How does a dead mall transform into a new kind of neighborhood center? Plus the local news for September 13, 2024.
Weekend Adventure: Taming high-flying kites at Mill Ridge Park
This Nashville park is still being built, but yoga, movie nights and nature hikes have already begun. This audio postcard features wind gusts and chasing down a rogue kite.
Nashville neighborhood associations — their successes and struggles
Their work can be subtle and unseen, but neighborhood associations often play a key role in building connections among neighbors and setting the vision for a community. But running an association is no small job.
Curious Nashville: Will traffic ever improve at Bell Road, one of Nashville’s most baffling interstate exits?
Traffic is not really a new story in Nashville, but Rusti Keen says Exit 59 on Interstate 24 is “particularly insane.” So, she came to Curious Nashville with a question.
Nashville To Provide Hotel Rooms And Cash In Effort To Halt Coronavirus Hotspots In Immigrant Communities
Nashville’s health department is focusing its coronavirus response on hot spots among immigrant communities in Antioch and Madison. A key part of a new plan described Tuesday will provide hotel rooms to isolate positive patients.
Nashville Will Ramp Up COVID-19 Screenings, Including At Drive-Thru Tents
Metro Nashville is planning to open as many as five drive-thru coronavirus testing centers across the city. They’ve formed a partnership with local health providers, including St. Thomas Health, Meharry Medical College, Nashville General Hospital and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. As of Thursday, officials had counted 75 cases in Davidson County.
Photos: Antioch Waffle House Reopens After Mass Shooting
Employees this morning removed the yellow police tape that has surrounded a Waffle House in Antioch since early Sunday morning, after a man opened fire with an AR-15, killing four and injuring several others.
Citizen Tip Ends Nashville Manhunt, But Grieving Continues
In the end, it was a citizen tip that ended Monday’s police manhunt for Travis Reinking.
Hickory Hollow Piecing Together A Resurrection
Owners of the former Hickory Hollow Mall in Antioch are trying to pull off a miraculous resurrection. And even with an additional shot in the arm from new city-funded projects, full-scale revival remains years off.
Antioch Resident Infected With West Nile
Health officials are now reporting they’ve found the first human case of West Nile virus in Davidson County. Infected mosquitos were found in Goodlettsville, Hermitage and Antioch over the summer. The person with West Nile lives in Antioch, but no other details are being released at this time.
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