• The Metro Council approved a $564 million capital spending plan Tuesday night, with nearly half of the spending allocated for education and transit projects.
• One project not included in the plan was a “cap” to be built over a section of I-40 near Jefferson Street after several community leaders said they were not involved in the discussion and its potential impact on the neighborhood.
• The Council also approved a scaled back budget for improvements at Brookmeade Park, eliminating some of the earth-movers and surveillance equipment from the original plan. The bill stipulated it could not be used to remove existing homeless residents living in the park.
• The Nashville Scene‘s ‘Boner Awards’ are out, “honoring” the city’s most infamous screw-ups and facepalm moments. It’s the 32nd iteration of the awards.
• A circuit court judge seeking appointment to the Tennessee Supreme Court is facing questions about his conduct in his divorce case, including hiding $100,000 in cash from the state and creditors by burying it in his back yard. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is expected to make the appointment to the court in the new year.
• A statue of confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, erected in the 1990s along I-65, has been dismantled and removed by the property’s new owners, the Battle of Nashville Trust. In a statement explaining the move, they didn’t mince words in calling it ugly, and that even the subject would not have approved.
• Nashville is apparently home to the country’s third best tippers, according to data from a restaurant ordering service, with 38 percent of tips exceeding the 20 percent benchmark. Note that this was only for online orders, so your bartender might disagree.
• A program run by Neighborhood Health aims to help folks experiencing homelessness get proper medical care by bringing equipment and staff to them.
• A Nashville radio host spread conspiracy theories about the death of Gwen Shamblin and six others in a plane crash earlier this year, saying the subject of an HBO documentary faked her death. The medical examiners office confirms the bodies recovered were positively identified.
• A new development in Germantown will add a grocery store and sidewalk improvements along Jefferson Street between 4th and 5th Avenues North. The area near the ballpark has seen rapid residential growth thanks to new apartment buildings.
• An off-duty school resource officer shot a man in the leg following an encounter when responding to a car crash on Dickerson Pike, the ninth such shooting in 2021. Police say the officer fired his weapon when a passenger reached for a gun left on the dashboard of the car.
• The Nashville Predators blew past the Detroit Red Wings 5-2 on the road Tuesday night. The team is on the road to face the New York Islanders tonight.
• A Belmont University student won free tuition for hitting a half-court shot at the Belmont / Lipscomb “Battle of the Boulevard” game over the weekend.
• Historic Nashville, Inc. has released its “Nashville Nine” list for the year, highlighting endangered property that could soon face demolition without immediate community and government action.
• Displaced residents at an East Nashville mobile home park will receive about $9,500 each in a settlement over a forced relocation, with many unable to move their homes to the new site near Hunter’s Lane. Residents were facing a year-end deadline to vacate.
• More than 100 people have been killed in homicide cases Nashville this year according to data collected by police, part of an upwards trend in violent crime in the city.
• The Hermitage Whataburger has pushed its opening back to early next year because of construction delays. Local residents are also concerned about traffic near the location.
• City planners and commercial developers continue to release proposed improvements to the Second Avenue area affected by last year’s Christmas Day bombing, this time unveiling a mural to appear on the side of AT&T’s otherwise nondescript switching hub.

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