• Bridgestone Arena announced Monday that all concert and sports fans must provide proof of vaccination or a recent negative test for all events starting October 2. The date coincides with the Nashville Predators first  home  preseason game.
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center is relocating some of its ICU services in order to stave off staff burnout, which is a growing issue as the pandemic and its record hospitalizations drags on.
• Eddie George, now head football coach at Tennessee State University, had a hand in convincing the group trying to bring an MLB team to Nashville to focus on building their ballpark near campus. Observers remain skeptical of an MLB team arriving any time soon.
• Two recent downtown shootings have residents and city leaders concerned about violent crime in the tourist district.
• Police are searching for an alleged arsonist who tried to set fire to a church in the Germantown neighborhood.
• Blake Shelton’s downtown bar will soon gain a second location at the Nashville International Airport.
• As many as 300 Afghan refugees will be resettled in Middle Tennessee following the military’s withdrawal from the country a month ago. Charitable organizations are  assisting with the process.
• WeGo would like to remind you to wear a mask when riding the bus.
• A downtown car lot owner is being sued by multiple groups over their attempted sale to a developer in a land deal that will be worth millions of dollars. A similar deal for the car lot across the street closed recently.
• Nashville now has a special hearings court to deal with evictions, with the aim of getting landlords paid while tenants avoid being forced out.
• A fashion show aiming to include folks not typically spotted on a runway held its fifth event after last year’s was canceled because of the pandemic.
• A tip about a stolen trailer full of music gear may have led to the discovery of as many as 30 other trailers kept at a large southern middle Tennessee farm. Police were called to search the property.
• Triplet sisters are now working as nurses at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, though they attended three different universities for training. The sisters say coworkers often mix them up, especially with masks on.
• The Tennessee Higher Education Commission has proposed several projects to make up for as much as $500 million owed to TSU by the state, having shortchanged the historically black university for decades. The university is unlikely to get the money as a lump sum payment.
• Belmont University celebrated the opening of its $180 million performing arts center earlier this week.
• Bellevue’s council member says that she is fielding more and more zoning requests as developers look for available land around Nashville to build multifamily units.
• A West Nashville group is continuing to press city leaders to relocate a homeless encampment at Brookemeade Park. City officials point to the complexity of that process and desire to be compassionate to those living in the camp.
• A charter school company will soon open a music-themed elementary in the Antioch neighborhood.
• There was a break-in at the Nashville Humane Association building over the weekend, though none of the animals or anything of value appear to have been taken.

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