• Saturday’s floods in the Middle Tennessee area have killed 21 people with 20 still missing, with search and rescue teams working through Sunday evening. Please donate to help those affected.
• Metro Nashville reports that 50 percent of all residents are now fully vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus, with a little over 56 percent having received at least one dose.
• Local conservative talk show host Phil Valentine has died after being diagnosed with COVID-19 on July 11. Valentine was 61.
• Metro Nashville Public Schools has sent a survey to parents wishing to opt out of the district’s mask mandate to gain more feedback on its implementation. The decision to require masks in schools has sparked passionate responses from supporters and opponents alike.
• A letter signed by the CEOS of Tennessee’s major hospital systems begs residents to please get vaccinated as soon as they can to help stop the surge in new cases and hospitalizations.
• A loose barge struck the James Robertson Bridge downtown Friday night, briefly closing it and the Woodland Street bridge for inspections. No serious damage was reported.
• A new East Nashville hotel in a converted church pledges its profits to help fight homelessness in Nashville.
• A man who spent 11 years in jail for a murder he did not commit was formally cleared by a judge this past Wednesday. He had plead guilty as part of a plea bargain in what wound up being a botched case by prosecutors.
• Nashville is doing much better on recycling items correctly, but 28 percent of material sent for processing winds up in a landfill, with plastic bags being the biggest culprit.
• The Tennessee Titans picked up 34-3 preseason win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The team closes out the preseason next Saturday at home against the Chicago Bears.
• Titans head coach Mike Vrabel has tested positive for COVID-19 after the game and will be quarantined from the team. The team say she was vaccinated.
• Former Titans General Manager Floyd Reese has died after lengthy fight with cancer his family said Saturday. Reese was 73.
• A bachelorette party says that masked men forced their way into an Airbnb and robbed them.
• Runners opened a newly renovated runway at Nashville International Airport Saturday morning for a 5K race, only a few hours before it went into service for air traffic.

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