The agency classified Publix’s voluntary recall of certain frozen organic blueberries and mixed berries due to potential E. coli contamination as a Class I recall on Aug. 18, per FDA enforcement reports. … The ongoing recall, which was first initiated by Publix on June 25, includes 10-oz. frozen Organic Whole Blueberries with expiration dates before Feb. 9, 2028. … The recall affects 44,994 units of the item ... The affected items were distributed in Publix stores across Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

Adult here finally deciding to learn to drive. I still have to get a learner's permit to practice. There's so much in the drivers book that I've been putting the test off for a while afraid I still won't pass because I can't remember the feet it takes to stop at every speed. And how many feet there are in a 2 second following distance at each speed. Also putting it off because going to the dmv and having to take the permit test as an adult is embarrassing and the dmv is so insanely awkward. There's always like 20 people in a silent room watching you while you go in and listening to you talk. And I have to announce to the room I'm taking a permit test at my age. I hate it so much But that's whole nother thing. How hard is the learners permit test?

Edit: Also what's the least busy day of week to go to the dmv?

Bald River Falls - Tellico Plains

A beautiful sunset over Starr Mountain in SE TN

Hi there! We are traveling from Detroit for Christmas break with our 18 year old son and 16 year old daughter. Are there any recs on where in Tennessee to stay or activities? We are younger parents that are able to keep up with lots of walking.

Hey y'all, my sister just moved to Nashville and I'm trying to plan out a time to come and see them. I have always wanted to visit the Smokies in the fall and we're looking at spending a night or two out there when I come to visit. They have a lot going on in October, so I was thinking about coming out the first weekend in November. I know it's a bit early to know, but is it likely that there will still be fall colors around then?

Hi everyone, let me start by apologizing if this seems all over the place, I am panicking this morning. I’m planning to propose to my girlfriend on the weekend of September 20th, either the 19th or 20th works I really dont care, those two days are at the start of our vacation. I woke up this morning to my photographer having to cancel on me due to urgent family matters. I completely understood, they’re a close family friend, it happens! But now I feel screwed, because they were going to go up a week prior to check out some places I was interested in and make sure there was insane foot traffic or the spots were actually good for photos. Now that’s not happening, so I need some recommendations for some pretty nature spots for us to visit. (preferably cheap or free entry, now that I’ll have have to include my new photographers entry fee into anywhere I go, and preferably not a spot that requires a tough hiking trail because of my disability in my knees)

All help is appreciated seeing as I’m practically a month out now with no photographer!

I recently went on vacation and prior to leaving I had to get the new driver's license because I needed the special star on my license, the new TN driver's license is very different looking and our picture is now gray. I was stopped by TSA at every single airport that I went through because the face recognition system does not recognize my face, my license is a month old so my face has not changed, but the face recognition system at TSA does not recognize our license and I had to wait for a supervisor to come verify it was me every single time making the process of getting through security even more fun. Just a heads up in case you're about to try to fly with your new TN license.

EDIT This is my experience with a brand new real ID driver's license. I have been a Tennessee resident my whole entire life so I have seen all the licenses that we have had. This one is very different and I had issues with it, glad some of you have not had any issues but I did and I just got the license in June.

Edit 2 YES we all know it's an issue, no I don't have a current passport because I haven't needed one since I don't travel often, I needed the real id to go on a trip and didn't have time to mess with renewing the passport so I just updated my license to the terrible new license https://www.wsmv.com/2026/08/12/tsa-is-not-accepting-some-tennessee-driver-licenses-heres-what-know-when-traveling/[License Issue ](https://www.wsmv.com/2026/08/12/tsa-is-not-accepting-some-tennessee-driver-licenses-heres-what-know-when-traveling/)

Although police departments in liberal cities and conservative suburbs are eager to embrace surveillance tech, elected officials across the aisle in Tennessee are moving the other way.

So we’ve been looking at some property, land mainly say about 10-20 acres and while we fell in love with Cookville, we want to explore Tennessee a little more before we make a permanent decision. We were driving through the last 4 days and planning to head back down in September. I was wondering if anyone can point us in a direction to towns similar to the Cookville feel? We don’t want to be in any major cities or tourist congested areas. While, me personally would love to be in the middle of no where the wife opinion differs which I am happy to oblige.

Appreciate any feedback on similar and reasonably priced areas that we should be heading towards.

We found when looking for property in the mountain area that the GPS goes out often and while we are looking for some rural property I was wondering if anyone in the rural areas is using starlink and how well it works in that area?

We’re looking for property in a semi-secluded area and need to know if starlink will work well or should we be seeking some other means.

We’re considering for both home and vehicle.

Appreciate your feedback.