Tag Archives: clarksville
Bright & Early: Out Of Our Shell Edition
Good morning, Nashville. While we’re busy wading knee-deep through cicada skeletons, Metro is ramping up its War on Mosquitoes by sending out the Health Department troops to look for properties with breeding grounds and set up traps to identify the ones that carry West Nile. Last year’s mosquito problem was pretty terrible with all the [...]
Happy Hour: Raise Your Hand If You’re Wearing More Clothes Than This Guy
Good heavens, it’s cold! And it’s going to stay cold, for a while. So, you know, put on some clothes. [Nashville WX] Coach Fisher swears that the Titans are actually trying to win, despite what it may look like to any of us who have watched a game lately. ‘A’ for effort, we suppose. [City [...]
Happy Hour: Cold Snap
In case you didn’t read about it everywhere else on the internet, Arlington, TN Mayor Russell Wiseman was a little upset about missing out on the Charlie Brown Christmas special and had some choice things to say about President Obama, on Facebook. [Tennessean] Just a few days after Tennessee capped enrollment in the CoverKids program [...]
Happy Hour: Going For The Gold
Well, it’s official: Parking meters will no longer be free on Saturdays. There are seven Saturdays left in 2009, so you have seven Saturdays to free-park your hearts out. [WKRN] A Cookeville man was jailed for vandalism after smashing some sad person’s jack-o-lantern over the weekend. In fairness, Halloween has come and gone. [WSMV] Clarksville [...]
Happy Hour: You’re Fired
After the Titans’ excruciating six straight losses that we try to forget about, Coach Fisher announced today that Vince Young will be the starting quarterback for the rest of the season. No pressure or anything, VY™. [WKRN] Vols Coach Lane Kiffin is totally down with Lil’ Wayne. [Tennessean] Speaking of the Vols, the Tennessean is [...]
Happy Hour: Out Of The Deep End
Tennessee’s unemployment rate decreased by two tenths of a point last month which is probably the most in a few years. [Tennessean] The Tennessean has been nearly peeing themselves over the amazing exclusive Garth Brooks news they were able to break afternoon, so be sure to keep your eyes glued there. And it turns out [...]
Happy Hour: Them’s Fightin’ Words
The Rochelle Center, an organization that provides employment training for folks with disabilities, was granted a temporary restraining order against the State of Tennessee. The state is trying to take back funding and cut their contract without much of an explanation. The restraining order will allow them to stay open while things are sorted out. [...]
Happy Hour: First You Take The Salt…
Well, Franklin failed to earn the Tequila Capitol of the World title yesterday, drawing a few hundred shy of their goal at Sol’s Cinco de Mayo shindig. Maybe next year! [WKRN] Two schools in Cookeville were evacuated after homemade soda bottle bombs went off in trashcans in both schools. Fortunately no one was hurt, but [...]
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