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West Nile Is Back [Reality Bites]
It wouldn’t be summer in Tennessee without a swarm of mosquitoes and a good West Nile outbreak. Today, the first batch of mosquitoes testing positive for the virus showed up in East Nashville near the intersection of Rosebank Ave. and Colbert Dr. Though it hasn’t affected any humans and the city doesn’t plan on spraying [...]
Bright & Early: All Uphill From Here Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Changes are in store for the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department after some deputies kept an undocumented immigrant woman in handcuffs while she went into labor and delivered her baby earlier this summer. Known for his tough stance on illegal immigration, Sheriff Daron Hall says they were just trying to do their job [...]
Bright & Early: Unhappy Hour Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro schools is hoping to start out the school year on the right foot by randomly searching students for drugs, alcohol or weapons. Though they’ve been doing it for three years, the program has been successful in the past at reducing reports of these kinds of violations. Officials say that the goal [...]
Bright & Early: Tourist Appreciation Edition
Good morning, Nashville. Metro Council is showing tourists anything but love this week as they consider jacking up taxes even higher than they already are. The increase would come by way of a 50-cent hike in the hotel/motel tax, which they see as a way to bring in more revenue without bothering the locals. Trouble [...]
Happy Hour: Terrestrial Matters
Your Thursday laugh, especially for the speed demons among us: Channel 2 snagged this video of a Tennessee Highway Patrolman doling out a speeding ticket to another cop. [WKRN] The Health Department is saying that the 10th Tennessean is being treated for salmonella poisoning, and they’re blaming it all on tomatoes Texas jalepenos Mexico now. [...]
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