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Bright & Early: Flash Bang Boom Edition
Good morning, Nashville. News Channel 5′s investigative team found that County Clerk John Arriola has been charging a $40 fee for his employees to perform weddings, and then pocketing the cash. Though the state allows employees to collect gratuities in this situation–and Arriola insists that the $40 charge is just that–NC5′s team found that it wasn’t necessarily [...]
Bright & Early: Open The Gates And Seize The Day Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Bonnaroo officials are hoping to alleviate at least some of the traffic woes that have kept some festival attendees from waiting 11 or so hours to get through the gates and backing things up on I-24. Gates will open a little earlier than usual–7pm on Wednesday–to get attendees into the campgrounds faster. [...]
Bright & Early: Carry On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A Murfreesboro judge has dismissed most of the complaints in the long-running Murfreesboro mosque case, in which plaintiffs tried to prove that the construction of the mosque is a violation of residents’ constitutional rights. Plaintiffs argued that members of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro would be “compelled by their religion to subdue [...]
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 [...]
Watch Flood Documentary “Nashville Rises” Online
Narrated by Billy Bob Thornton, NASHVILLE RISES tells the emotional story about the city of Nashville’s extraordinary response to the worst natural disaster to ever hit the region. This is the story about the power of the human spirit, and how neighbor helped neighbor to overcome tragedy. We were fortunate enough to have the opportunity [...]
Bright & Early: The Weather Outside Is Frightful Edition
Good morning, Nashville. The National Weather Service believes that 40 tornadoes touched down in Tennessee on April 27-28th including a couple of EF4 tornadoes in the ‘Noog and surrounding counties. Bledsoe, Cocke, Johnson, McMinn, Monroe and Rhea counties were also the latest Tennessee counties to be given disaster declarations yesterday. This tornado season seems to be one [...]
Bright & Early: Get To Work Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Davidson County Criminal Court Clerk David Torrence could be penalized up to losing his job after WSMV planted a camera outside his house and found that he only works three days per week and pulls in a six-figure, taxpayer-funded salary. They also found that he uses his county car for liquor store runs [...]
Bright & Early: It’s Been A Year Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Yesterday and today mark the one year anniversary of the historic Nashville flood. It’s hard to believe that one year ago, many of us were watching water surge into our homes or our neighbor’s homes, or one of our many landmarks that took on water during those few days. One year, thirteen [...]
Bright & Early: Hanging On Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Yesterday’s storms left at least 178 people dead across the states of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Virginia. Alabama took the largest beating with 128 fatalities and hundreds of injuries as the tornado originated in Tuscaloosa and then plowed through several other states. Tennessee saw 15 dead, mainly in the southeast part [...]
Bright & Early: Stand With Us Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re still celebrating the Preds victory last night, in which they defeated the Anaheim Ducks 4-2 to advance to the Western Conference semifinals for the first time in franchise history. The real story, though, seems to be the tens of thousands of very loud and very rowdy fans who turned out in [...]
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