• A man was shot and killed after police say he left his vehicle and charged at officers with a knife early Wednesday morning. It is the seventh officer-involved shooting this year, with five fatalities.
• News Channel 5 has an interview with an ICU nurse who started her career in the middle of COVID that’s worth a read.
• Nearby Williamson County’s school board required masks for elementary age students during a very contentious meeting Tuesday night. Protestors hurled insults at health care workers that spoke in favor of the mask rule as they left the building.
• Case counts in Davidson County are again spiking to their highest levels since April 2020, with new deaths reported and ICU beds becoming scarce. Tennessee quietly reinstated an emergency order to relieve staffing shortages at hospitals.
• Twelve independent music venues in town have banded together to require COVID-19 vaccinations or a recent negative test. No word yet on places like Bridgestone Arena or Ryman Auditorium.
• Fans attending the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival next month will also have to be vaccinated or submit a negative test.
• The Major League Soccer commissioner spoke to the Nashville Scene about the city’s soccer team, now playing in its second season at the top level in American soccer, and toured the new stadium. Nashville SC has had a tough road with attendance with the ongoing pandemic.
• The new stadium prompted the move of the Tennessee State Fair to Wilson County, which opened this week.
• The Tennessee team from nearby Nolensville knocked off Florida 10-3 Wednesday afternoon to win the Southeast Regional Tournament of the Little Leauge World Series. The team had already earned a berth in the championship bracket by beating Georgia the day before.
• Downtown Nashville is usually covered with birds like Purple Martins (and their droppings) during migratory seasons, enough so that a research group wants to study them.
• If you are a fan of Dino’s on the eastside, an artist has a raffle for a miniature version of the restaurant and dive bar, complete with light-up sign. Proceeds benefit Gideon’s Army.
• The Nissan plant in nearby Smyrna will shut down for two weeks because of a chip shortage, one of several supply chain issues that have persisted in the last year.

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