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Bright & Early: It’s Never Going To Snow Here Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We hope you survived Snowpocalypse 2009, though we didn’t experience a whole lot of wintery weather worth writing home about here in Middle Tennessee. Our neighbors to the east, however, were a different story. Up in the northeastern corner of the state, Scott County emergency personnel are still working to repair some [...]

Bright & Early: Movin’ And Shakin’ Edition

Good morning, Nashville. While East Tennessee is busy falling apart with various rock slides and what have you, West Tennessee has experienced six earthquakes in the past week. We’re glad that things are staying chill in the midstate (for now), but seismic experts do say that it means the New Madrid Seismic Zone is active. [...]

Happy Hour: Rich. Cash Rich.

Not only will John Rich soon have a spawn, but The Internet has uncovered his plan to name the kid Cash. The discovery was made after someone found the family’s gift registry with Babies R Us (which has since been removed) and it contained a note of thanks from “JOHN, JOAN & CASH” and also [...]

Bright & Early: How Low Can We Go Edition

Good morning, Nashville. We hope you were able to weather the cold and the Titans’ worst loss in franchise history this weekend. While most of the city quietly wept  in the corner yesterday afternoon, others tried to figure out what went wrong. Some blamed Kerry Collins, some blamed Coach Fisher, and some even blamed the [...]

Happy Hour: And Tennessee’s Hottest Bachelor Is…

Take a number, ladies: Cosmopolitan magazine has picked Nashville’s own Beau Davidson to represent Tennessee in their 2009 Hottest Bachelors issue. [Tennessean]
A Delta Airlines flight en route to Atlanta was diverted to Nashville after a passenger reportedly started getting a little too hands-on with some fellow passengers and quoting Bible verses all the while. [Nashville [...]

Happy Hour: Ouch

I-440 is closing this weekend, again, this time affecting westbound traffic. We’re almost getting used to planning our route without it. [WKRN]
TennCare has cut an estimated 84,000 folks from the program since January when they started redetermining eligibility for certain groups of clients. [Times Free Press]
A department head in Mayor Dean’s office was discovered to [...]

Bright & Early: Just Say No To H1N1 Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Unlike several other states, Tennessee won’t be requiring any of its residents to be vaccinated for H1N1. The first batches of the vaccine are set to arrive in our state next week but will go to high-risk professionals such as hospitals and health care providers. The next round will be reserved for [...]

Happy Hour: Feel Good Friday

Mayor Dean signed the controversial non-discrimination ordinance today expressly banning Metro from discriminating against its employees based on sexual orientation or gender identity. [Out & About]
The Metro Planning Commission will decide in two weeks whether or not the “second downtown” Bells Bend development project will get one final shot at succeeding before the commission. [WSMV]
A [...]

Bright & Early: Blow Wind Blow Edition

Good morning, Nashville. Metro and Mt. Juliet police made a $250,000 cocaine bust yesterday on I-40 in Mt. Juliet. The suspect was pulled over for speeding only a few hours after another vehicle traveling with it was also pulled over in West Nashville. The eight kilos of cocaine–almost 18 pounds–were found tucked away in the [...]

Happy Hour: Round And Round

Metro Police Sgt. Mark Chesnut, who was shot several times in his police car along I-40 over the summer, is finally back home and still recovering. We’re happy to hear he’s doing well! [Sylvan Park Neighborhood Association]
Nashville MTA is rolling out it’s new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service starting this weekend. [City Paper]
We know it’s [...]