TN Progressive

• View from the Overlook (Whitescreek Journal)
• Alcoa property taxes will probably not go up (BlountViews)
• Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
• Pellissippi Parkway extension delayed again (BlountViews)
• Blount County early voting record turnout (BlountViews)
• WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
• America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
• A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
• The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
• Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
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• My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)

TN Politics

• Report: 12 Tennessee rural hospitals at ‘immediate risk’ for closure (TN Lookout)
• NWS forecast: Dangerous heat wave to stretch through Aug. 20 in West Tennessee (TN Lookout)
• From headlines to campaign ads: how the Memphis Safe Task Force narrative went unchallenged (TN Lookout)
• DNC approves 2028 presidential nominating cycle starting in South Carolina, Nevada (TN Lookout)
• Congressional approval not needed for White House ballroom, Trump tells high court (TN Lookout)
• Stockard on the Stump: Special session talk on tax appraisals rears its head (TN Lookout)

Knox TN Today

• Unofficially, Tennessee won football scrimmage (Knox TN Today)
• KPD’s Lori Banks: Versatile Swiss Army knife model (Knox TN Today)
• Lonnie Brown leaves UT; is dean at Temple + Heidi Barcus + Lee Welch ++ (Knox TN Today)
• Meet Thomas: Monday’s Parent-A-Child (Knox TN Today)
• Daily Connections: Your East Tennessee Guide | August 17 (Knox TN Today)
• The final clinic drive pet owners may not have to make (Knox TN Today)
• Which flu vaccine should you get? (Knox TN Today)
• Faith Along the Way: No Appointment Necessary (Knox TN Today)
• Mission Monday: Empowering community ministries. Today’s focus is Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee (Knox TN Today)
• Parents of student athletes — save this article (Knox TN Today)
• Power of the Purse brings fashion, fun and purpose (Knox TN Today)
• Sunday Conversation: What sound says East Tennessee to you? (Knox TN Today)

Local TV News

• Look inside upcoming Knoxville restaurant owned by former pro-basketball player (WATE)
• TWRA scales back search, identifies missing kayaker in Blount County (WATE)
• One dead, suspect in custody after domestic incident in Knox County (WATE)
• Powell relying on receivers with new starting quarterback (WATE)
• New Kroger to create 175 jobs in Lenoir City (WATE)
• Dragon Boat Race helps East TN nonprofit raise money to improve playground (WATE)

News Sentinel

State News

• South Pittsburg’s Dayon Cooper shows small-school talent can make it big - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Perry still working at two positions; Vols 20th in AP poll - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Video: 2026 Chattanooga River Games - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
• Silverdale Baptist lineman Luke Burger makes his teammates better - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)

Wire Reports

• Watch Live: Prosecution rests in Lindsay Clancy murder trial, defense set to call witnesses - CBS News (US News)
• Ossoff targets a close Trump aide, launching a personal feud with the White House as midterms loom - CNN (US News)
• Live Updates: Trump threatens to bomb Oman with Iran war stuck in stalemate as 60-day negotiation period ends - CBS News (US News)
• Andreessen Horowitz Focus of DOJ Probe Over Board Directors - Bloomberg.com (Business)
• Las Vegas gang leader masterminded Tupac's drive-by killing, prosecutor tells jury - Reuters (US News)
• Teen lifeguard who saved boy at Seabright Beach to meet President Trump at White House - KSBW (US News)
• Trump fails to undo E. Jean Carroll verdict at Supreme Court - Axios (US News)
• US stocks hang near their record heights - AP News (Business)
• Zuckerberg faces potential reckoning in court over Instagram’s effects on teens - The Washington Post (Business)
• Nvidia to provide up to $105 billion guarantee for OpenAI's Ohio data center - Reuters (Business)
• Synchrony, credit card issuer to Amazon and Walmart, partners with OpenAI for ChatGPT shopping - CNBC (Business)
• Visuals show scope of widespread flooding in Indiana - USA Today (US News)
• Ice cream brand sold at Target, Kroger and Walmart files for bankruptcy after judge’s ruling - AL.com (Business)
• What will TV look like in three years? Media insiders share their predictions - CNBC (Business)
• Missed shifts were costly to this McDonald's. An app has fixed the problem - NPR (Business)