'Bunny' Honicker, longtime Tennessean news editor, dies at age 79

He passed in his wife's hometown of LaGrange, Ga. Here's the obituary from the LaGrange Daily News and also in The Tennessean. Honicker has donated his body to science, and celebration of his life will be scheduled later, the obituary says. You can also share stories in the new Facebook group RIP Bunny Honiker (sic -- the organizers are trying to get the spelling corrected).

Channel 5 racks up the Emmys

WTVF-Channel 5 took home 15 regional Emmys Saturday night, including news excellence, best evening newscast and best investigative report.

The award for best investigative report went to Phil Williams' project on Davidson County General Sessions Court. Winning along with Williams were Bryan Staples and Kevin Wisniewski.

WTVF also had a second nomination in that batch as well.

WKRN-Channel 2 won for best daytime newscast and for best continuing coverage over a 24-hour period for coverage of the Good Friday tornadoes. Channel 4, which also had a nomination in the investigative reporting category, won for best continuing coverage of weather, also for the Good Friday tornadoes.

The Renaissance Center in Dickson and Bohan Advertising each took home two Emmys. WSMV-Channel 4, Nashville Public Television and Vanderbilt University News Service won one a piece. And WKRN's Anne Holt presented the Governor's Award to the Freedom Forum.