Maurice Hill, a Philadelphia gunman with a long criminal history, wounded six police officers that led to a seven hour standoff
August 28, 2019
PHILADELPHIA — On August 15th, 2019, shots rang out at around 5:00 in the afternoon in Tioga-Nicetown, Pennsylvania. The criminal history of a man suspected of barricading himself inside a Philadelphia row home should have prevented him from legally owning the firepower he used Wednesday to wound...
Music City USA and the National Football League announce the entertainment line-up for NFL Draft
March 25, 2019
UPDATED APRIL 25, 2019 1:18 PM NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The stars of the gridiron will meet the stars of Music City when the NFL Draft comes to Nashville, Tennessee, in April. The NFL announced Monday that Grammy-winning country star Tim McGraw will perform a free outdoor concert on April 26 and Gra...
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January 29, 2019
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Government Shutdown
January 25, 2019
The United States Federal Government just concluded a 36 day partial shutdown, the longest in U.S. history. It has been reported by Associated Press that 8 billion dollars in revenue was lost during the shutdown and nearly half of that will be unrecoverable. President Trump signed a temporary bill that...
Iconic Nashville hot chicken restaurant closed due to fire
December 31, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A famous Nashville hot chicken restaurant is closed "indefinitely" after a hit-and-run driver crashed into a strip mall, starting a fire that damaged several businesses. News outlets report that the main location of Prince's Hot Chicken Shack in Nashville is closed because of the...
The Music City Bowl sets more records in the 19th edition of Nashville’s New Year’s Eve tradition.
Terrianna Carter, Ashja Murchison and Hillsboro Globe Sports Desk
December 31, 2018
MCB Box Score Link Photo Galleries Link NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Auburn won the coin toss, elected to receive and never looked back in a 63-14 win over Purdue at the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl on Friday. The Tigers outgunned the Boilermakers 586-263 in total offense and . punted only once the entire game. They scored the...
Funeral set for Lebanon High grad adds to 2018 Wilson County teen shooting deaths
Jeremy Durard, Sports
December 28, 2018
Services are scheduled Friday for a 2018 Lebanon High School graduate and member of College Hills Church of Christ who died after he was shot on Sunday, according to police. Cameron Sean Luke Griffith, 19, is the most recent teenager killed in Wilson County from suspected gunfire in recent months. Gr...
Vanderbilt hires NBA G League President Malcolm Turner as its new AD
Teresa Walker, Senior Associated Press Journalists
December 11, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Vanderbilt has hired NBA G League President Malcolm Turner as its new athletic director, opting for a business executive over candidates with experience in college athletic administration for the Southeastern Conference's only private university. Chancellor Nicholas Zeppos...
2018 Election Central
November 7, 2018
National and State Results Highlights from State Election Results from 2018 as of 1:03 am local time U.S. Senate Class I 1,917 of 1,969 precincts - 97 percent Marsha Blackburn, GOP 1,198,410 - 54 percent Phil Bredesen, Dem 972,563 - 44 percent Governor 1,832 of 1,969 precincts - 93 percent ...
Early voting nears 350,000 ballots in Tennessee election
Associated Press Reports and Hillsboro Globe News Desk
October 22, 2018
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennesseans are voting in record numbers with close to 350,000 ballots cast in the first three days of early voting. According to vote totals on the Secretary of State's website 346,130 early and absentee ballots had been cast in the midterm elections by the end of the d...
Arvidsson scores 2 as Predators hold off Islanders 4-3
Teresa Walker, AP Sports Writer
October 9, 2018
Click here for game highlights NEW YORK (AP) — Viktor Arvidsson and the Nashville Predators are happy to be headed home after sweeping a season-opening trip to New York. Arvidsson scored twice and the reigning Presidents’ Trophy-winning Predators held on for a 4-3 victory Saturday night, spoiling the Islanders’ home opener. ...
NASHVILLE NAMED BEST MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TOWN IN AMERICA IN 2018
Chad Seely, Writer
September 27, 2018
September 27, 2018 City and Sounds’ Franchise Garner Top Spot for Second Straight Year NASHVILLE – The City of Nashville and the Nashville Sounds have been named home of the best minor league baseball town in America, according to SmartAsset. “This is a tremendous honor for the City of Nashville...