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Bright & Early: Long Way Home Edition

Good morning, Nashville. The Musicians Hall of Fame (not to be confused with the Country Music Hall of Fame) could finally open its doors again–inside the Municipal Auditorium. The attraction shut down last year after a particularly nasty battle with the MDHA in which the city bought up and demolished that entire section of town [...]

Bright & Early: Where’s The Beef Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We’re rushing a bit this morning, so here’s your abbreviated Bright & Early: Many of us are mourning the loss of legendary Nashville radio DJ Coyote McCloud, 68, who died last night on his houseboat in Percy Priest Lake. McCloud had been suffering from liver cirrhosis for quite some time and passed [...]

Bright & Early: Wine Whine Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We’ve been hearing some buzz this year about the wine in grocery stores debate coming back to the forefront in the legislature. Turns out lawmakers are considering several proposals that could at least get us a little closer to being able to buy wine in the grocery store like normal people. Option [...]

Bright & Early: The View From Here Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Ever since the May flood, the folks at Gaylord have been working with the Army Corps of Engineers to figure out a way to better protect the Opryland Hotel and surrounding properties from future flooding. They’re now proposing to raise the levee enough to keep the water out during a 500-year flood, [...]

Bright & Early: In The Spotlight Edition

Good morning, Nashville. The story of Belmont University’s alleged decision to part ways with women’s soccer coach Lisa Howe because of her sexuality has been making the rounds to several national media outlets over the past few days, drawing fire from students, faculty, alumni and advocacy groups alike. Earlier this week, Coach Howe released her [...]

Happy Hour: Countdown To Turkey Day

A gang violence scare at Hillsboro High School had dozens of parents yanking their kids out of school this afternoon. The panic started with a text message threat that circulated around the school, and then extra Metro Police officers were called in to keep things under control. School officials say that students’ nerves were already [...]

Happy Hour: It’s A Fairy Tale World

Here is your Wednesday afternoon “We have no idea what to make of this situation” photo above, courtesy of @dbox who says: “A man on an all-terrain segway just asked me what the deal with Cinderella and Prince Charming was.” Captions welcome in the comments. Things got serious at the parking garage behind Borders on West [...]

Bright & Early: Don’t Tread On Us Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We mentioned briefly yesterday that the “guns in bars” bill was back for round two after the previous version was ruled unconstitutional last year. Proponents of the bill are hoping to make it a little more specific this time around since last year’s failure was a result of the vagueness of what [...]

Happy Hour: Not-So-Cyber Monday

Tennessee would like to remind you that you can’t use that whole Cyber Monday thing to avoid state sales tax. Even if the site doesn’t charge you anything up front, you’re still supposed to e-file. [WTVF] Our neighbors to the north in Kentucky are getting a brand new country-ish music festival next summer called HullabaLOU. [...]

Bright & Early: Shakeups and Shakedowns Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We’ve known some changes were coming to Metro Schools for a while now, but yesterday new director Jesse Register gave us the scoop. Not only will there be some restructuring of specific positions in the central office, but more than 200 folks–several entire departments–will have to reapply for their jobs, which will [...]