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Bright & Early: Snow On The Brain Edition
Good morning, Nashville. You might have noticed that’s snowing outside! Most of Nashville received anywhere from 2-4″ last night, resulting in school closures, canceled flights, hazardous driving conditions and an official state of emergency. According to weather forecasts, we’ve probably got another inch or two on the way tonight into tomorrow. We can has snow [...]
Happy Hour: Some Children Left Behind
Welp, the report cards are out and Metro failed to make Adequate Yearly Progress under No Child Left Behind. But! But. They were granted a special natural disaster waiver because of the flood and won’t face any major consequences. [City Paper] Williamson County Schools, however, did swimmingly as usual. [Tennessean] The other tidbit to come [...]
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: Hey Look, It’s Dark Outside
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce released a report today saying that Mayor Karl Dean’s plan to redevelop the State Fairgrounds into a more corporate-friendly space could bring in 6,500 and $2.5 billion for us. [City Paper] There’s also a pretty hefty mixed-use development going in on Elliston at 23rd Avenue. We just hope it [...]
Happy Hour: We Are Just So Glad It’s Friday
For those keeping track at home, the little Russian boy who was shipped back to his country alone by his adoptive birth mother from Shelbyville is back in the orphanage. A mother of three adopted children from Wilson County has filed a court petition to become his guardian. [WTVF] Nashville has launched the Smart911 program [...]
Bright & Early: Unlikely Help Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Most of us have heard the story about group of inmate volunteers who saved the Omohundro water treatment facility from flooding with their mad sandbagging skills. News Channel 5 takes a closer look at what happened that day and finds that some inmates worked as many as 36 hours straight shoveling 500 tons [...]
Bright & Early: Parks & Rec Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro officials are trying to figure out how the Parks & Recreation managed to go $1 million over budget without anyone realizing it before it was too late. The city had to make some pretty expensive repairs courtesy of a lightning strike back in the summer, and they also decided to keep [...]
Bright & Early: Fierce Competition Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As much as we might try to forget about how football season ended for our Titans, we’re already hearing murmurings of what next season might look like for us… quarterback-wise, at least. Last week, Coach Fisher answered a few questions about whether country crooner Kerry Collins will be given the starting job [...]
Bright & Early: Highs And Lows Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve gotta admit, we’re feeling pretty demoralized after Saturday’s Game Which Shall Not Be Named (the ‘Stache blames that missed delay of game call, but we’re not even sure that could have salvaged it) so we’re trying to look at the bright side–the Preds won and Steve Sullivan skated for the first [...]
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