Good morning, Nashville. If you’re looking out the window this morning and wondering how the heck it’s still snowing, we’re right there with you. And if you didn’t know it was snowing, a quick skim of the headlines would probably tip you off. We’re seeing everything from kids going without food because school is closed to snow driving down the price of roses to the Nashville Shores expansion soldiering on through the snow to cute animals playing in the snow at the Nashville Zoo to El Niño bringing us even more snow in March to Metro Schools wondering how they’re going to make up all of these snow days. Tired of snow yet, Nashville?

• Nashville firefighters battling cancer. Due to recent health data indicating that a shocking 8.6% of Nashville’s firefighters are suffering from cancer, researchers believe that the numbers may be linked to exposure to diesel fumes from fire engines idling in closed spaces. Nearly 70 Nashville firefighters currently have cancer and 30 others have died from cancer in the past 20 years.
• Love, true love. Over the weekend, a local couple got married in a Murfreesboro White Castle where one of them had worked for four years. According to the (very short) article, her “White Castle family” was also able to attend the wedding. Best of luck, you crazy lovebirds.
• Bits & pieces. Those with keyless remote starters may soon be able to warm up their cars without risking a ticket … Vanderbilt University is being nationally recognized for their innovative use of social media … Tennessee will kick off a new Cash for Appliances program on April 22 to help homeowners replace non-energy efficient appliances in their homes using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act … Councilman Eric Crafton will defer his fairgrounds preservation bill to give the council more time to come up with a plan to save the fairgrounds … Domestic assaults were up on Valentine’s Day, including one woman who went crazy on her boyfriend when he had flowers delivered to her.

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