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Bright & Early: When The Hydra Comes To Town Edition
Good morning, Nashville. That beloved and strange full-sized Parthenon replica that sits in the middle of our town has been getting a lot of attention lately. Compared to last year’s March numbers, attendance has increased by nearly a third and the Parks department says we have that Percy Jackson movie to thank. Percy Jackson and the [...]
Bright & Early: Jumping For Joy Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Yesterday we heard the news that Tennessee would be raking in $500 million of new stimulus money to give a much-needed boost to the state’s struggling school systems. But how much is in it for Metro? Initial estimates are $24 million, and the catch is that none of the funds can be [...]
Happy Hour: Well, That’s One Way To Do It
A first-year teacher at a Metro elementary school turned himself in after “realizing it was not an appropriate form of discipline” to tape third graders’ mouths shut or tape kids in their seats using packing tape. Uh, yes? [Tennessean] Nothing like a solid workday without power to make you appreciate the convenience of electricity, right? [...]
Happy Hour: Watch Where You Step!
We can’t really imagine what 17 loads of chicken poop must smell like, but apparently it was bad enough to shut down the entire Rhea County school system early today. [WZTV] The guy who barged into a Knoxville church a few months ago and killed two people was sentenced to life in prison. He claimed [...]
Bright & Early: Neighbors To The North Edition
Good morning, Nashville. As much as we’d love a snow day, we’re pretty glad we’re not part of the 500,000 folks in Tennessee and Kentucky who are stuck without power for the next few days. NES is lending a few of their workers out to Kentucky to try and get things back up and running [...]
Bright & Early: Kids These Days Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Change is coming to the downtown branch of the Nashville Public Library in February. For some reason they’ve decided that opening a “Teen Wing” with a Wii and four giant plasma TVs in the middle of a library is a good idea. They say they’re doing it to encourage teens to start [...]
Bright & Early: ROFL OMG HAY BFF LOLZ Edition
Good morning, Nashville. With Metro Schools failing at pretty much everything these days, it’s good to see people trying different things… we guess. The principal of Hunters Lane High School recently gave her cell phone number out to every kid in the school and asked them to text her because she feels like it’s a [...]
Happy Hour: What Goes Around
As you might have figured out from our absence today, we’ve been totally sidetracked by the chaos on Capitol Hill that ensued after Rep. Jason Mumpower lost the Speaker of the House vote that everyone thought he had in the bag. And mostly because some n00b pressed the wrong button. [Nashville Is Talking, Nashville Post, [...]
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