Clarksville Forum Addresses Gang Crime

Clarksville residents gathered last night to discuss a recent rash of gang violence, brought to a head after a high school coach was struck by a stray bullet last week. Willard Ross was killed in a Wal-Mart parking lot during what was described as a shootout between passengers in two cars. Police are investigating the […]

Debate in the Senate this week has gone back and forth over how to wage war in Iraq. The Bush administration has threatened vetoes and held meetings with legislators who increasingly question the President’s course. Through it all, Representative Jim Cooper is eyeing the discussion with caution. WPLN’s Nina Cardona spoke with the Nashville Democrat earlier this week.

Soon-to-be-former-Vanderbilt University Chancellor Gordon Gee was formally re-introduced to the Ohio State University community yesterday where he’s accepted the top post. Gee was president of O-S-U from 1990 to 1997. Gee announced Wednesday that he’s leaving Vanderbilt where he’d been chancellor since 2000. He also told reporters in Ohio yesterday that he underwent a “5-month […]

Early voting for the August 2nd election starts today and despite this year’s crowded metro ballot, Davidson County Election Commissioner Ray Barrett isn’t expecting a big voter turnout. This year, there are 7 candidates for Mayor, 3 candidates for Vice-Mayor and the entire council is up for re-election. The deadline to register to vote in […]

A trial scheduled for Monday that could have determined the fate of the prized art collection owned by Fisk University has been postponed two months. The Stieglitz Collection was donated by Georgia O’Keeffe in 1949, but the school has been looking to sell two of its most valuable paintings since late 2005. Davidson County Chancellor […]

Mayoral Candidate Buck Dozier launched two new ads today, the latest candidate to join the flurry of television advertising as early voting gets started tomorrow. The new ads stress Dozier’s long experience in Metro Government, both as Fire Department Chief under then-Mayor Phil Bredesen and as a Metro council member. Speaking from his campaign headquarters […]

A prominent Southern religious leader told the Christian Broadcasting Network yesterday that the 2008 presidential campaign is “Fred Thompson’s race to lose.” Dr. Richard Land is president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. Thompson, a former Tennessee senator, isn’t an official candidate yet for the republican presidential nomination. But Land says […]

Pinnacle Financial Partners broke ground on a new office complex yesterday. By 2010, company officials say the parking lot at 3rd Avenue across from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center will be a 28-story building called “The Pinnacle at Symphony Place.” The 7-year-old Nashville-based company will move from its West End office and share space with the […]

A Metro Police practice of releasing names and photos of violent criminals is safe for now, despite objections by Vanderbilt University professor James Blumstein. The respected attorney raised the issue last year after realizing Metro Police were not following a consent decree issued in 1974. The settlement prevented the department from releasing raw arrest data. […]

Five Mayoral candidates told music industry representatives Wednesday night that they’ll do everything they can to help it prosper. The music industry faces major challenges as more consumers shift to buying and listening to music online. Most of the questions, however, didn’t focus on that issue, but rather on bringing more music education to Nashville’s […]