Fugitive Surrender Program Nets 561

The story isn’t finished yet for many of the 561 people that turned themselves in over the weekend to Metro Police, as part of the Fugitive Safe Surrender program. Many, like those who were caught driving without a license, were able to have their cases dismissed on the spot this weekend. 38 people were taken […]

Since he arrived in Nashville in the mid 1960s, Tom T. Hall has brought unprecedented literary sophistication to country songwriting, even as he enjoyed enormous commercial success as an artist and writer. Now retired from mainstream country, Hall and his wife Dixie have become one of the first couples of bluegrass. They nurture emerging talent at their home studio, and Hall’s first new album in ten years is an all-bluegrass affair, featuring songs he and Dixie wrote together. WPLN’s Craig Havighurst reports.

Metro Schools released its No Child Left Behind data for the most recent academic year (today/yesterday), claiming significant improvement over the prior year. Of the district’s 133 schools, 94 met adequate yearly progress. That’s up from 84 schools one year before. Still, Davidson County is listed as one of four ‘high priority’ districts in the […]

With just weeks to go before the run-off election, both mayoral candidates have released new television ads. Candidate Karl Dean launched a new television ad this weekend, focusing on his experience. “As public defender, Karl Dean saw too many drop-outs turn to crime. As Metro law director, he saw how crime can destroy a neighborhood. […]

The Metro Council will take a final vote tomorrow night on whether to increase taxes for hotels and airport rental cars. If approved it would be the first step toward funding a 455-million dollar convention center downtown. Since there are no plans for a convention center now, the funds will sit in escrow. Councilman Charlie […]

Former Congressman Bob Clement used his election night speech to launch attacks on his run-off opponent Karl Dean, wasting no time to take the mayoral campaigns into negative territory. Listen to Bob Clement’s full speech.

The number two man in the U. S Department of Commerce says Tennessee is echoing a national trend, with an increase in professional jobs, particularly in the medical field, while job numbers in construction and retail are going down. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Israel Hernandez says the nation has added 1.8 million jobs in the […]

Only about 35-hundred of the state’s 127-thousand uninsured children have enrolled in Coverkids, the state’s new health insurance program. So Bredesen went to the Charlotte Pike Wal-Mart this morning to encourage parents to enroll their kids as part of back-to-school shopping. CoverKids is Tennessee’s version of the federal State Children’s Health Insurance Program or S-CHIP, […]

When Dean took the stage for his own acceptance speech, he carefully said he ‘intends’ to keep the campaign positive. Listen to Karl Dean’s full speech.

A little over 100,000 voters turned out to elect Nashville’s next Mayor, Vice-Mayor and Metro councilmembers, but many races, namely the Mayor’s race, remain undecided. Former Metro Legal Director Karl Dean edged slightly ahead of fomer Congressman Bob Clement. They will face each other in a run-off scheduled for September 11th. Eight council district seats […]