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HealthTrust Performance Group Announces Executive Appointments
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 31, 2024-- HealthTrust Performance Group, a leading improvement organization for healthcare with decades of experience in supply chain optimization, today announced two executive appointments. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240731031769/en/ Guy W. Wagner (Photo: Business Wire)
What each Murfreesboro high school football team needs for success in 2024 TSSAA season
With practice in full pads under way and the regular season beginning Aug. 22, here are the keys to success for each Murfreesboro area high school football team in the 2024 TSSAA season: Blackman ...
Three more MNPS football teams adding turf fields in 2024
Three more Metro Public School football teams will have artificial surface fields this season with McGavock, Maplewood and Stratford in the process of getting turf. Those three will join East Nashville, Pearl-Cohn and Whites Creek − which had their fields transformed in 2023. Installation of the fields at McGavock, Maplewood and Stratford is...
How new NCAA rules could impact Vanderbilt football, basketball, baseball rosters
As part of a settlement for several court cases, the NCAA enacted a settlement Friday that allowed for revenue sharing and direct payment to athletes by their schools. Another part of the settlement involved removing scholarship limits but instead enacting a roster limit for each sport beginning in 2025-26. Teams cannot have more players than the overall roster limit, but they can choose to give full scholarships to every player on the roster if they choose. The...
How Georgia football commit Jaylan Morgan overcame loss of dad, injury to step dad to be SEC recruit
Jonathan DeBerry is one of Rockvale football senior safety and Georgia commitment Jaylan Morgan's biggest fans. His perseverance has also been a teaching lesson for Morgan, his stepson. DeBerry lost his right arm in an ATV accident in June 2015, about a year after he married Morgan's mother, Jamara. That was a lot...
Tenn. lawmaker proposes GPS monitor devices for repeat offenders, violent criminals
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - In a new initiative to promote public safety, Tennessee State Rep. G.A. Hardaway proposes using an electronic GPS monitoring system to keep up with violent and repeat offenders out on bail. “Everyone has a stake in this, and they need to make sure that they invest...
Politician’s son, TSU marching band alum, Nashville representative: Who is Harold Love Jr.?
The old saying “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” fits no Tennessee elected official better than Nashville Rep. Harold Love Jr. Through both his education and political career, Love Jr. stands out in his commitment to continuing his father’s legacy. Harold Love Sr.’s political...
Tennessee rideshare driver calls for tighter rules towards out-of-state drivers
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Long time rideshare drivers tell FOX 17 News that drivers are coming in droves from out of state. They say the lack of enforcement of the rule is making downtown the wild west. FOX 17 News is learning rideshare drivers from other states can drive...
Olympics fever captivates workplaces and homes rooting for their favorite athletes
Saludos, amigos: Last Friday, like perhaps many of you, I turned on the television and watched the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris. The event, which featured athletes from across the world traveling in boats down the Seine River, offered lessons on geography, culture and history, and showed once again why the...
I-40 in West Nashville re-opens after crash
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Interstate 40 West in West Nashville has reopened after a crash involving multiple vehicles. The crash occurred on I-40 West at around 9:50 p.m. near the White Bridge Pike exit. The interstate was closed for about three hours during the investigation and clean-up of the scene.
Apparent Robbery Attempt Results in Shooting on Alabama Avenue
July 26, 2024 – An apparent robbery attempt involving approximately 22 pounds of marijuana resulted in Thursday’s 6:30 p.m. shooting in the 3900 block of Alabama Avenue that critically injured a 22-year-old Nashville man. West Precinct officers responded to the scene but found no one injured. The victim...
Kirkwood Elementary School is ready for students: A look inside the new school
Amid the heat of the summer in the blink of an eye, the 2024-25 academic year is here, and in Montgomery County some teachers and students will be going back to mark the inaugural year of a new school. With gleaming new floors and well-equipped classrooms, Kirkwood Elementary teachers and administrators are only a week out from welcoming students into the new school for the first time. ...
Jordan Davis to Perform at Country Music Hall of Fame
Jordan Davis will take the stage at the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum’s 12th annual Nightfall at the Hall concert on Monday, September 16, at 6 pm. Nightfall at the Hall, presented by Maverick Nashville, is the ultimate after-hours celebration exclusively for the museum’s Troubadour members, a community of leaders, ages 21 to 45, who collaborate with other like-minded professionals in supporting their community and the museum.
National Night Out Coming to Brentwood Aug. 13
Williamson County residents are invited to Brentwood’s Smith Park from 5 – 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 13 to get an up-close look at local public safety agencies during the City’s National Night Out celebration. “We look forward to this event every year because we want to...
ACLU, Just City challenging new Tennessee bail law with lawsuit
MEMPHIS, Tenn — American Civil Liberties Union lawyers have filed a lawsuit against Shelby County officials challenging the new bail law on behalf of Memphis organization Just City. The lawsuit focuses on the new law, HB1719, which prohibits judges from considering an arrested individual's ability to pay when setting...