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Nearly a dozen Metro council members on Monday voiced their support of a Nashville firefighter facing discipline over a social media post about the city’s recently approved license plate readers. “We are writing to state our support for Joshua Lipscomb’s appeal of disciplinary action levied against him,” 11 council members wrote in a one-page letter Monday to… Continue reading Council members voice support for Nashville firefighter who called most of the board white supremacists

Exactly two year ago on Feb. 27, 2020, Anming Hu was sitting in a jail cell, staring at a concrete wall and wondering how he ended up there in the first place. The U.S. Justice Department had accused Hu, an associate professor at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, of hiding his ties to China and… Continue reading Anming Hu rebuilds life, career at the University of Tennessee after beating false charges

My recent column about some things younger folk don’t remember was mostly about cars and the changes they have gone through since the 1930s. A friend of mine called about a development he thought should be included — the dimmer switch. He asked me not to use his name. I’ll just say his initials are… Continue reading Commentary: Everybody has a story, Part 1

Top Southern Baptist Convention leaders were in sync Monday about the biggest issues facing the Nashville-based denomination: racism and sexual abuse. “We know enough that we can acknowledge that there has been a culture among us where predators found safer places to hide than the vulnerable found safe places to rest,” SBC President Ed Litton said in… Continue reading Top Southern Baptist Convention leaders call out ‘stain’ of sexual abuse and racism

A Tennessee state senator wants federal candidates to abide by the same residency requirements as the General Assembly. A Tennessee lawmaker is taking aim at congressional candidate residency requirements as two recent transplants vie to represent the state in the U.S. House of Representatives.  Sen. Frank Niceley, R-Strawberry Plains, has sponsored a bill that would hold… Continue reading Legislator takes aim at Tennessee transplant congressional candidates with new bill

The trial of Ashley Kroese, the Thompson’s Station woman charged in Brentwood’s only on-duty officer death, began Monday with jury selection and is scheduled to continue through the week. On the morning of June 18, 2020, Officer Destin Legieza was returning his police vehicle at the end of his shift when Kroese’s vehicle hit his head-on, according to… Continue reading Trial begins for woman accused of killing Brentwood Police officer in 2020 crash