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The Country Music Association is getting ready for one of its biggest events of the year. A parade and block party in downtown Nashville Wednesday will kick off the CMA Music Festival, which officially starts on Thursday. Last year, more than 161,000 people attended the four day music festival that features concerts, and its trademark […]

Homeland Security officials in Tennessee say the state is on its way to developing a network that will simplify communication among first responders in emergencies. Jeremy Heidt is the spokesperson for Tennessee’s Emergency Management Agency. He says Tennessee is in much better shape than it was before 9/11 when communicating with local, state, and federal […]

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation released its annual report on crime today. It found that overall crime in Tennessee is down by 6-percent. The bureau received crime and arrest data from cities and counties across the state then compiled it into a 500-page report. Crimes are categorized as personal, property, or societal crimes. The report […]

Fort Campbell officials are hoping a new research lab will help prevent some of soldiers’ most common battlefield injuries. The post and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center teamed up to build the Fort Campbell’s new Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement Laboratory. It looks like a regular gym, but the equipment is built with high […]

Out of the 1,000 foster children in Davidson County, 250 will turn 18 this year, leave the system and face the world without having a place to call home. Without that sense of permanency, Tennessee statistics show they are more likely to become homeless, substance abusers or criminals. City officials are trying to change that […]

The Tennessee ACLU says the legislature’s vote last year’s to make it easier for felons to restore their voting rights was a step in right direction, but some of the requirements are out of sync with the rest of the country. Nancy Abudu of the ACLU’s Southern Voting Rights Project says convicted felons who’ve served […]

Metro Nashville schools could gain between 11-and 13-million dollars next year under the Governor’s proposed BEP changes. The amount depends on how much state legislators decide to fund in the program’s first year. Metro School Board officials say that, along with an additional 6-point-6-million that Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell promised, could mean more per-pupil funding […]

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says Nashville needs to formalize and adopt its strategic disaster plan. The federal agency released the first of its kind report yesterday showing the disaster readiness of 75 metropolitan areas. Overall, federal officials praised Metro Nashville’s plans, communications equipment, and operating procedures, but recommended more buy in from local […]

A proposal that restricts new well construction near a Dickson County landfill advanced this week. At issue is contaminated groundwater from the county’s landfill that has seeped into a neighborhood three miles away. Families there claim the tainted water has caused cancer and birth defects. County Attorney Tim Potter says officials believe the proposal will […]