Surviving employees alleged Impact Plastics told them to be at work and released them too late to escape floodwaters; the company has said it did not threaten to fire anyone.

"We are going to prove to our region, to our state and to our nation, how strong a people we are," Erwin, Tennessee, Mayor Glenn White said.

Much of the southern Appalachian Mountain region is still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Helene ripped through the region and left unfathomable destruction in its wake. As the recovery continues,

Here's what to know about the sticker on Tennessee football's helmets for its road game at Arkansas on Saturday: