Tag Archives: assault
Happy Hour: Life On The Edge
Some intense gang operation was busted up by the feds in Nashville and Murfreesboro with 64 counts of murder, attempted murder, drugs and kidnapping spread between the 9 members arrested. Three others are still at large. [Tennessean]
Volkswagen has received over 5,000 applications for the 1,200 available positions at the plant. We feel this is a [...]
Bright & Early: Our Own Prison Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Few things are spookier (or photogenic!) than an old abandoned state penitentiary, and as of this afternoon, we’ll have another one in our midst. The Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in East Tennessee, which has been housing some pretty nasty criminals (including MLK Jr.’s assassin James Early Ray) for 113 years, but will [...]
Happy Hour: Skeletons In The Closet
This should make us all feel better: All of the rain has made some humain bones float into the Cumberland River, and those bones could apparently be 6,000 years old. Who the heck was in Tennessee 6,000 years ago besides the dinosaurs!? [WSMV]
If you frequent the downtown YMCA, you may notice that it’s closed. It [...]
Bright & Early: Lovers’ Quarrel Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It’s been a long time (though probably not long enough) since we’ve heard about Nashville’s favorite celeb John Rich doing something ridiculous, but yesterday he finally turned himself in to face some assault and harassment charges filed against him by former Nashville Star contestant Jared Ashley. Ashley has been claiming for a [...]
Happy Hour: Die Another Day
Well, the dreaded swine flu has arrived. We think. [Tennessean/Twitter]
Guess that cancels out this other story about how 18 folks were tested in Tennessee and came out negative. [WTVF]
In other news, Moby Teeth holds grudges sometimes. Who knew? [Tennessean]
Jason Burdick, also known by the unfortunate pseudonym “The Wooded Rapist,” was convicted of one rape, which [...]
Happy Hour: Hillbilly Hoedown
We’ve been calling this one for a while, but now the research confirms it: Listening to country music makes you dumb. [Pith In The Wind]
Three people, ages 18-21, were arrested for the brutal attack of a 62-year old man in the Green Hills Mall parking garage that landed him in the Vanderbilt Medical Center in [...]
Bright & Early: Fat Camp Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Putting nutritional info on the menus may not just be a city-wide issue anymore. Governor Phil is making a case for a bill that would spread the love all across the state of Tennessee. As we’ve previously pointed out, we are a bunch of fatties here in ye olde Volunteer state. Actually, [...]
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