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Nashville burying toxic chemicals near Cumberland River
There is a lot of demolition and construction going on in Nashville these days, but there are serious concerns about the city's plan of action for getting rid of an old building with troublesome things inside. The city wants to bury the materials, including arsenic and PCBs - a mixture of individual chemicals so toxic to the environment, they're no longer produced - right where they ...
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Holly Bobos family takes issue with tweet from TBI spokesperson
The family of missing nursing student Holly Bobo has some strong words for the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. Holly's mother, Karen Bobo, said Tuesday she was brought to tears last weekend after seeing a Twitter post from the TBI's official spokesperson Kristin Helm. Helm tweeted Saturday, "Great way to start my day and the coffee is brewing." Included with the tweet ...
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Metro Schools prepares with extensive severe weather plan
Given the devastation in Oklahoma, any risk for severe weather can cause anxiety, and that is especially true for parents with kids at school. At least seven students were killed as two school buildings took a direct hit in the Oklahoma tornado, which immediately raised questions about school safety. Many school districts have a plan like Metro Nashville Public Schools, which aims to control ...
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TDOT announces Smith Co. rockslide cleared road reopens
The Tennessee Department of Transportation said it has reopened a Smith County road Tuesday after days of cleanup following a massive rockslide earlier this month. All lanes on State Route 25, the Dixon Springs Highway, had been closed near the Cumberland River Overlook since May 9. TDOT awarded an emergency contract to Lojac Enterprises, which submitted a low bid of $116,987, and the ...
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TN standardized tests to move from paper to computers
By next spring, Tennessee students will have to take the TCAP and all other standardized tests on the computer. Pencil and paper won't be allowed, but many schools across the state simply don't have enough computers to make that happen. "The state recommends having two students per device," said Cindy Gilliland, technology director for Dickson County Schools. Going ...
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How two Canadian sisters became stars on ABC’s Nashville
can't get enough Stella. That would be Lennon Stella and Maisy Stella, the Canadian singing sister-act who've transcended the prime-time show on which they do not even star. A recent episode featured the precocious pair sweetly singing the ...
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Nashville Predators hire Phil Housley as assistant coach
Nashville Predators have hired Phil Housley, pictured, as an assistant coach to fill the spot left open by the firing of associate coach Peter Horachek after nine seasons with the franchise. (File/Associated ...
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NWS OK tornado was top-of-the-scale
MOORE, OK (RNN) - The National Weather Service is calling the tornado that ripped through Moore, OK, a top-of-the-scale EF-5. The tornado tore through the city with winds up to 200 mph. On Monday, the NWS had said the storm was an EF-4, but after assessing on the ground, they used the word "incredible" to describe the damage done by the powerful storm. Gov. Mary Fallin said ...
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TV picks for May 22 900-Pound Man Criminal Minds Nashville
Financial considerations "Criminal Minds" (8 p.m., WCCO, Ch. 4) ends the season with an intense two-hour episode, but don't expect any of the regular cast members to go down in a blaze of glory. The actors came to a last-minute agreement on their contracts and all are expected to return next season. Crash diet In "900-Pound Man: The Race Against Time" (8 p.m., TLC), ...
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Crane collapses onto vehicle near Gallatin
Emergency crews are responding after a construction crane collapsed onto a vehicle Tuesday afternoon south of Gallatin. The incident was reported about 1:30 p.m. along Highway 109 near the Cumberland River. There have been no reports of injuries or what may have caused the crane to collapse. Sumner County was under a significant weather advisory at the time for the possibility of winds up ...
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Channel 4 Kroger team up to collect Oklahoma tornado relief donations
WSMV-TV and Kroger are teaming up with the American Red Cross to help the victims of the deadly Oklahoma tornado. Beginning Tuesday, Kroger shoppers can leave donations at any Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky Kroger stores' check-out lanes, and the donations will go directly to the Red Cross relief efforts in Moore, OK, and surrounding communities. Kroger is also matching $50,000 ...
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Abandoned special needs woman inspires new Tennessee law
Last June, authorities were called to a Campbell County bar when a young woman walked in. She couldn't tell anyone her name, where she was from, or how she got there. Investigators finally identified her as Lynn Cameron, 19, of Illinois. She is mentally disabled, with the mental capacity of a two-year-old. Her mother, they learned, was no longer able to care for her, so simply dropped her ...
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Nashville man files false taxes sentenced to prison
A Nashville resident will serve 13 months in prison for filing false tax returns. James Robert Sanford, 53, formerly of Clarksville, TN, was sentenced Monday in federal court. He pleaded guilty to filing false tax returns on Jan. 14, 2013, and admitted that for tax years 2006 and 2007 he had prepared and filed false income tax returns on behalf of himself and his spouse. Sanford also said ...
