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Bright & Early: End Of The World Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Parts of Nashville took quite the beating last night after a line of storms moved into the area just before dawn. As of 8am, NES reported that about 26,000 customers were without power and they’re actively working to restore everyone as soon as possible. The east side seemed to take the hardest [...]
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: Out With The Old
The glory days of Vince Young have officially come to a close with the removal of his giant picture from the side of LP Field. Sayonara, VY™. [WTVF] Meanwhile, the Titans began interviewing for a new coach to replace the ‘Stache today. Offensive line coach Mike Munchak, linebacker coach Dave McGinnis and offensive coordinator Mike [...]
Happy Hour: One Cup To Rule Them All
The big World Cup announcement happens tomorrow at 10am which is when we find out whether or not the US will host the 2022 World Cup. If so, Nashville is in the running to be the host city and we don’t have to tell you how much that would mean to our local economy (and [...]
Bright & Early: Rough Around The Edges Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It’s been a few weeks since we’ve checked in with Fisk University, which was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and trying to sell off its Georgia O’Keefe art collection to pay the bills. The university is now trying to come up with a way to raise $90 million by reaching out [...]
Bright & Early: Questions And More Questions Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Vanderbilt, Fisk and Belmont universities are among about 400 schools that may soon ask students to declare their sexual orientation during the application process. A nonprofit called Common Application brought the idea to the table, saying that it will help schools measure diversity of sexual orientation much like diversity of race and [...]
Happy Hour: Ars Gratia Artis
A judge ruled that Fisk University can sell at least part of their $74 million art collection to a museum in Arkansas, so the collection will spend part of its time there and the other part in Fisk’s storage facility. The only catch is that they can only use $10 million of the $30 million [...]
Bright & Early: Eat, Play, Love Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Governor Phil announced a new plan yesterday for curbing the obesity problem in Tennessee. Currently our state ranks second in the nation for obesity (thank goodness for Mississippi?) with 69% of adults and 39% of kids considered obese or overweight. The plan, called “Eat Well, Play More,” involves things like offering incentives [...]
Happy Hour: The Neverending Story
Opry Mills has decided to sue its insurance company for $150 million, claiming that they’re not paying out nearly as much as they should in repair costs. The mall is estimated to have sustained upwards of $200 million in damage and so far only about $50 million has been covered. This is apparently the reason [...]
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