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Nashville firefighter under investigation for statutory rape

A Nashville firefighter is under investigation for statutory rape, sexual exploitation of a minor and possession of child porn. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed to News 2 that they are looking into the allegations. The name of the firefighter is not being reported because no charges have been filed at this time. No other…

1st African-American owned businesses in Nashville

One of the 1st African-American owned businesses still going strong after 101 years

After 101 years, a Nashville business is still going strong. Scales and Sons Funeral Home, was one of the first African-American owned businesses in Rutherford County. To really understand the total impact the Scales family has made on the Rutherford County community, we have to go way back. The year was 1916, a time when…

Man gets life in prison for killing Nashville woman

Man gets life in prison for killing Nashville woman, stuffing her in suitcase

The man who violently murder an elderly woman, mutilated, stuffed her body in a suitcase, and dumped it along the side of a road in Bedford County pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Thursday. William Brace was sentenced to life in prison, having to spend at least 51 years behind bars before he’s eligible for parole….

break-in at Nashville Aaron’s

Man wanted for break-in at Nashville Aaron’s

Police are searching for a man who reportedly broke into an Aaron’s in Nashville. Nashville police reported the incident occurred at the location on Northfield Boulevard on Feb. 10. It is unknown what, if anything, was taken from the business. No additional information was released. Anyone with information is asked to call Nashville police at…

Books from Birth Foundation

Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital to enroll newborn babies in Tennessee’s imagination library program

Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation (GBBF) and Rutherford Books from Birth’s local sustaining partner, United Way of Rutherford and Cannon Counties, celebrate the launch of a new birthing hospital partnership with Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Tuesday afternoon to begin enrolling newborn babies into Tennessee’s Imagination Library program. Through this partnership, each family of a newborn…

Country music’s Atkins learns about MTSU veterans center

Country music’s Atkins learns about MTSU veterans center

When MTSU’s Keith M. Huber met country music entertainer Rodney Atkins for the first time Thursday (Feb. 16), they discovered they had much in common. Huber, senior adviser for veterans and leadership initiatives at MTSU, served nearly 40 years in the military, retiring as a lieutenant general. Atkins has entertained for troops with the USO…

Farm to School Program

Farm to School Program Grows with Greenhouse

The newest greenhouse in Nashville City School’s grant-funded Farm to School program is now at Discovery School. The greenhouse provides students a protected and secure environment to learn about the growing process year-round. Nashville City School’s Farm to School program began in 2015. MCS students have gained access to healthy, local and regionally sourced foods…

Nothing Bundt Cakes

Nothing Bundt Cakes Leases Space at Fountains at Gateway

Nothing Bundt Cakes has leased a 1,803-square-foot retail space at Fountains at Gateway, the new Class A office and retail development in Nashville, announced developer Scott Graby, president of Hearthstone Properties. It will be located in an 11,200-square-foot retail building facing Medical Center Parkway, just inside the entrance to the Fountains development. Nothing Bundt Cakes…