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  • Metro Schools prepares with extensive severe weather plan

    Given the devastation in Oklahoma, any risk for severe weather can cause anxiety, and that is especially true for parents with kids at school. At least seven students were killed as two school buildings took a direct hit in the Oklahoma tornado, which immediately raised questions about school safety. Many school districts have a plan like Metro Nashville Public Schools, which aims to control ...

  • TDOT announces Smith Co. rockslide cleared road reopens

    The Tennessee Department of Transportation said it has reopened a Smith County road Tuesday after days of cleanup following a massive rockslide earlier this month. All lanes on State Route 25, the Dixon Springs Highway, had been closed near the Cumberland River Overlook since May 9. TDOT awarded an emergency contract to Lojac Enterprises, which submitted a low bid of $116,987, and the ...

  • TN standardized tests to move from paper to computers

    By next spring, Tennessee students will have to take the TCAP and all other standardized tests on the computer. Pencil and paper won't be allowed, but many schools across the state simply don't have enough computers to make that happen. "The state recommends having two students per device," said Cindy Gilliland, technology director for Dickson County Schools. Going ...

  • How two Canadian sisters became stars on ABC’s Nashville

    can't get enough Stella. That would be Lennon Stella and Maisy Stella, the Canadian singing sister-act who've transcended the prime-time show on which they do not even star. A recent episode featured the precocious pair sweetly singing the ...

  • Nashville Predators hire Phil Housley as assistant coach

    Nashville Predators have hired Phil Housley, pictured, as an assistant coach to fill the spot left open by the firing of associate coach Peter Horachek after nine seasons with the franchise. (File/Associated ...


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The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah [DVD]

Before writing a word about Chris Hansen's The Proper Care & Feeding of an American Messiah, I must in all good faith provide a large caveat, one that I have never had to provide in more than a decade of film criticism: I know the writer/director. Not ... ...

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  • NWS OK tornado was top-of-the-scale

    MOORE, OK (RNN) - The National Weather Service is calling the tornado that ripped through Moore, OK, a top-of-the-scale EF-5. The tornado tore through the city with winds up to 200 mph. On Monday, the NWS had said the storm was an EF-4, but after assessing on the ground, they used the word "incredible" to describe the damage done by the powerful storm. Gov. Mary Fallin said ...

  • TV picks for May 22 900-Pound Man Criminal Minds Nashville

    Financial considerations "Criminal Minds" (8 p.m., WCCO, Ch. 4) ends the season with an intense two-hour episode, but don't expect any of the regular cast members to go down in a blaze of glory. The actors came to a last-minute agreement on their contracts and all are expected to return next season. Crash diet In "900-Pound Man: The Race Against Time" (8 p.m., TLC), ...

  • Crane collapses onto vehicle near Gallatin

    Emergency crews are responding after a construction crane collapsed onto a vehicle Tuesday afternoon south of Gallatin. The incident was reported about 1:30 p.m. along Highway 109 near the Cumberland River. There have been no reports of injuries or what may have caused the crane to collapse. Sumner County was under a significant weather advisory at the time for the possibility of winds up ...

  • Channel 4 Kroger team up to collect Oklahoma tornado relief donations

    WSMV-TV and Kroger are teaming up with the American Red Cross to help the victims of the deadly Oklahoma tornado. Beginning Tuesday, Kroger shoppers can leave donations at any Middle Tennessee and southern Kentucky Kroger stores' check-out lanes, and the donations will go directly to the Red Cross relief efforts in Moore, OK, and surrounding communities. Kroger is also matching $50,000 ...

  • Abandoned special needs woman inspires new Tennessee law

    Last June, authorities were called to a Campbell County bar when a young woman walked in. She couldn't tell anyone her name, where she was from, or how she got there. Investigators finally identified her as Lynn Cameron, 19, of Illinois. She is mentally disabled, with the mental capacity of a two-year-old. Her mother, they learned, was no longer able to care for her, so simply dropped her ...

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