Good morning, Nashville. Thanks to Metro Police, there’s a lot less heroin on the street than there was yesterday. After a month of undercover work, they arrested 19 people in connection with a local drug ring and confiscated 46 ounces of heroin valued at around $180K. Police are saying it might be the biggest heroin bust in Nashville’s history. We’re just happy to hear that our streets are a little cleaner this morning.
- Epic tale of the oversize load. We feel obligated to pass on this traffic caveat from TDOT for tonight through Saturday morning. A truck with a giant load of military antennas will be trudging across the state really, really slowly and clogging up most lanes of eastbound I-40 the whole way. It’s scheduled to crawl around Nashville by way of 440 on Friday night, so consider yourselves warned. We’re sad, though… If it had an internet tracker, we could’ve liveblogged it.
- Even more mixed reviews. Despite Metro’s truly impressive drug-raiding skills, the violent crime rate is a different story. The FBI ranked Nashville as the #4 city for violent crime, with Memphis rolling in at a cool #2. On second thought, maybe we won’t be going out tonight.
- Bits & pieces. Alison Krauss and Robert Plant are up for some serious Americana awards … School Board set to announce major changes this week … Metro Council and Sports Authority served with federal subpoena for Boots’ ongoing trainwreck … DC group lodges complaint with FEC against Rep. Marsha Blackburn.
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