Nashville Charter School Officially Shut Down

Thursday afternoon, the Metro School Board officially dissolved Nashville Global Academy, a charter school that opened in the fall and has struggled since day one.

June sales for Franklin-based Nissan North America went up nearly 11 percent compared to last year.

Thursday, Knoxville-based Pilot Travel Centers finished a deal to buy the Flying J truck-stop chain for some $1.8 billion. But to close the deal, the Federal Trade Commission made Pilot sell off 26 stores, saying otherwise the lack of competition could have driven up diesel prices.

Area denominations are offering extra help and resources for their clergy following Tennessee’s recent floods. The job of comforting and counseling congregants can be especially difficult after a disaster.

Health care advocates are reminding uninsured Tennesseans to shop around before joining the new high-risk insurance pool for people with pre-existing conditions. It opens Thursday.

Three more soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division have died this month in Afghanistan.

Efforts are heating up to halt a Tennessee woman’s execution, which is currently scheduled for September.

There’s a new pot of money for Nashville’s flood victims, meant to help pay for rebuilding when federal assistance is not enough.

A private Tennessee “think tank” today issued its fifth annual “Tennessee Pork Report,” listing millions of dollars in state and local spending that they say is wasteful.

Fort Campbell says two 101st Airborne Division soldiers died Friday in Afghanistan.