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

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...

News: Local, State, National and International

January 29, 2019

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Government Shutdown

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Brayden Smith, reporter

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

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Associated Press Reports

December 30, 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.

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Terrianna Carter, Ashja Murchison and Hillsboro Globe Sports Desk

December 30, 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

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – 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

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – 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 6, 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

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – Associated Press Reports and Hillsboro Globe News Desk

October 21, 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

Hillsboro Globe Reporter – 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. ...