• A Metro Nashville Police narcotics officer found himself on the wrong side of the law, allegedly stealing more than $5,000 in a sting operation. The officer had been with the department for more than 16 years.
• We’re more than a little horrified that The League (not the FX show), an online dating app that apparently self-selects for “driven professionals,” has launched in town. Anybody remember the BuddyTown saga?
• Former Metro Councilman Lonniel Greene has been disbarred by the Tennessee Supreme Court after giving false testimony at a hearing and conspiring to coerce a witness in a domestic violence case. His tenure with the council lasted from September 2015 to February of the following year.
• Local activists including the mother of Jocques Clemmons are still pushing for a civilian oversight board for the Metro Nashville Police Department. The group was threatened with arrest by building management for not leaving because they wanted to … talk to the police. ?
• Local musician Todd Austin, better known as Toddzilla, won a 3-2 decision from Historic Zoning Commissioners to allow him tear down and rebuild his East Nashville home following a June fire and petition drive that netted 10,000 signatures. The staff of the commission had recommended against the move, saying that enough of the existing structure could be saved.
• The Tennessee Respite Coalition is looking to give folks who provide constant care for a loved one a break, citing the emotional and physical toll it can take on the caregiver.
• Pith in the Wind columnist Betsy Phillips takes aim at the rather absurd definition the city leaders are using for “workforce housing” at nearly $1,000 per month rent in the face of a growing shortage of service industry workers who do not make enough to afford it.
• Guitar maker Gibson is moving its warehouse out of the Gulch, clearing the way for even further development in the rapidly changing neighborhood.
• For folks tracking the potential MLS bid for Nashville, the league has released a timeline for when that might happen.
• Things got pretty hectic on the sidelines at the Tennessee State University football game Saturday against SEMO, with a player expelled from school for punching one of the coaches. They won the game anyway, 20-23.
• Shake Shack fans should know that reports are slating Green Hills as their first Nashville-area location. Best of luck with that traffic, or we hope you know the back-roads.
• The Downtown Grocery Wars are setting up to be entertaining, with Publix targeting an urban store in the Capitol View development and Whole Foods already committed to the Broadway development at the former LifeWay campus. Meanwhile, East Nashvillians and their two less chic Kroger stores look longingly from across the river.
• The Nashville Predators (10-5-2) knocked off the Washington Capitals (10-8-1) Tuesday night to win their fifth game in a row. They play tonight in Minnesota against the Wild (8-7-2) before returning home Saturday night to face the Colorado Avalanche (8-7-1).
• A supplemental census of nearby Murfreesboro could net the city $2.9 million in extra funds. City leaders estimate the population at 131,000.
• If you find actor John Cleese’s diary around Nashville, he would very much like it back. He doesn’t know if he lost it here, in DC or in Richmond, Virginia.
• In totally-not-a-publicity-stunt-just-happened-to-be-in-the-neighborhood news, Taylor Swift casually bought her new album from the White Bridge Target.

Photo by Paul Beavers. Want to see your photo featured here?