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Happy Hour: Countdown To Turkey Day

23 November 2010 | 5:30 pm
Author: Christy Frink

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 [...]

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Happy Hour: Not In This Bar, You Don’t

30 June 2009 | 8:21 pm
Author: Christy Frink

If you’ve got an extra gun (or three!) just lying around the house and collecting dust, you can drop it off at one of several locations around town today or tomorrow in exchange for… a circus ticket! The program aims to get guns off the street, and we may laugh, but we hear they collected [...]

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Bright & Early: Dredging The Day Away Edition

8 June 2009 | 9:45 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville. It was a rough weekend for East Tennessee after some Department of Energy contractors accidentally poisoned 30,000 fish in Oak Ridge. On top of that, news surfaced of floodwaters causing some of the spilled Kingston coal ash to wash back into the Tennessee River and turn it a nasty shade of grey. [...]

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Bright & Early: Takes A Village Edition

20 May 2009 | 9:30 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville. Police are still looking for the suspect in Monday night’s fatal shooting at Maplewood High School’s graduation ceremony. Though they picked up a guy who matched the discription on Tuesday morning, he was released after questioning. They believe that the shooting was probably gang-related, and Metro School officials are saying that something [...]

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Happy Hour: But Seriously, Why Not Wine?

19 May 2009 | 5:30 pm
Author: Christy Frink

We’re creeping closer and closer to being able to (legally) cart lots of wine across the Tennessee border from other cooler states that actually allow it in grocery stores. [WZTV] Jack In The Box is shelling out $20,000 to a white former employee who claims that her black coworkers called her a bunch of offensive [...]

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Bright & Early: Prison Break Edition

17 November 2008 | 9:07 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville. It seems like it was quite the weekend for teenage prison breaks! Three 16-year olds being transported in a state van hopped in the driver’s seat and took off when the guard got out to inspect damage from an accident. One of the three turned himself in, but the other two are [...]

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Bright & Early: We Hear The Train A-Comin’ Edition

6 August 2008 | 8:59 am
Author: Christy Frink

Good morning, Nashville. We all remember the Music City Star commuter train’s July 4th fiasco that left hundreds of passengers angry stranded at the stations. After doing what they could to smooth things over, they’re finally giving it another go and offering service to and from the Wilson County Fair. They say they’ve made enough [...]

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