Tag Archives: severe weather
Bright & Early: Peep Peep Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Several Metro Schools staff members made a colorful appearance at last night’s School Board meeting to let everyone know just how excited they are about their hours, jobs, and incomes being cut. Last week, the board proposed a new budget for next year that would cut 665 jobs and shave one hour [...]
Happy Hour: It’s Electric
The TVA is taking about a $3 billion loan to help pay for the Kingston spill cleanup and keep their pension fund from going bankrupt. Starting October 1, they’ll also be increasing electric rates by 8% but decreasing fuel rates by 11%, meaning we’ll all be seeing around $2 less on our bills every month. [...]
Happy Hour: Unlucky Day
A Franklin home went up in flames last night after being struck by lightning. Twice. [WTVF]
Unless you love your henna tattoo enough to keep it forever, you may want to stay away from the Opry Mills henna kiosks. [Tennessean]
A plumber is suing Nashville’s Habitat for Humanity organization after she was raped at a Habitat construction [...]
Photo Of The Day: June 18, 2009
We’re never quite brave enough to hang out in the front yard with a camera during a thunderstorm, so we’re glad that folks like Chris1051 are. Chris caught this spidery cluster of lightning bolts over a neighbor’s house last night using a wide aperture and a 3-second exposure.
Photo Of The Day will be a recurring [...]
Happy Hour: Swim Trunks & Flippy Floppies
If you like what you see in the above photograph, don’t forget that the CMT awards come on at 7pm and Taylor Swift is probably performing with T-Pain within the first 5-10 minutes. Someone send us the Youtube later please? [Tennessean]
The Tennessee Senate nixed the Al Gore statue idea and we can’t say we’re extremely [...]
Bright & Early: Seriously, TGIF Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Whether you were out chasing down one of the elusive Beastie Boys rumors (wait, was that just us?) or getting evacuated from LP Field along with 50,000 of your closest friends, last night was pretty rough all around. Storms rolled into the area around 11pm while Reba was onstage, and heavy rains [...]
Happy Hour: If You Can’t Say Something Nice
Budget talks in the state legislature are getting a little nasty after the Republicans made some amendments to Governor Phil’s budget and he referred to them as “stupid.” [Tennessean]
Archaeologists out in Franklin are still digging away for more bones since they found that one Civil War soldier back in May. So far, they haven’t found [...]
Bright & Early: Our Own Prison Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Few things are spookier (or photogenic!) than an old abandoned state penitentiary, and as of this afternoon, we’ll have another one in our midst. The Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in East Tennessee, which has been housing some pretty nasty criminals (including MLK Jr.’s assassin James Early Ray) for 113 years, but will [...]
Happy Hour: When The Rich Get Richer
Few things make us happier than the opportunity to rag on everyone’s favorite neighbor John Rich, who got kicked out of Cafe Coco last night around 3am. We won’t ruin the story for you except to say that it involved a powder blue Cadillac, the Star Spangled Banner, and a broken beer bottle. And the [...]
Happy Hour: Twist And Shout
We’ve got a tornado watch until 11pm! [WKRN]
The same guy who robbed the Wachovia on Fourth Ave. downtown a few weeks ago robbed the same Wachovia again this morning. Lesson learned: If you find a good thing, stick with it? [City Paper]
The VA hospitals (including the one in Murfreesboro) may be off the hook for [...]
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