Category: Nashville
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Titans’ ownership group willing to put $700 million toward new stadium
Discussions surrounding the Tennessee Titans’ proposed new stadium appear to be progressing faster than expected. Official Sources have learned where some of the estimated $2 billion is coming from to fund the project. Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton told WTN 99.7 this morning that the Adams family, the Titans’ ownership group, is willing to put…
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Man calls 911 to report someone is sawing the hinges off his door; he was just high — Matthew Bain arrested
26-year-old Matthew Bain was inside his room at the Super 8 on Bell Road on Christmas Day when he called police to report that someone was sawing his door off the hinges. Officers responded to find no signs of any forced entry or foul play at the location. Bain then told officers how “Lit” he…
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Metro Police working to identify man suspected of shooting at officer on I-65
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department is working to identify a man who they believe fired shots at an off-duty Metro detective in his unmarked police car last weekend. Police say the incident happened Saturday morning, just after 3 a.m. The detective noticed a car behind him on I-65 when he heard shots fired. The suspect…
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16-year-old girl killed in South Nashville shooting
A 16-year-old girl was killed and another wounded in a shooting in South Nashville Sunday night. The shooting happened in the 3800 block of Eckhart Drive in the Paragon Mills neighborhood around 8 p.m. Metro police reported Ja’niya Birdsong, 16, was killed and her 17-year-old relative was wounded when a dispute between the two girls…
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2nd grader brings loaded pistol to West Nashville elementary school
Metro Police say an eight-year-old second grader at Park Avenue Elementary School in West Nashville came to school Thursday with a loaded nine millimeter semi-automatic pistol. According to MNPD, the student reportedly found the gun in his guardian’s dresser drawer. A teacher saw the gun and was escorting the student to the office when it…
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Country singer Sam Hunt pleads guilty to DUI in Nashville, gets jail time
Country singer Sam Hunt has pleaded guilty to a driving under the influence charge in Nashville and was sentenced to jail time. Hunt pleaded guilty to DUI first offense on Wednesday in connection to his 2019 arrest driving the wrong-way down a road. Judge Amanda McClendon sentenced the musician to 11 months and 29 days…
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Dash camera video captured someone throw a lit firework into a vehicle
Dash camera video captured someone throw a lit firework into a car stopped at a Nashville intersection on the night of July 4. The driver suffered burns and the car was heavily damaged. The incident was filmed by the victims nephew on his dashcam when they stopped on Charlotte Avenue after the fireworks in Nashville.…
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Nashville Firework Show Chaos
MORE NOW ON THE DANGEROUS SITUATION DURING THE 4TH OF JULY DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE FIREWORKS SHOW.Check out these photos showing a SWAT UTV parked in the fallout zone outside the Bridge Bulding DURING the fireworks show.Fortunately, no one was hurt.Here is a synopsis of what Metro P-D says happened:——Prior to the start of the fireworks, NFD…
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Franklin man arrested after launching firework at Metro Nashville police helicopter
A Franklin man has been arrested after he launched a firework at a Metro Nashville police (MNPD) helicopter early Saturday morning, according to MNPD. The helicopter was flying 500 feet over a parking lot on Haywood Lane as part of a street racing initiative. Just after midnight, John Schmid, 18, of Franklin shot the mortar-style…
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Check out TriStar’s $8M helicopter, part of the health system’s unique Skylife program
The twin-engine H145 helicopter, that is larger than typical medical helicopters, can pick up patients as far as 300 miles away and is furnished with specialized equipment, such as an ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) respiratory machine. Patients in need of critical care have a new multimillion-dollar way to travel to TriStar Health facilities. The Nashville-based…
Trenton Curtis 