A state corrections employee was arrested by her own department. Some said she’s being targeted for whistle blowing. The state worker exposed the brutal beating of a correctional officer, but now she’s in trouble herself. Elaine Rollison was charged last…
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14 Years After 9/11, a Rural Lock Reopens to Taxpayers
A lock along the Tennessee River is set to reopen to the public after it was closed off after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The Nickajack Lock on the Tennessee River in Marion County was fenced off and…
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Few Tennessee Men in the Ashley Madison List
The Ashley Madison hack continues to unfold, as so many of these stories do, with thousands of journalists and other interested parties sorting the data. The data itself—today’s new data dump excepted—is not very complicated. There is a member database…
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Nashville Traffic Problems Cost More than $1 Billion
Traffic congestion cost the Nashville region more than $1 billion in 2014. That’s according to a report released Wednesday by Texas A&M’s Transportation Institute. Nashville commuters spent nearly 39 million hours in morning and afternoon rush hour traffic delays last…
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Give Blood Today!
On Monday, News 2 is partnering with the American Red Cross to host the ‘News 2 Donor Day’ blood drive across Middle Tennessee. Honora Bates, Account Manager with the American Red Cross said, “It’s always important to give blood, because…
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TN Lesbians Faked Hate Crime; May Go to Prison
A federal jury in a lawsuit has concluded a Monroe County lesbian couple’s claim their house was torched in an act of hate was a hoax. A jury in U.S. District Court on Monday returned a verdict in favor of…
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Tennesseans Lost Almost $1 Billion to Government Fraud, Waste
Tennessee taxpayers lost $763 million to government waste last year, according to the 2015 Tennessee Pork Report, unveiled at a press conference in Nashville on Tuesday by the Beacon Center of Tennessee. Beacon, a free-market think tank, reported at least…
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Franklin’s Sex Slavery Problem
Just five months into 2015, authorities report there have been two human trafficking stings in Williamson County, with 10 arrests and five victims rescued. Four of those arrested lived in Brentwood and three resided in Franklin — now all face…
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