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Nashville's Asian dining scene expands, while The Nations' Rock’n Dough closes
Nashville’s notable Asian dining expansion made headway this summer — with lavish new eateries opening their doors in the Gulch, the announcement of a new pan-Asian restaurant coming from the owners of Noko and the upscale Japanese restaurant Sushi Row headed to Wedgewood-Houston in 2025. Back in December 2023, Tennessean senior dining reporter...
Uncle Kracker discusses new album, Kenny Chesney, and finding the crossover 'sweet spot'
Hip-hop was birthed in the summer of 1973, the same summer that, on the Billboard charts, Jimmy Buffett was being celebrated for getting drunk and making love. Fifty summers later, while The Tennessean is conversing with Uncle Kracker — a hip-hop DJ, chart-topping singer-songwriter and leading aficionado of a lifestyle Buffett once referred to as being embodied by "escapist Caribbean rock 'n' roll" — the "sweet spot" Kracker describes that defines his career success is one that...
Miranda Lambert Is 'Stressed Over Her Marriage' After Husband Brendan McLoughlin Was Caught Flirting With a Group of Women
Miranda Lambert's marriage was put to the test after her husband, Brendan McLoughlin, was caught dancing with other women at his wife's bar in Nashville. The situation reportedly left the "Wranglers" singer "humiliated," as a source spilled to a news publication: "Miranda gave Brendan a piece of her mind and a warning he'd better mind his behavior or else."While Lambert hasn't discussed the state of her marriage with the public, the insider claimed insecurities caused by McLoughlin's shady behavior are to blame for the country star's recent mid-concert meltdowns.In both June and July, Lambert paused her performances to scold fans...
Titans Remove OL Nicholas Petit-Frere From PUP List
NASHVILLE – Titans lineman Nicholas Petit-Frere has passed a physical and been removed from the team's Physically Unable to Perform list. Petit-Frere is now eligible to return to practice. Petit-Frere was placed on PUP before the start of training camp. He missed the first five practices of camp while...
Sumner County Sheriff Sonny Weatherford dies in East Tennessee; procession escorts him home to Gallatin
Sumner County Sheriff Roy "Sonny" Weatherford died Friday at the age of 65. A procession of law enforcement vehicles brought him home to Gallatin from Pigeon Forge, where Weatherford was attending the nearby 2024 Sheriffs' Association Conference. The long line of flashing blue lights passed by the sheriff's office on Smith Street...
Scottsville Police Department to hold driver’s education course
SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. – The Scottsville Police Department is hosting an educational opportunity at the Allen County-Scottsville High School and are encouraging all young motorists to come out. They are hosting a driver’s education course on Saturday at 8 a.m. News 40 spoke with Darren Tabor who chiefs the...
Lawler Elected President of TATS
Dr. Racheal Lawler, assistant professor of Athletic Training at Lee University, was recently elected president of the Tennessee Athletic Trainers’ Society (TATS). “I am honored and humbled to lead our state and our profession to greater heights,” said Lawler. “We all know change is not easy, but I look forward to progressing our practice act, licensure, and membership involvement.”
Georgia beats out Oregon, Tennessee for massive in-state tackle
Georgia received a massive commitment on Friday when it landed a verbal pledge from 4-star 2025 offensive lineman Juan Gaston. One of the top prospects in the state and a product of Atlanta (Ga.) Westlake, Gaston selected the Bulldogs over Oregon, Tennessee, and South Carolina. He took official visits earlier this summer to each of the other 3 schools after visiting Athens, but the Bulldogs had been viewed as the favorites in his recruitment for quite some time prior to Friday’s announcement.
One incumbent loses, two close races come down to the wire in Tennessee state House primary
(Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional data as final voting numbers became available.) A longtime gun control advocate seeking a Tennessee House seat in Nashville advanced in Thursday’s primary elections while an Oak Ridge Republican incumbent lost his seat and two Republican races came down to the wire. In Franklin, the Gov. […]
Brooks secures Democrats’ approval in District 60
Shaundelle Brooks won a narrow primary victory over Tyler Brasher to secure the Democratic nomination for Tennessee House District 60. Previously held by Darren Jernigan, the seat includes parts of Hermitage, Donelson and Old Hickory. The Tennessee Democratic Party can’t directly weigh in on a primary, where voters select candidates...
Wilson County general election: Two new candidates win contested school board races
Two new Wilson County School Board candidates were elected in contested races while the county's incumbent assessor of property kept his seat after the county's Aug. 1 general election. Two Wilson County School Board incumbents and a new Lebanon Special School District board member were also elected in uncontested races that were settled in the March primary. ...
New bill requires all elementary school grades to learn cursive in Kentucky
KENTUCKY (WSAZ) - In April, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed a new law that requires all elementary schools to teach cursive writing. Despite the law not taking effect until the 2025 school year, elementary schools in the Ashland Independent School District have been teaching their second and third-graders cursive since 2017.