While other areas of the state and country are focused on the removal of flags, statues and other depictions of the Confederacy, the controversy hasn’t been much of an issue locally. The graves of 206 soldiers buried in Confederate Circle…
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Discover the Latino Tradition of the Quinceañera
Un, dos, tres, un, dos, tres…” It’s May outside Franklin, the air is sticky-sweet with honeysuckle, and a lilting tune in waltz time floats like a midday breeze down a country road in rural Williamson County. The music gets louder…
Read MoreState Government Preparing for Bird Flu Epidemic in Tennessee
Veterinarians and testing labs in Tennessee are preparing for an epidemic. The bird flu strain that wiped out flocks in the Midwest over the last six months may be heading to the Volunteer State. The State Department of Agriculture is…
Read MoreJoyride Offers Free Rides Downtown; Taxi Drivers Furious
There is growing tension between a new way to get around downtown Nashville and the industry that is losing business to them. Golf carts offer transportation all over Lower Broadway, but taxi companies are questioning their safety and the city is…
Read MoreTBI Investigates Reports of Torture at Rutherford County Jail
The TBI is investigating a claim that a Rutherford County Deputy sprayed a restrained inmate with pepper spray. The case is currently being fought in federal court. According to a court complaint, Demario Harris said his “constitutional rights were violated”…
Read MoreCitizens Guard Unarmed Military Recruiters; Liberals Complain
For the second straight day, members in Operation Warrior Guard stood outside a military recruiting center in Murfreesboro armed with rifles. Members are upset that service men and women can’t carry guns in the facility and they believe that rule…
Read MoreThis Is What Nashville Looked Like in 1985
If you’re a new resident of Nashville, you may be tired of hearing people say how much the city has changed. Nashville photographer Hank Devito documents in pictures how Nashville has changed since 1985. “Well, you look at the photos,…
Read MoreTDOT Proves Far Wiser than Metro Council
The Tennessee Department of Transportation has “respectfully denied” the Metro Council’s request to block the Nathan Bedford Forrest statue on Interstate 65. The council approved a resolution to ask TDOT to plant trees blocking its view to the public on…
Read MoreThings Nashvillians Say
Don’t think of “You Are So Nashville If …” — the Scene’s annual competition to find the most telling, cutting and amusing phrase to complete that sentence — as a contest. Think of this quarter-century tradition as … any of…
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