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Happy Hour: Things To Frown About

Our hearts go out to Knoxville today where a fourth grade teacher decided to bust into Inskip Elementary School and gun down the principal and assistant principal. Neither were killed, though Elisa Luna, who’s actually the daughter of former state Senator Jerry Cooper, is still listed in critical condition. No children were in the school [...]

Happy Hour: Keep On Truckin’

We got our state report card today and there is some good news: Our high school graduation rate has gone up! The bad news is that our kids still can’t read good. [Tennessean]
Some former Six Flags execs have purchased Nashville Shores, but don’t get your hopes up because they already said they’re not building us [...]

Happy Hour: Let The Backpedalling Begin

PR firm McNeely Piggot & Fox, which has been in some hot water recently for their convention center contract, has resigned from the project altogether. Though they still maintain that coverage of the kerfuffle has been “misleading,” the resignation letter stated that they felt the convention center project was too important to be sidetracked by [...]

Steve McNair Found Shot To Death On 4th Of July [RIP]

We wish we weren’t reporting this news, but police have confirmed that former Tennessee Titan Steve McNair has been shot to death in an apartment at the Rutledge House Condominiums at 2nd Avenue South and Lea Avenue downtown. A female whose identity has not been released was also found dead at the scene, as police responded [...]

Bright & Early: It’s Been A Week Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We’re not gonna lie: All the breaking news in the past 24 hours has us pretty worn out. As of this morning, Sgt. Mark Chesnut–the 44-year old Metro officer who was injured in yesterday’s shooting on I-40–is headed back into surgery at Vanderbilt for some pretty severe internal injuries. Despite wearing body [...]

Happy Hour: What A Day, What A Day

Lots of big news today, not the least of which is GM’s choice of Michigan over Spring Hill for building its new small car. Consequently the Spring Hill plant, which employs more than 3,000 people, will be taking an indefinite hiatus later this year. More details to come at tomorrow morning’s press conference. [WKRN]
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Happy Hour: The Digital Age Is Upon Us

After tonight, analog television is no more. If you’re still not sure whether or not this affects you, check the above flowchart from our friends at the Consumerist. [Consumerist]
GM appears to be holding the Spring Hill plant for ransom to the tune of $200 million. Says Governor Phil: “The numbers that they were talking about [...]

Happy Hour: No Touching, No Touching!

Some of you were all a-twitter this morning about a power outage in Cool Springs and Brentwood. The culprit? Some birds playing a little too close to the substation. [Tennessean]
For the folks going to Bonnaroo this year, Jimmy Buffet will be making an appearance, or so says band member Nadirah Shakoor’s Twitter. [Tennessean]
Senator Lamar Alexander [...]

Bright & Early: Can’t Win For Losing Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Governor Phil is none too pleased with a fancy lobbying group called Families USA released a report yesterday that found all sorts of things wrong with CoverTN, our state’s public health insurance program. Among other things, the report claimed that the program is “likely to leave enrollees with high bills and lack [...]

Bright & Early: Takes A Village Edition

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 [...]