Metro Can Take Parking Lot for New Convention Center

A circuit court judge has ruled that Metro can legally take a five-acre parking lot to build Nashville’s new downtown convention center.

Legislation to cut green house gases is stalled, but there is bi-partisan support for reducing mercury and other harmful emissions. Tennessee Republican Senator Lamar Alexander has introduced a bill to reduce mercury emissions from coal plants by 90 percent. He says it will improve air and water quality throughout the state.

This morning we begin a new series of storytelling focused on the people and places of Middle Tennessee. Upon First Meeting: A Series of Introductions begins with today’s subject: a man who was crushed by a nine hundred pound falling branch. WPLN’s Kevin Bouldin introduces us to Ethan Swiggart, a tree surgeon who possesses the skills of an ax man and the eyes of an artist.

New federal protections for credit card customers go into effect this month. Now a group of small business owners from Tennessee is advocating for similar rules protecting merchants.

Tea Partiers descended on Opryland Hotel from all over the country Thursday night.

More than three-thousand Tennessee National Guardsmen are ready to leave for Iraq.

A scam disguised as financial aid information is making the rounds in Tennessee.

The 101st Airborne Division is wrapping up a two week training simulation for its headquarters staff. The exercise is the final preparation before deployments to Afghanistan later this year and involves forces from each of the services and at least seven countries.

Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and other area mayors are looking to find out what transit options the public wants, how they can be done best, and ultimately how to pay for them. Today Dean and other area mayors announced they’re drafting a long-range plan for transportation, and they want public input.

About 1,000 Haitians live in Nashville, according to Census estimates. A new grief support group is being formed for them as they deal from afar with the aftermath of this month’s earthquake.