A 29-year-old Nashville man armed with an Airsoft gun injured three people with pepper spray and a hatchet inside the Carmike Hickory 8 movie theater in Antioch on Wednesday. He was shot and killed by Nashville police outside a rear door of the theater. Scroll below for more detailed information as it rolls in. Update 8:00 a.m. […]
Neighborhoods Resource Center Could Sell Historic Germantown Fire Hall
This post contains a correction.* Nashville’s nonprofit Neighborhoods Resource Center — which helps local leaders work with city government to improve neighborhoods — could sell the historic fire hall that has served as its office in Germantown. The center has fallen on hard times in recent years. The nonprofit missed out on large grants, fired […]
Council Blocks Joelton Pipeline Compressor, But What Will The Feds Do?
Listen The Metro Council voted Tuesday to block a gas pipeline compressor station from being built in a rural area in northern Davidson County — but the council doesn’t have the final say. The possibility of large turbine engines used to push gas through old pipelines caused the fight in the first place. On one side, Joelton […]
Metro Inaction On Old Hickory Quarry Leaves Decision To State Inspectors
Listen State government inspectors — not the Metro Council — will decide whether a limestone quarry can begin operations on 141 acres in Old Hickory. A council proposal that would have set strict regulations, essentially blocking the quarry, became mired in bureaucracy and did not advance Tuesday night. That leaves the measure in limbo as […]
Crowded Ballot Has Nashville Voters Doing Their ‘Homework’
The final day of early voting in Nashville turned out to be the biggest. According to The Tennessean, a total of 54,000 people turned out to cast a ballot early. That’s effectively the same pace of voting as eight years ago. Many voters say having seven candidates for mayor made it tough to pick one.
For Girls About To Rock, A Guitar Camp For You
Listen Nashville rocker Jessi Zazu, of Those Darlins, has come full circle, from attending the Southern Girls Rock Camp for teenage female musicians, to teaching and performing at the camp.
Nashville’s Beaman Park Expansion Will Preserve 568 Additional Rugged, Wooded Acres
Listen Beaman Park in northern Davidson County — one of Metro’s most rugged swaths of land for deep woods recreation — could soon expand by 568 acres.
An Idea Tennessee Kayakers Love For Accessing Rivers Slow To Materialize
Listen Tennessee has been trying to help kayakers and canoe enthusiasts find more places to put in to the state’s rivers. But some paddlers say the state hasn’t kept up with demand and may even be going backward.
In Downtown Nashville, A Traffic Experiment Changes The Rules For Cars and Pedestrians
Nashville has pinpointed the city’s most dangerous places for pedestrians and bicyclists, thanks to a study of more than 1,000 crashes over a three-year…
Nashville’s Unusually Large Metro Council — Will Voters Shrink It?
Listen There’s one way that Nashville finds itself in the same league with New York City and Chicago. Although the other two are much larger places, Nashville has a similarly large city council. But here, critics say that a 40-member council is too big and they’re pushing for change with a Metro Charter amendment on […]
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