Lebanon workplace hospitalizations anchor WKRN News 2's Tennessee coverage
The station posted fifteen videos, including two reports on a medical response at a Walmart distribution center.
WKRN News 2
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19 hospitalized after workplace event in Lebanon
WKRN News 2 covered a large-scale medical response in Lebanon alongside a Tennessee tax ballot question and a difficult start to the Titans' season. Its most watched new upload, "19 hospitalized after workplace event in Lebanon," reached about 8,500 views in five hours.
The report describes dozens of workers reporting possible food poisoning symptoms at a Walmart distribution center. A separate upload also covered the hospitalizations. The cause remains a question in that coverage, rather than an established conclusion.
Elsewhere, "TN voters deciding whether to ban Tennessee from imposing state property tax" put a statewide ballot decision on the schedule. The station also published reporting on the confusion following Christa Pike's failed execution, with 911 calls forming the focus of that update.
Across the channel, views grew by roughly 2.7 million over seven days, the largest weekly gain among its nearby local-news peers. CBS Pittsburgh and CBS Colorado also had substantial weeks. WKRN's subscriber audience grew modestly, although its current daily viewing is less than half its usual level.
The channel's most active videos offer a different slice of Tennessee: officials' account of an armed robbery following a Facebook Marketplace meetup in Franklin, the grand opening of the Dickson Center of Higher Education, and the Titans starting a season without a win in five games. The education-center opening supplies a community milestone amid a schedule dominated by urgent news.
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The videos drawing views on WKRN News 2 right now
911 calls reveal confusion after Christa Pike failed execution4,768 views · 2026-10-12
TN voters deciding whether to ban Tennessee from imposing state prope…3,162 views · 2026-10-12
19 people hospitalized for potential illness at TN Walmart distributi…2,899 views · 2026-10-12
Vanderbilt football player arrested for assault, removed from team1,665 views · 2026-10-12
Man terrorizes family in their White Bluff home1,192 views · 2026-10-12
3 charged after Facebook Marketplace exchange in Franklin ends in arm…611 views
Dickson Center of Higher Education celebrates grand opening277 views
Tennessee Titans fall 0-5 for first time in 17 years173 views
- Channel
- WKRN News 2
- Subscribers
- 145,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 2,664,853
- Videos published this week
- 15
- Video published
- October 12, 2026
- Video views so far
- 8,529
The numbers
Here is WKRN News 2's week in views, subscribers and uploads.
