Nashville (Tennessee)
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Nashville bus riders to organize today
tennessean.com 7 hrs ago 10 related
A meeting to organize Nashville bus riders to lobby against fare increases and service cuts will take place from noon to 2 p.m. today at the East Library on Gallatin Pike. The city's transit system "imposed a fare hike a few months ago and before that did away with transfers. The system has...
Crime report: Man fatally shot outside sports bar
tennessean.com 7 hrs ago 1 related
Nashville Metro police are investigating a fatal shooting in a Nipper's Corner shopping center early Friday morning. Adam Villegas, 34, of Apple Court in South Nashville, was killed while trying to leave Marathon Sports Bar at Old Hickory Boulevard and Edmondson Pike. Police say Jeremy Holmes,...
Ex-mayor resists talk of run for governor
tennessean.com 5 hrs ago 1 related
Purcell keeps busy with TSU college of public service By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer • May 17, 2008 On one side of Capitol Hill sits the Metro Courthouse, where Bill Purcell worked as Nashville's mayor for eight years. On the other side, Purcell now serves as dean of Tennessee State University's...
I was going to do a radio show
metachat.org 9 hrs ago
but I've got 3 hours of Dr Who to watch, so instead I've got a MuxTape update.[More:] I've got 6 5 4-1/2 beer and 3 episodes of Dr Who to watch, and the Dr wins out. Instead, some music I've got on heavy rotation.... Mechanical Birds from Nashville? I can't tell, but that's where the singer's...
Nashville, TN - Mary Helen Cortez-Cannady : Obituaries
valleymorningstar.com 10 hrs ago
32, passed away Wednesday May 13, 2008 at Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.She was a native of Harlingen, Texas and resident of Nashville, Tennessee.She is preceded in death by her Uncle Agustin Zepeda.She is survived by her companion Ignacio Contreras; Children Priscilla...
Country is good fit for ex-Idol Phil Stacey
chron.com 6 hrs ago
Phil Stacey says his first single, the country-pop anthem If You Didn't Love Me, was a perfect fit the first time he heard it. For one very romantic reason. "I wanted to record it because it was something I wanted to say to my wife," admits Stacey, a top-10 finisher during season six of American...
'Tennessean' honors top letter-writers
tennessean.com 6 hrs ago
By JAIME SARRIO • Staff Writer • May 17, 2008 Mayor Karl Dean got the chance Friday night to speak in person to the people who so often speak to him in print. The mayor addressed The Tennessean's top letter writers at the newspaper's Three-Star Forum Banquet in the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel...
100 Black Men help boys succeed
tennessean.com 7 hrs ago
Fundraising gala will be held tonight By JANELL ROSS • Staff Writer • May 17, 2008 Statistically, the odds are grim. This sort of data makes improving the lives of black boys an essential part of what Adrian Granderson, president and CEO of 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee, sees as his...
Needy get access to health care
tennessean.com 7 hrs ago
Ministry, colleges unite for effort By RACHEL STULTS • Staff Writer • May 17, 2008 Edward Thomas' jaw has ached for six years. After a hot lunch at Samaritan Ministries of Temple Church, a feeding program and referral agency on 28th Avenue near Tennessee State University, Thomas made his way to a...
Purcell aides keep close to Metro
tennessean.com 6 hrs ago
By MICHAEL CASS • Staff Writer • May 17, 2008 At least five are lobbyists. One works in government relations for one of Nashville's leading law firms. Another has won a seven-figure contract to clean up the trash-collection system on the island of Guam. Some of the key players in former Mayor...