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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: Paparazzi Unappreciation Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Quick tour of the headlines this morning: Metro Police are looking into an alleged scuffle that went down between Keith Urban and a paparazzo last week at Giovanni’s. Since this is Nashville and our celebs enjoy a largely paparazzi-free existence here, we sure hope Metro can get to the bottom of it [...]
Happy Hour: Over The Brine
TDOT is trying to stay ahead of tomorrow’s snow by spraying salt brine on the roads before it actually starts snowing. We endorse this. [WKRN] We’d like to wish a very happy birthday to Ms. Dolly Parton, who turned 65 today! We can only hope we’re still going that strong at 65. [Tennessean] The Davidson County [...]
Bright & (Not So) Early: What About Tent City Edition
Good morning, Nashville. One of the ongoing controversies following the flood has been figuring out what to do with residents of Tent City–a homeless encampment near the river that was home to nearly 140 people. Like everything else, Tent City flooded and destroyed what few possessions these folks had including birth certificates and other important [...]
Happy Hour: What A World
Around 4:15 this afternoon, a car “fell” or “apparently flipped” (depending on where you get your news) off of the Gateway Bridge downtown. No one seems to know who or how and we are just so confused right now. [WSMV] What we wouldn’t give to be a fly on the wall while Metro talks to [...]
Bright & Early: Wait-Listed Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Tennessee’s drug assistance program for people with HIV/AIDS now has a waiting list thanks to folks losing jobs and insurance, along with an increase in the number of people living with the disease. Those overseeing the program hope that their own services can be supplemented with federal programs and pharmaceutical companies. Pregnant women [...]
Bright & Early: That’s “Dr. Parton” To You Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Sure, there’s the pig flu still running rampant and lots more rain in the forecast and GM trying to bum $9 billion more from the feds, but the biggest news of the day is obviously that Dolly Parton is finally getting her honorary doctorate from UT-Knoxville this morning. The doctorate in humane [...]
Is There A Doctor In The House? [We Love Dolly]
Congratulations to Dolly Parton for getting way farther in school than we probably will! Earlier today, UT-Knoxville Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek sent out this email notifying students and faculty that Dolly is in line to receive an Honorary doctoral degree in Humane and Musical Letters: To: UT Knoxville Faculty, Staff and Students From: Chancellor Jimmy [...]
Bright & Early: Groundhog Day Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Looks like we’re in for six more weeks of winter (though you wouldn’t know it if you went outside yesterday) according to Punxsutawney Phil who saw his shadow this morning. We’d like to take a moment to pause and observe the above photograph of poor Punxsutawney Phil that accompanied the Tennessean’s Ground [...]
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