Category Archives: News
Bright & Early: Do You Hear What I Hear Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Here’s your roundup of today’s headlines: Gone rogue. A tornado siren in Inglewood is driving everyone crazy, playing a “Close Encounters” / merry-go-round sound at random times, day and night. Officials suspect a hacker or prankster after sending crews to replace parts on the siren three times in the past week. Is [...]
Bright & Early: Just Another Manic Monday Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Apologies for our recent absence, but sometimes life gets in the way of bringing you the latest breaking news. Hey, did you know that Angry Birds will be landing on Facebook on Valentine’s Day? Good, now that we’re caught up on everything we missed in the past two weeks, here’s the rest [...]
Bright & Early: Blustery Night Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We had a late night hanging out in our “safe place” as tornado warnings for Davison and Williamson county and thunderstorms with 70-80mph winds rolled through in the wee hours of the morning. A possible tornado was reported in Dickson, although no tornadoes have been confirmed in the Middle Tennessee area and [...]
Bright & Early: WTF Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Fun day we had yesterday with the weather, wasn’t it? Heavy rain, high winds, dropping temperatures and a brief tornado warning across Davidson, Williamson and surrounding counties had many people on Twitter saying “WTF, tornadoes in January?” Yes, it’s true – The National Weather Service has confirmed that an EF-0 tornado did [...]
Bright & Early: Buy It Out Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro flood buyouts are still chugging along at a slow & steady pace, with 78 homeowners still waiting to complete their buyouts. Metro Water spokesperson Sonia Harvat says that the city is close to closing on another 25 homes, which will leave just over 50 to go. In other “recovery” news: Jobs! [...]
Bright & Early: Read A Book Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re a bit short on time this morning, so here’s your roundup of the day’s news: It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Nashvillians are observing in a variety of ways, including the annual 11am King Day March. [WSMV] The food truck craze in Nashville is still going strong. More than a dozen [...]
Bright & Early: First Snow Edition
Good morning, Nashville, and happy first snow day of the year to the kiddos! Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Sumner and a host of other school systems in Middle Tennessee are closed for the day, making it the luckiest Friday the 13th to ever grace our state (for kids, at least). The dusting of snow we got [...]
Bright & Early: Gray Skies Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Rough morning out there on the roads, eh? Standing water, stranded drivers and diesel spills caused partial shutdowns of several busy roadways and interstates early this morning, although things seem to be moving along now. The heavy rain is gone, and we’ll get to mid-50′s temperatures this afternoon, but a cold front tomorrow [...]
Bright & Early: Greaseball Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re running short on time this morning, so here’s your abbreviated Bright & Early: Lipscomb University is expanding, opening their first satellite campus in Cool Springs this year. [WSMV] The 2012 legislative session begins today, and Occupy Nashville plans to crawl out of their tents and protest by piling money and checks [...]
Bright & Early: Roadmap Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Governor Haslam has announced his plan to improve public safety in Tennessee over the next few years. The plan of 11 objectives and 40 action steps targets drug crime, violent crime and the rate of repeat offenders in Tennessee. Several steps of the plan are already underway, including a database to track [...]
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