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Bright & Early: Getting Serious Edition
Good morning, Nashville. A new study estimates that 45% of all 18-24 year-olds in Tennessee are too obese to qualify for military service. Though we’re in good company with 38 other states where more than 40% of young adults are unable to serve due to weight, the problem is becoming so widespread that officials are [...]
Bright & Early: A Sunflower A Day Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We’re a little bit rushed this morning, so your abbreviated Bright & Early: A couple of tornados touched down in Tennessee last night, but none showed up in our neck of the woods. [WSMV & WTVF] A new development that would’ve added a new section of condos in Green Hills has been [...]
Happy Hour: Bringing The Crazy
Two 14-year old boys were charged with covering a Franklin neighborhood with racist and gay-bashing grafitti and were caught because they left their own initials behind. [Tennessean] We hope you weren’t too attached to 106.7 FM, the local ESPN radio station, because it was swapped out for Top 40 today at 1:06pm. Also, their new [...]
Happy Hour: Getting The Boot
Williamson County Crime Stoppers are offering up to $1,000 for information and tips leading to the arrest of the charming folks who spray-painted anti-gay, white power, and KKK-related graffiti all over a Franklin subdivision. [Tennessean] Mt. Juliet chose not to opt out of the guns-in-parks bill unlike several other cities and towns in middle Tennessee. [...]
Bright & Early: Stretching The Truth Edition
Good morning, Nashville. More information is coming forward about the new Kingston report by the TVA’s Office of Inspector General revealing that the TVA fudged some past reports about the Kingston ash spill to make themselves look less liable. The new report says that the spill could’ve been prevented had the TVA responded to documented [...]
Driver’s Ed, Perhaps? [Mixed Reviews By People Who Don't Live Here]
We already knew that Nashville had some pretty bad drivers. Our daily commutes are such an adventure that we’re really not surprised that Tennessee drivers scored 38th place in a test administered by GMAC Insurance to test basic driving knowledge. Folks, that means that we are ranked in 14th place among States With The Worst [...]
Happy Hour: Die Another Day
Well, the dreaded swine flu has arrived. We think. [Tennessean/Twitter] Guess that cancels out this other story about how 18 folks were tested in Tennessee and came out negative. [WTVF] In other news, Moby Teeth holds grudges sometimes. Who knew? [Tennessean] Jason Burdick, also known by the unfortunate pseudonym “The Wooded Rapist,” was convicted of [...]
Happy Hour: Stickin’ It To The Man
We absolutely have to brag on our friends Christian Grantham (Nashville Is Talking) and Frank Strovel for making it onto TechCrunch this afternoon after calling out the Associated Press for not knowing a dang thing about the internets. Well played, boys. [TechCrunch] Our favorite bloggin’ state rep Stacey Campfield thinks that poor people shouldn’t be [...]
Happy Hour: Line In The Sand
Back during the summer, rehab facility Teen Challenge sued Metro for unfairly rezoning the property they were on and forcing them to shut their doors. Now the two parties have reached a settlement and hopefully Metro won’t pull a stunt like that again. [City Paper] A Memphis senator filed a bill today that would effectively [...]
Bright & Early: Pink Slip Thursday Edition
Good morning, Nashville. This is how we hate to start the morning, but layoff news just keeps rolling in. This time, we’ve come full circle to another round of state job cuts. You might remember the first round of buyouts and layoffs back in June where about 2,300 state employees lost their jobs, and this [...]
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