Nashville News
TSSAA to review state tournament schedule
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Breaking News Desk
March 11, 2020
March 11, 2020 Middle Tennessee State University released a statement earlier today detailing contingency plans they are putting in place out of concern for COVID-19. Many of these changes impact students and class schedules. University offices and services are expected to remain open and operationa...
From East Nashville to Donelson, Nashville neighbors will survive another weather disaster
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Abbey Cutrer, Journalist
March 4, 2020
First person impressions from a reporter Abbey Cutrer The carnage of the tornado was overwhelming. I saw so many people on the street in shock. They were hurting and stunned. Obvious were the broken hearts and broken homes. Yet, everyone was helping each other. Like the purple peace flag that ma...
WHO names deadly coronavirus COVID19; The number of infected people is on the rise as experts question China’s numbers
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Sam Levy and Elsie Ufot, News Reporter
February 14, 2020
Infectious disease expert, Dr. William Schaffer of Vanderbilt University, weighs in on the complications of getting accurate counts of infected person on the mainland of China. Confirmed cases of the virus rose to 63,851 in mainland China, an increase of 5,090 from a day earlier, according to the National Health Commission. The death toll stood at 1,380, up 121.
Crane craze – Nashville reaches the legal limit of cranes
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Michael Guion, Reporter
December 10, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn – If you've been downtown in the last decade, it's most likely you've noticed the cranes filling the skyline. Ten years ago, cranes represented the ongoing expansion and renovation of Nashville. Now they represent growth that is uncontrolled and new homes that are pushing out long-time...
Preview of Blue Cross Bowl
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – West Parker, Writer
December 9, 2019
BlueCross Bowl to be held Dec. 5-7 in Cookeville December 2, 2019 The stage is set for the 2019 BlueCross Bowl in Cookeville. Eighteen teams will meet over Dec. 5-7 at Tennessee Tech's Tucker Stadium to decide state championships in each for nine classes. Visit TSSAAsports.com for a full schedule, advanced tickets, spectat...
MLK/Pearl Cohn’s David Wesley Schilling is the 76th winner of the Hume Award.
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – HIllsboro Sports Desk, Mike Strasinger - Photographer
December 3, 2019
The 76th winner of Metro Nashville Public School's prestigious Hume Award was named today at a luncheon hosted by the Rotary Club at The Wildhorse Saloon in Downtown Nashville. The award was won by David Wesley Schilling, the long-snapper from Pearl-Cohn High School. Schilling attends MLK, Jr Magnet Sc...
Lawmaker seeks to rename building honoring Nobel winner
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Hillsboro News Desk
November 25, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It is hard to drive anywhere in Nashville without seeing an historical marker honoring a moment in Tennessee history. Buildings, too, in the city are named after famous Tennesseans. Unfortunately, it often comes to our attention only when a controversy is stirred up by two ...
Dire situation for the Kurds in Syria and Turkey: One point of view from Nashville teen
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – West Parker, Writer
November 18, 2019
NASHVILLE, Tn – The United States military withdrawal recently from the border of Turkey combined with the Turkish aggression in Syria worry's many Nashville Kurds of a potential genocide of those who still have relatives in the area known as Nashville Kurds are anxious that a genocide or g...
Longtime sports writer Maurice Patton honored for distinguished service
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Courtesy of TSSAA
October 23, 2019
From TSSAA October News... October 22, 2019 NASHVILLE, TN–There are no dusty trophies or faded letterman’s jackets that Maurice ‘Mo’ Patton points to as foundation in his sportswriting career spanning four decades. Rather, Patton’s approach emanates from a passion for sport...
Maurice Hill, a Philadelphia gunman with a long criminal history, wounded six police officers that led to a seven hour standoff
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Sam Levy, Editor
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
Hillsboro Globe Reporter – AP Reports
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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