Month: April 2015
Supreme Court Cancels All State Executions
The Tennessee Supreme Court has halted four executions originally scheduled to take place over the next year, effectively suspending capital punishment in the state for the time being. In an order filed Friday, the court said it was nullifying the…
Read MoreTPAC Announces Fan Favorites for Upcoming Year
The Tennessee Performing Arts Center has announced they are bringing Broadway to Music City for the 2015-2016 season. The Phantom of the Opera will run for two weeks in March of 2016 along with six other shows making their debuts….
Read MoreLegislature Finds Courage to Help Epileptic Children
Legislation that would allow a person to possess cannabis oil under certain circumstances is headed to the governor for his consideration. The proposal was unanimously approved 26-0 in the Senate and 95-0 in the House on Monday. Republican Sen. Becky…
Read MoreYour Kids Are More Stressed Than You
The kids are not alright Every night, at dinner tables around the country, parents ask their kids the same question: “How was school?” We’re about to find out how millions of American youth feel about their school day. On April…
Read MoreLocal Addict Has a Bad Weekend
A man who was arrested for buying drugs while at work in Mt. Juliet last Tuesday was arrested again, only two days later, at a Hermitage hotel. According to an affidavit, officers went to serve a warrant for Dennis Caruthers…
Read MoreThe Scene Pokes Fun at Hyperbolic Tennessean
If you’re going to make a grandstand, you should do it when it has a chance of working, otherwise you’re just calling attention to yourself. Enter The Tennessean, which has decided NOW is the opportune time to start hammering hard…
Read MorePolice Shocked to Discover Drugs on Rapper’s Bus
A Tennessee state trooper arrested internationally known hip-hop artist “Nelly” on felony drug charges in Putnam County on Saturday morning. Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Haynes, was charged with felony possession of drugs, simple possession of marijuana and possession…
Read MoreTrump Rocks NRA Convention and Promises Big Future for Nashville
Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump says Nashville is “absolutely ready” for a five-star, super-luxury hotel. Trump made the declaration to me Friday, after taking the stage among a parade of presidential contenders addressing the National Rifle Association’s annual convention,…
Read MoreAre Northerners More Virtuous People?
Race riot in he South, 1863. Wikipedia: “Rioters subjected black men to the most brutal violence: torture, hanging, and burning.” Eleven were lynched. The Southern mob depicted here were afraid that if the North won the Civil War, freed slaves…
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