Dry June Could Wither Middle Tennessee Crops

Farmers in Middle Tennessee say another week or so without rain could spell doom for many of their crops. Some fear the dry, 100 degree weather is an indicator of an oncoming drought, worse than the one in 2007.

Pay for a box, sight unseen, and enjoy the surprise of finding out what’s inside. That’s how farm CSAs work as a means of buying food, and it’s the model a Nashville Gallery is now using for a second time.

It’s so hot in Nashville that Metro Parks have begun cancelling events over the next few days. Triple digit heat and drought have led to potentially hazardous conditions.

The head of a group representing Tennessee hospitals says he’s happy with today’s Supreme Court ruling on the federal healthcare law. He says if more people have insurance, it could mean more revenue. At the same time, medical centers will be dealing with a big cut in federal money.

First Lady Michelle Obama visited Nashville Thursday for the second time in the last few months. While Mrs. Obama’s first visit was to raise money for her husband’s reelection, this time seemed to aim squarely at rallying base supporters.

Fifty years ago today, the citizens of Nashville and Davidson County voted to merge two governments into one. It’s considered the first full-scale consolidation in the U.S., and the city remains the envy of those who have tried and failed to do the same. But combining city and county also has contributed to keeping Nashville in the back of the pack in terms of breaking some racial barriers.

Temperatures are expected to reach triple digits today, making dry conditions in Middle Tennessee even worse.

A former Saturday Night Live star has endorsed a Republican primary challenger running for Congress in Tennessee. While Victoria Jackson might be remembered for her stint on SNL in the late ’80s and early ’90s, she’s since rebranded herself as a conservative commentator.

It’s been 50 years, almost to the day, that Davidson County voters decided one government is better than two. Thursday the living mayors of Metro Nashville will kick off a series of events celebrating a half-century of consolidation.

The Metro school board rejected an appeal Tuesday night from a Phoenix-based charter-school operator that had hoped to expand into Nashville. It’s likely the final rejection this year for Great Hearts Academies.