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Nashville, TN

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - While country music is all the rage this weekend, the Nashville Zoo is celebrating the birth and habitat debut of Otis, the four-week-old eland calf. The zoo says Otis was born on May 9 to third-time mom Indigo and dad, Ochre. The zoo’s hoofstock team reports the birth was extremely successful and Otis was standing and nursing within an hour of being born.

WATCH: Nashville Zoo celebrates birth of new eland Calf

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The week ends with gorgeous weather including low humidity and moderate temperatures. Hotter weather will take over this weekend. Download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android. Our team of meteorologists will send alerts to your phone about conditions headed your way. They also share custom videos about the weather where you live.

Nice weather to end the week

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The countdown is on, and CMA Fest is within country music fans’ grasp as Nashville will be filled with all thing’s country from June 8-11 (Thursday-Sunday). To help you get in the spirit of things, WSMV4 is celebrating 50 years of CMA Fest!. We’re...

Connection & Country: The Evolution of CMA Fest

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The streets of downtown Nashville are bustling with concertgoers on Thursday as the first day of CMA Fest kicks off. On Broadway and all throughout the biggest event in country music, fans are sporting their favorite outfits equipped with their very best cowboy and cowgirl boots. However, these can prove to be problematic.

How to avoid ‘boot blisters’ while rocking your favorite outfit at CMA Fest

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - CMA Fest is here, and it is sure to be a busy four days on Lower Broadway. In its 50th year, thousands are expected to descend upon Nashville for the 4-day event. Metro Nashville Police officers will be working 1,700 shifts from Thursday through Sunday. They...

CMA Fest kicks off in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Another warm day is in store with temperatures in the mid-80s. Areas of smoke in the morning with haze throughout the day, however, there is a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android....

First Alert Forecast: Hazy and hot today with isolated showers

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - We have great weather to kick off CMA Fest or any outdoor activities today. Lower humidity will make it feel comfortable outside for the next couple of days. Download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android. Our team of meteorologists will send...

First Alert Forecast: Very sunny today with low humidity

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - One person died in a crash on Thompson Lane near the Franklin Pike overpass on Thursday evening, Metro Police said. The victim of the crash near 90 Thompson Lane died after being taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Thompson Lane was closed during the crash investigation.

1 killed in crash on Thompson Lane

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Nashville Office of Emergency Management will be conducting a full test sounding on its tornado warning siren at Ruby Major Elementary School on Friday. The test on the siren located at 5141 John Hagar Rd. will occur between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m., according to...

OEM to conduct tornado warning siren test at Ruby Major Elementary site

Taliyah Frazier’s death is one of more than 50 homicides reported in Nashville in 2023. Travis Tritt credited the festival with helping launch his career. A portion of proceeds from the event fund the CMA Foundation, which focuses on funding music education programs nationwide, including the Music Teachers of Excellence Award.

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Smyrna, TN

The MQ-9 landed at the Smyrna Airport at about 7:30 a.m. Several artists performed at The Concert for Love and Acceptance at the Wildhorse Saloon. Hopkinsville Police and Crime Stoppers are searching for a person who started fires and damaged multiple vehicles at an auto shop in Hopkinsville. Funeral set...

Canada wildfires impact Tennessee's air quality

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -Cooler air is on the way for the second half of the week, along with some showers. Download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android. Our team of meteorologists will send alerts to your phone about conditions headed your way. They also share custom videos about the weather where you live.

First Alert Forecast: Heat relief is on the way

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Variable cloud cover is likely this afternoon with a few showers here and there. A refreshing change in our weather takes place tomorrow and Friday. Download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android. Our team of meteorologists will send alerts to your phone about conditions headed your way. They also share custom videos about the weather where you live.

First Alert Forecast: A few showers with cooler, drier weather to follow

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) -A refreshing change in our weather takes place tomorrow and Friday. Warmer air returns for the weekend with some thunderstorms on Sunday. Download the WSMV 4 First Alert Weather app for iPhone or Android. Our team of meteorologists will send alerts to your phone about conditions headed your way. They also share custom videos about the weather where you live.

First Alert Forecast: Pleasant weather for a couple of days

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) and the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) are enlisting the public’s help in their efforts to locate a missing woman out of Nashville. The agencies are looking for 65-year-old Diana Szostecki, who was last seen at her home on...

Silver Alert issued for missing Nashville woman

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Parents across Middle Tennessee are considering homeschooling after getting their child’s TCAP scores for the English-Language Arts portion. The window to retake the ELA portion of the TCAP closed this week for third graders. But one Shelbyville mom says she’s made the decision to keep her son at home next year.

Tennessee mom chooses to homeschool son after third grade TCAP experience

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Crews are getting ready to build one of the stages on Broadway for CMA Fest, the longest running music festival in the world. “It takes a while they send in the design; we build it, we have to lay it out diagram, build a map, and then we have to travel all the way here and rent equipment,” said Donrell Breaux with Custom Form.

Stage crews prep for this week’s CMA Fest

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The CMA Fest of 2023 includes multiple stages, dozens of performances, and thousands of fans. Fans are all hoping for a really good time, and you could say the very first Fan Fest sort of started the same way. “The word had gotten out that this...

From a funny idea to a multi-day festival: The evolution from Fan Fair to CMA Fest

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A Nashville man was arrested Monday after police say he beat three children repeatedly with a belt for hours because one of them accidentally broke a television. Jonah Lewis Floyd, 38, is charged with three counts of aggravated child abuse. On May 15, Metro Police...

Police: Nashville man beat 3 young girls for hours over broken TV

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - People in Nashville could be getting a house all paid for by the city. The Metro Homeless Impact Division is going to each homeless encampment in Nashville to see who needs a new home right now. It’s a new program the department started six months ago. Since then, they’ve housed over 100 people.

Outreach teams enter homeless encampments to assess who needs housing

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - An eagle’s nest was knocked out of a tree by a land clearing company approximately four days ago in North Nashville, according to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Sgt. Kaleb Stratton reports an eagle nest was in a tree with two eaglets in it on...

Eagle nest knocked down by land clearing company in North Nashville, TWRA seeking to prosecute

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – An unmanned military aircraft landed in Tennessee for the first time Wednesday. The MQ-9 landed at the Smyrna Airport at about 7:30 a.m. The aircraft, which flies without a pilot or crew, will remain on display for the public to view throughout the Great Tennessee Airshow June 10 through June 11.

Video: Unmanned military aircraft lands in Smyrna

Endangered child alert issued for missing 3-year-old

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A woman who was arrested after leading police on a pursuit in a U-Haul van through two counties in August of 2022 has been booked into Davidson County jail to face charges. According to the arrest report, 32-year-old Brandy Lee Burns was booked in Davidson County...

Woman facing charges in Nashville after U-Haul pursuit through multiple counties with endangered child in 2022

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Feel the need to sneeze? Pollen counts hits high levels in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Spring allergy season has kicked off in Tennessee, and pollen counts in Nashville have hit high levels over the past two days....

Feel the need to sneeze? Pollen counts hits high levels in Nashville

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