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Bright & Early: Won’t You Be His Neighbor Edition
Good morning, Nashville, and happy Friday! Your morning headlines: John Rich would like you to consider being his neighbor! Yes, really. [WTVF] Despite all the drama with his contract negotiations, the Titans say they’re not even considering a Chris Johnson trade at this point. [Tennessean] According to the census data from 2010, Tennessee had a [...]
Bright & Early: Is It Really May Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Brrr! We’re standing strong and repeating the mantra “we will not turn on the heat in May,” but we’re probably fighting a losing battle as temperatures won’t return to the 70′s until Thursday. The good news is that this chilly weather has been confusing the cicadas, silencing their noisy song at least [...]
Happy Hour: The Darkest Of Dark
Tomorrow is the darkest day of the year! It’s also the darkest day in 372 years, because there is a full moon eclipse happening at 2:41 am during the Winter Solstice for the first time since 1638. So after tomorrow, we can all relax because the worst of our daylight deprivation is behind us. [Gizmodo] [...]
Bright & Early: The Eleventh Plague Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Not that we’re hating on Spring or anything, but we’ve almost forgotten what it’s like to go through life without a sinus headache and a pollen-colored car. This year’s plague is the worst it’s been in years for many areas including Middle Tennessee as we’ve now been sitting under a high pollen [...]
Bright & Early: Digging To China Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Despite the fact that we’ve all been navigating around the convention center construction and road closures for several weeks, the “groundbreaking” ceremony is scheduled for Monday. During that time, the Mayor and other city leaders will do that thing where they put on hard hats and pretend to dig important holes while [...]
Bright & Early: Keep The Lights On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. By the looks of our Twitter feed, many of you guys started out the morning in the dark. According to NES lightning struck the Edmonson Pike substation a little after 6am, causing a widespread power outage that lasted for about an hour and affected more than 10,000 customers. Storms are expected to [...]
Happy Hour: Not So Fast
As it turns out, our one interesting news story from this morning concerning the young lady who tackled the dude who stole her wallet is not true. According to witnesses, a couple of good samaritans banded together when they heard the girl screaming and managed to get the wallet back and enough information for police [...]
Happy Hour: Life’s Not Fair
Well, the days of texting and driving (legally) are over. Or will be over on July 1 when the new law that Governor Phil signed today officially goes into effect. Funny thing is, the law will apply to everyone except for state/local AND CAMPUS law enforcement officers. What? [Tennessean] July 1 might be a bad [...]
Bright & Early: Light At The End Of The Tunnel Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’ve been following the story about Perry County’s outrageous unemployment rate for a while now, and Governor Phil is headed down there today to announce the creation of 1,500 new jobs that will hopefully help get the community back on its feet. Sen. Roy Herron, who has represented the area since 2002, [...]
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