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Tennessee sends help to Oklahoma so can you
A number of Tennesseans are on their way to Oklahoma to help with search and rescue and recovery efforts after Monday's devastating tornado. Early Tuesday, a Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicle left Chattanooga with a Knoxville volunteer for the 13 hour drive to Moore. Once there, they will provide hot meals and other relief supplies to tornado victims. Louie Crowe from Knoxville and ...
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Powerful thunderstorms may rake East Tennessee this afternoon
KNOXVILLE -- A line of thunderstorms packing 60 mph winds with the potential for large hail is making its way across Middle Tennessee and should hit East Tennessee later this afternoon, according to the National Weather ...
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OK Gov Still in rescue recovery after deadly tornado
Rescuers worked all night at Plaza Towers Elementary, where they hope survivors can still be found alive after a deadly tornado destroyed the school. (Source: ...
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New craft beer choices in Nashville A flight with Yazoo and Turtle Anarchy
There are longtime favorites here, but some new micro-breweries are popping up in taverns everywhere. It seems quite suddenly that more than a dozen worthy craft brewers have appeared on the scene in Middle Tennessee. It feels a little like the recent cupcake store craze, only wetter. A comparison of a long-time favorite brewery and one of the new kids on the block was in order. Who is in the ...
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Six historic Knoxville homes offer free admission for Tennessee Statehood Day
Tennessee became the sixth state to join the union on June 1, 1796. The day marked the first time that an area known as a territory was allowed to become a state. To commemorate the occasion, ...
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More women arrested for pain pills stresses jails
http://bit.ly/13HXKj6 ) three of the four counties in his district have overcrowded jails, largely because of an increase in women being arrested. Johnson is the state prosecutor in Roane, Morgan and Meigs ...
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Protests being held outside IRS buildings
Conservative groups across the country, including one here in Nashville, on Tuesday will protest on the IRS controversy unfolding in Washington, D.C. The Tea Party Patriots are encouraging people to protest outside their local IRS offices. This comes after the agency admitted earlier this month to targeting several conservative groups, including many with the words tea party in their name. ...
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Nashville Zoo welcomes clouded leopard cubs lynx
The Nashville Zoo announced Tuesday they are welcoming the recent births of a female Eurasian lynx and two female clouded leopard cubs. The leopard cubs were born on April 30 to parents Lom Choy and Luk. On May 4, a female Eurasian lynx cub was born to the Zoo's exhibit pair, Ilvy and Udo. Eurasian lynx are the largest of the lynx species and are native to Central Asian, European and ...
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Tennessee sends search and rescue team to Oklahoma
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee-based team of emergency service workers has gone to Oklahoma to help with tornado recovery. Memphis Fire Department spokesman Wayne Cooke said that Tennessee Task Force 1 left early Tuesday from Memphis. Cooke says the 80-member team will mostly help with search and rescue efforts after powerful and deadly tornadoes struck cities in Oklahoma on Sunday and ...
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Nashville home construction activity grows
Home construction activity in Nashville continues to build momentum, according to a new report by research firm Metrostudy. "Builders continue to successfully sell their existing inventory and new starts. Even model homes are being sold as inventory tightens," Jason Brown, director of Metrostudy's Nashville region, said in the report. During the 12-month period that ended in March, ...
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Tennessee City Debates Red Light Cameras
A group in Murfreesboro has started a petition to end the use of red-light cameras, but police say the traffic enforcement measure has improve safety. Middle Tennessee State University student Axl David, who heads Citizens Against Photo Enforcement, said he plans to submit the petition to City Council after 1,000 people have signed it. The group complains that the city uses the cameras to ...
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Sir Elton John Ray Davies and Elvis Costello to play Hyde Park summer festival
The artists will be taking the stage for the Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time Hyde Park events which also feature performances by Bon Jovi and The Rolling ...
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Nashville redeveloping the waterfront
The first phase of the City of Nashville’s redevelopment of the Riverfront in the downtown area was kicked off in late 2010 with the ground-breaking ceremony for a new Riverfront Park, which will replace the current park and expand it by a factor of ten to 6.5 acres.
The redevelopment plan is an ongoing effort to maintain the Riverfront area in downtown as a focal point of the community. Ever since Nashville was founded, as the Nashboro settlement in the 1780s, the river has been an integral source of income and has enhanced the quality of life of residents due to its aesthetic nature and variety of entertainment and leisure pursuits. Read more
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