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Happy Hour: Duck Duck Goose
The National Weather Service was finally able to confirm that, yes, a tornado did touch down in northern Davidson County last night. Still no word on how strong it was. [Tennessean] Adios, Dove Awards! They’re taking the show to Atlanta after 41 years of being in Nashville. [Tennessean] Tennessee’s gubernatorial race has been making the [...]
Happy Hour: In Other News
Summarizing today: NASA tried to blow up the moon, President Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, golf became an Olympic sport, Miley quit Twitter, and… it rained in Middle Tennessee. We’re so predictable. At least the time lapse video was cool. [Nashville WX] The TVA would like to drain one of their reservoirs near Chattanooga [...]
Happy Hour: Long Way Down
‘Tis the week for chemical spills, it seems: A Chattanooga wastewater plant employee was seriously burned after around one ton of chlorine leaked inside a containment building. [WZTV] The TBI has released a sketch of the woman who is being accused of posing as an immigration enforcement agent, stabbing a woman, and stealing her 4-day [...]
Happy Hour: Sky Blue Sky
The Tea Party rally downtown ended up drawing upwards of a thousand people today to protest Obama’s policies, though it was “a much smaller turnout” than the one back in April. [WKRN] The feds think that our air is gross enough that they’ve just handed TDOT $2 million to stop polluting it so much. TDOT [...]
Bright & Early: Siren Song Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The folks in Rutherford County are still reeling from last week’s EF-4 tornado and now wonder whether a siren warning system could’ve saved lives. We tend to take our own siren system for granted here in Nashville (especially when we hear it every five minutes for two hours straight), but it’s a [...]
Happy Hour: In Which The Baptists Partner With Winos
The Tennessee Baptist Convention has thrown their collective weight behind the fight against wine in grocery stores, meaning that they’ve actually linked arms with the Tennessee Wine & Spirits Retailers Association. Hell might have just frozen over. [Tennessean] “Nearly one in six Tennesseans has told a joke about Barack Obama’s race, and three-fourths say they’ve [...]
Bright & Early: Long Kiss Goodbye Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We have to admit we don’t know a whole lot about football (except that we’re supposed to bleed two-tone blue around here) but we hear it’s a big day for the NFL. Free agency is finally here, which means that changes are in store for the Titans beginning with one pretty big [...]
Bright & Early: Morning After Edition
Good morning, Nashville. What a great time we had last night at Twestival Nashville! We met so many of you guys face-to-face, gave away a ton of great prizes, heard some awesome music, and most importantly raised over $2,000 for charity: water (if you missed out, you can still donate here!) And oh yeah, we [...]
Happy Hour: Ride That River
Remember the second TVA ash spill that happened a few weeks ago? No, not Kingston or Alabama–the Ocoee River one that happened between those two but never quite made the news. Well, the TVA has finally drafted a plan for getting that cleaned up. [WZTV] Just as we thought, the guy who donated the $8000 [...]
Bright & Early: Waaaaambulance Edition
Good morning, Nashville. After the Security & Exchange Commission’s ruling last week about how the TVA needs to stop polluting North Carolina, the kind folks at the TVA are whining about how fixing the problem will increase their expenses. Nevermind that they just spilled a billion gallons of toxic sludge in East Tennessee. Nevermind that [...]
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