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It’s been called "mountain dew," "white lightning," and the "water of life." But before it was a staple of Appalachian lore, it was a weapon of Irish resistance, and the start of the infamous rebels' pour. The story begins with Poitín. Long before it was an outlaw spirit, it was a monastic craft. 6th-century monks brought distillation to Ireland, creating a spirit so central to rural life that farmers used it as a form of currency. “There's the Irish monks were supposedly m

When I was younger, my grandparents went on a trip to Ireland. They came back with these beautiful photos and stories of the country and how amazing it and its people were. I knew from that moment that at some point in my life, I wanted to visit Ireland as well. The opportunity to not only get experience with travel journalism, but to also visit the place where I knew my family came from.

Lebanon Police Department uncovered hundreds of pieces of stolen mail, fake IDs and credit cards while investigating a stolen vehicle. LPD located a Range Rover in the parking lot of Avid Hotel that had been stolen out of Missouri.

Mount Juliet Police Department performed a traffic stop that ended in arrests. Officers initiated the stop after the vehicle failed to stay in its own lane.

A Shelbyville man has been taken into custody on reports of possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Ricky Lee Bonifant Jr. was identified in soliciting a minor for an online sexual relationship through multiple platforms.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation made an arrest in Coffee County for multiple accounts of Child Exploitation. The TBI’s Cybercrime...

MTSU celebrated six former student nominees in the Grammy awards this year. Brandon Bell, an alum from MTSU’s Department of Recording...

MTSU Archaeology students are getting first hand experience onsite at one of Nashville’s first post-Civil War African American neighborhoods. Professor Andrew Wyatt of the MTSU Sociology and Anthropology department is leading a project on the Bass Street Community in Nashville.

Rutherford County is only impacted by one Tennessee Senate seat this year. Tennessee Senate seat 14 is up for re-election. The District 14 seat encompasses more than just Rutherford County, it also covers parts of Bedford, Cannon and Moore counties.

Middle Tennessee State University lost a student on Monday, an event that impacted the entire campus community. ​ Serenity Birdsong took her life on Monday afternoon in the James E. Walker Library. Memorials in her honor were set up by the end of the day. MTSU closed campus on October 29th and the James E. Walker Library remained closed until October 31st.

Capitalizing on the “see something, say something” motto provided by law enforcement, the line of what to report can become easily blurred. Middle Tennessee State University Police Department protects and serves the MTSU campus and its students. MTPD’s Sergeant Katelynn Liedtke provided the station’s top safety tips for this academic year.