Southern Baptists descend on Nashville as key committee balks at expanded sex-abuse inquiry

Tuesday marks the official start of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting. But the convention’s executive committee held a key debate Monday.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Metro Council seeks more services ahead of $2.6 billion budget vote

Council members added $16.2 million in requests last week to the mayor’s proposed spending plan, introduced in May, for the fiscal year starting July 1.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Nashville’s I-40 cap project aims to ‘stitch together’ Black neighborhoods split by highway

Metro Nashville wants to build a cap above the interstate to “stitch together” communities north and south of Interstate 40.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Vanderbilt baseball’s return to Omaha reminds us we’re returning to normal | Sparks

A year ago, Omaha was eerily quiet without the College World Series. Now Vanderbilt is returning there, which is among the best signs of normalcy.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Truth of Joe Clyde Daniels’ death still a mystery as father convicted of his Dickson County murder

Joe Clyde Daniels’ disappearance launched massive searches that shook Dickson County in April 2018. His father was convicted of his murder.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Southern Baptist Convention: 4 things to watch at the annual meeting

The Southern Baptist Convention is holding is annual meeting in Nashville. The event is June 15-16 at Music City Center.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

By reaching College World Series, Vanderbilt steps out of shadow of 2019 national title team

Vanderbilt baseball won the Nashville Super Regional on Saturday, advancing to the College World Series and creating its own legacy        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Woman killed in North Nashville stabbing

North Nashville stabbing suspect in custody        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Metro Nashville police officers start Crisis Intervention Team training for community policing

The test team of Nashville police and health professionals will receive 40 hours of training from mental health professionals,        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

‘What can we do?’ Family of innocent bystander Shirley Crawley pleads for closure

Shirley Crawley, who loved cooking, was well known throughout the greater Nashville area. Every Sunday she’d cook for family, friends and strangers.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

How Vanderbilt baseball’s Jack Leiter became more than just ‘Al Leiter’s kid’

Jack Leiter has made a name for himself as a star Vanderbilt baseball pitcher entering NCAA Tournament super regionals. He’s not just Al Leiter’s kid.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

More Nashville police in party districts? ‘People don’t have good conflict resolution skills’

In addition to Lower Broadway, Nashville’s police chief said he wants more officers working weekends in the Gulch, 12 South and Midtown.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Debate over addressing, teaching about racism surrounds Williamson school district

Williamson County Schools has received both support and criticism over its curriculum and measures to address racism in the district.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Closed cold case murder tied to ousted Tennessee governor

Samuel Pettyjohn, a Chattanooga businessman, was fatally shot in 1979 in downtown Chattanooga.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Morgan Wallen billboards patron: ‘We’re not bowing down to the mob’ | Featured letter

The music industry was wrong to punish superstar Morgan Wallen for his mistake. His fans find it divisive and won’t stop buying his music.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Nashville DA maintains position amid legislative pressure: Transgender bathroom bill ‘dehumanizing’

Tennessee state Rep. John Ragan demanded Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk explain his position not to enforce a new bill on bathroom use.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Why Kumar Rocker’s epic super regional no-hitter still matters as Vanderbilt baseball tries to repeat

Kumar Rocker is no longer a freshman with something to prove. But his historic no-hitter for Vanderbilt baseball in 2019 still resonates in 2021.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

CMT Music Awards 2021: 5 can’t-miss moments

Carrie Underwood wins big, Bonnaroo gets a taste of award season and more highlights from the CMT Music Awards.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Tennessee’s largest prison, criticized as dangerous, is at the center of two murder cases

The murder cases at Tennessee’s Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, privately run by the for-profit prison giant CoreCivic, were weeks apart.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Tensions erupt among Southern Baptists ahead of their big meeting in Nashville. Here’s why

Southern Baptists are divided over critical race theory, the role of women in ministry and who should lead the convention next.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

A Vanderbilt fan wanted a day off to attend Nashville Super Regional. Tim Corbin made it happen

A Vanderbilt baseball fan wanted so badly to attend the super regional game Friday that she asked Tim Corbin for an excused absence note from work.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Metro Nashville Public Schools softens mask requirement for summer school students

Masks are now, mostly, optional for students attending MNPS’ summer school program, which applies to nearly 15,000 students.        Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

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