Metro Schools Tighten Security at Ball Games

Metro school officials are promising tighter security at high school basketball and football games. The action is in response to a drive-by shooting at a basketball game in November that wounded two teenagers. A subsequent game was rescheduled because of fears of retaliation, but some Metro council members said rumors shouldn’t disrupt school events. Ralph […]

Members of the Metro Council’s Public Safety Committee toured the Election Commission Headquarters today. Two laptops, among other small electronics, were stolen from the office on 2nd Avenue on Christmas Eve. At least one of the computers contains the full names, addresses and social security numbesr of every registered voter in Davidson County. The tour […]

This year, nearly 40 water utility districts suffered through the long, dry summer in Tennessee – barely keeping water flowing from the taps. The Department of Environment and Conservation has organized a Water Resources Technical Advisory Committee. TDEC Commissioner Jim Fyke says he hopes the supply issues experienced by towns from Franklin to Monteagle will […]

With the first caucus of the presidential primary season today in Iowa, voters here, in large part, are watching intently. Tennessee has lumped itself with 21 others holding their primaries February 5th, and many are waiting to see who survives the early states before backing a candidate with their vote and their money.

Voters wanting to cast a ballot in Tennessee’s February 5th presidential primary need to have their registration in by Monday.

The names and social security numbers of every Nashville voter are in the hands of a suspected thief. Now Mayor Karl Dean wants a data security audit from all Metro departments by the end of next week.

All eyes will be on Iowa tomorrow/today as voters there cast a ballot in the first primary race for the Presidential election in November.

The city of Franklin is set to make big decisions about what water source to rely on – the Harpeth River, which can go dry in the summer, or the Cumberland. The state has given Franklin permission to pull twice the amount of water from the Harpeth, about 4-million gallons a day. But state conservation […]

A four-truck fleet operated by Metro Public Works is focused on keeping traffic moving despite automobile accidents – the number one reason for congestion. The Roadway Incident Response unit helped nearly six-thousand motorists in 2007. That’s up from 45-hundred in 2006. The white trucks with blue ‘Public Works’ markings are outfitted with programmable, flashing signs. […]

Starting today, overdue fines at Metro libraries can be forgiven with cans or boxes of food. Nashville Public Library is waiving one dollar in library fines for every can or package of food donated to Second Harvest Food Bank. Library spokeswoman Deana Larson says the fine forgiveness program, which started last year, helped feed Nashville’s […]