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‘No one wants to hire a felon’: Nashville man helps change lives in unlikely place
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - As crowds gather and lines build outside of Broadway bars, visitors to Nashville’s most famous street sway to the music wafting from open windows played by cover bands inside. Live music and the assured good time keep people coming back to the honky tonks. While the bars are full, eventually everyone visits one particular place inside each establishment: the restroom.
Friend said hit and run victim was loved by the community
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Friends of Justin Fortner said Friday he was a light in their community. Fortner died after a hit and run crash on Thursday night on the Interstate 40 West ramp onto Briley Parkway North. Pieces of a motorcycle are all that are left after a crash Alex Bolling said took the life of a man so many knew and loved.
Suspect threatens to kill man during Broadway robbery attempt
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A man was charged after allegedly threatening to kill a man while demanding he withdraw cash from a downtown Nashville ATM. Javonterious Starns, 22, is charged with attempted robbery. On Thursday, police responded to Fourth Avenue and Broadway for an attempted robbery. The victim told...
‘Chaos’: Nurses, visitors describe conditions inside Ascension hospitals after cyberattack
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — “Pure and utter chaos from the second you walk into the door.”. That’s how one nurse described what it’s like inside a Nashville Ascension hospital following a cyber-attack. Wednesday, May 15 marks one week since the hospital system was hit, impacting locations...
Nashville Man with Prior Bank Robbery Convictions Indicted for New Heist While on Supervised Release
Jeremy Stacey Godwin, 44, was hit with a fresh indictment for bank robbery, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee reported yesterday. Godwin is accused of hitting a Truist Bank on April 9, seemingly undeterred by his past stints in federal prison for similar heists. Godwin allegedly...
A 100-pound tortoise from Edgehill United Methodist Church is becoming a Nashville mascot
Barnes is an approximate 100-pound sulcata tortoise belongs to Edgehill United Methodist Church Rev. John Feldhacker. A 3-foot-long, 100-pound and still-growing tortoise doesn't just warrant a second look when it makes a public appearance in Nashville. The tortoise named Barnes can stop people cold in their tracks. "I had a...
After one year, Nashville division continues to help unhoused community
How to help those without housing continues to mount concern from Nashville leaders. Up to 725 people were unsheltered and 1,369 were inside a facility, according to data from a 2024 count.
First Alert Weather Day: Flooding downpours possible today
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The severe threat has diminished, but some downpours could still cause minor flooding in parts of the area today. Showers and storms will continue to move in from the south this morning. We’ll have off-and-on showers and storms through the remainder of today so be sure to keep that umbrella handy. The severe threat has diminished across the Mid State, but an isolated, embedded strong storm will also be possible.
Nashville homelessness down slightly in latest annual count
Slightly fewer Nashvillians were found living without permanent housing this year during an annual volunteer-led counting effort. The federally mandated “point in time” count made contact with just over 2,094 people living on the streets or in shelters or encampments. The initiative happened overnight Jan. 25 into Jan. 26, with more than 100 volunteers from two dozen agencies visiting shelters and camps.
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