Top Nashville Area Local News Stories
Source: WSMV.com - News
A parole board hearing that ended Wednesday with a convicted killer Mary Cook one step closer to freedom turned contentious.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:39:31 CDT
Keesha Washington, who deliberately burned her apartment, will spend years in prison.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 19:26:45 CDT
Public pressure will mean a change for the annual 9/11 celebration in Cookeville. Last year, a scheduling conflict bumped the event to another day, but that will change this year.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:41:54 CDT
A Metro police officer suffered minor injuries Wednesday afternoon when his parked patrol car was hit by another driver.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:14:19 CDT
LP Pencil Box, which provides Nashville public school teachers with supplies, has an opportunity to win a $50,000 grant, but they need the publicÂ’s help.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:56:26 CDT
A motorcyclist was killed Wednesday afternoon when the rider rear ended a school bus in southeast Wilson County.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:15:16 CDT
Meteorologist Dan Thomas has your Wednesday night weather forecast.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:44:25 CDT
The Clarksville Riverfest attracts thousands of people of all ages. The two-day festival will be the first big event along the city's riverfront since the May flood.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:46:13 CDT
To get ahead of the game, Metro is opening its Fast Track Flu Shot Clinic three weeks early this year.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:35:30 CDT
The Environmental Protection Agency has added Tennessee to the lineup of states where the agency is holding public hearings on proposed coal ash disposal regulations.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 16:18:57 CDT
Detective Ron Killings of Murfreesboro has been fired. The announcement came Wednesday from new Sheriff Robert Arnold.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:37:45 CDT
Tuition increases will be needed as the Tennessee Board of Regents implements a General Assembly act designed to improve graduation rates in the state, TBR Chancellor Charles Manning said Wednesday.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 17:22:39 CDT
An auto parts manufacturer will begin producing high-quality seat adjusters for Honda, Subaru and Mitsubishi vehicles in 2012.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:38:45 CDT
Nashville's mayor has called for more official supervision of community service programs after an indictment alleged that some suspected gang members faked their court-ordered community service work with the help of a nonprofit group.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 15:01:41 CDT
A new resource that hopes to boost achievement at Metro schools went online Wednesday.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:56:36 CDT
Gov. Phil Bredesen has announced that Tennessee will offer a $2,500 rebate on the first 1,000 electric vehicles sold in the state.
Published: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:54:54 CDT