping on a bus in the aftermath of The Covenant School shooting that killed three students and three school employees on March 27, 2023.Surviving students were bussed to a nearby church to be reunited with their families.What they're saying: "This was an unspeakable tragedy for our community and continues to pierce our hearts and devastate so many of our neighbors," Michael A. Anastasi, vice president and editor of the Tennessean, said of the shooting."As journalists, it is our responsibility, our sacred duty really, to ensure our community, and in this case the nation, knows and understands what happened here."Zoom in: Hester told the Tennessean that she felt the image encapsulated the horror of that day."The anguish on that little girl's face is the anguish that all of us feel and continue to feel," Hester said. "It is a hard image. It should be a hard image because it's a hard reality. So don't look away."
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