'Choosin’ Texas' dethrones Mariah Carey, topping Billboard for 23 weeks, breaking a record
Ella Langley"s hit song "Choosin' Texas" has made Billboard Hot 100 history as it spent 23 weeks topping the chart.
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Ella Langley"s hit song "Choosin' Texas" has made Billboard Hot 100 history as it spent 23 weeks topping the chart.

business
A Clarksville couple says a local plumbing company installed a new septic system in their backyard without their consent and then took them to court when they didn't pay. Bernard and Julia Sullivan, both in their 60s, say Freedom Plumbing of Clarksville showed up last October and...
NewsChannel 5 WTVF (CBS affiliate) · Sep 23, 2026

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The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC) presented arguments to a federal court for the first time over what the group called a "massive racial profiling event in the heart of Tennessee's immigrant community." The lawsuit names the Tennessee Highway Patrol, th...
NewsChannel 5 WTVF (CBS affiliate) · Sep 22, 2026

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WKRN News 2 (ABC affiliate) · Sep 22, 2026

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OXFORD, Miss. (WMC) - Two University of Mississippi students have died, the Lafayette County coroner confirmed to Action News 5 on Tuesday. According to narcotics investigators, law enforcement is handling the cases as two separate death investigations. At this time, officials ha...
WSMV 4 News (NBC affiliate) · Sep 22, 2026

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. ( WDRB+WAVE /Gray News) — Officials in Kentucky say they are investigating after more than 20 people were sent to the hospital after becoming ill at an area high school. Emergency crews said the situation started Monday morning when they responded to the tech buil...
WSMV 4 News (NBC affiliate) · Sep 22, 2026

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A source tells FOX 17 News a Clarksville teacher charged with child abuse is accused of hurting a student with special needs.
FOX 17 WZTV Nashville (local news) · Sep 22, 2026

Local
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WKRN News 2 (ABC affiliate) · Sep 22, 2026

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WKRN News 2 (ABC affiliate) · Sep 22, 2026

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Questions from neighbors about an unfinished Murfreesboro townhome development have led more people to contact Rutherford County Reporter Aaron Cantrell with concerns about the builder and other Hensley-related companies. NewsChannel 5 previously reported on a townhome developmen...
NewsChannel 5 WTVF (CBS affiliate) · Sep 22, 2026

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Five weeks have gone by, and a Donelson mother is still missing, but new leads point to her possibly being alive in the Nashville area.
WKRN News 2 (ABC affiliate) · Sep 22, 2026

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An opinion cost former state employee Monica Meeks her job. It started in September 2025 after activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on a stage while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University....
WKRN News 2 (ABC affiliate) · Sep 22, 2026

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Actor Hayden Panettiere died from an accidental overdose of several drugs, including fentanyl, and had been in rehab just weeks before, according to a coroner’s report obtained by The Associated Press. Panettiere, 36, was found unresponsive in an apartment...
WSMV 4 News (NBC affiliate) · Sep 22, 2026