Month: March 2016
Discovering the Rock Part of Music City
On a Thursday night like any other in Nashville, I got to see Music City — a town I’ve called home for the last 19 years — with a fresh pair of eyes. This week, the two hosts of USA…
Read MoreTitans Fans Excited About the Prospect of Manning in Charge
Peyton Manning is able to sift through a multitude of career options amid his retirement from football — TV analyst, advertising pitchman, business entrepreneur, speaker, camp operator, coach, team owner, general manager. They’re all on the table. Manning’s choices could…
Read MoreFetal Assault Extension Fails on Abortions By Addicts Concerns
A law that criminalizes women who give birth to drug dependent babies will sunset July 1. An amendment to extend the law failed to pass in a Criminal Justice Subcommittee, receiving three votes in favor and three votes against the…
Read MoreRenewed Push to Elect State’s Attorney General
For some, the populist anger that has fueled the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential race has tempered, maybe even terrified, their desire to let voters express their will. The Tennessee legislature, especially the House…
Read MoreLocal Distiller Beats the Establishment to Change TN
Compared to Tennessee’s biggest and oldest distilleries, Thompson’s Station distiller Heath Clark has a postage-stamp-sized location in this small Williamson County town. Hopping of Highway 31, visitors just have to take a couple of sharp curves. Turn right at the…
Read MoreSome Nashville Inmates Make the Best of Jail Time
There’s a unique line of handbags made in Nashville where the creators literally put their heart and soul into every design. The inmates at the Davidson County jail mark time in feet and inches. The strips of paper they cut…
Read MoreClarksville Police Double Down on Criminality of Camera Use in Public
A man arrested March 8 after a terrified woman told police he followed her through Hobby Lobby secretly recording her has been charged in a second case, four months after another woman said he also followed her through the store…
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