• The Justice A.A. Birch building on 2nd Ave. had a bit of a fire scare today when an A/C unit overheated and started billowing smoke. The building was completely evacuated for about 15 minutes before the all-clear was given. [WTVF]
• The Oak Ridge National Lab also had a brush with disaster today when some nitric acid overflowed while workers were loading it into a truck. The spill is under control and they’re now working on the cleanup. [Tennessean]
• The Metro Council will vote on the second reading of the non-discrimination ordinance tonight, and also on the new 9-member convention center authority (for keeps this time.) [City Paper & WTVF]
• Coffee County will soon be raking in the dough from Bonnaroo by way of almost $100,000 in criminal fines. Everybody’s gotta make a buck. [WZTV]
• Metro Police busted a woman and her adult children for running a teen prostitution operation in Davidson and Robertson counties. Though they’ve identified one of the teens, they suspect more will come forward now that the operation has been shut down. [Tennessean]

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