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  • Michelle Obama gives graduation speech at Nashville HS

    NASHVILLE (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit. Mrs. Obama spoke for 22-minutes to the Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School in Nashville in her only high school graduation speech this year. The first lady told the 170 ...

  • Lebanon police arrest accused murderer

    LEBANON, TN (WSMV) - Lebanon police officers arrested 37-year-old Julian D. Clemmons on Friday.Clemmons was wanted for a Davidson County indictment for first-degree murder.Lebanon officers arrested Clemmons at a residence on Toshiba Drive around 10:45 p.m.Clemmons was taken to Nashville and released to Metro's ...

  • Wreck with serious injuries reported in Sumner County

    Emergency crews are on the scene of an accident with serious injuries on Hartsville Pike in Sumner County. Officialssaid the wreck was reported near Kemp Road in Gallatin around 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Medical helicopter crews had been contacted to transport the injured,authorities said. Hartsville Pike has been shut down in the area while emergency crews respond, dispatchers ...

  • Vandy baseball earns record 26th SEC win

    The Vanderbilt baseball team beat Alabama 14-10 in the season finale, and in the process capped off an historic run at a conference record. The Commodores won their 26th SEC regular season game, setting the all-time single-season conference mark. The 'Dores also won their 18th straight weekend series. The team is 48-7 overall, 26-3 in the SEC. They will be the top seed in next ...

  • Double Treat at Elvis Tribute Artist Contest and Luna Rosa Restaurant

    The Fremont Street Experience was the setting for their Elvis Tribute Artist Competition recently. While there I enjoyed 18 different Elvis tribute artist sing their hearts out. Harry Shahoian the tribute Elvis in the Legends show opened the show, while Robbie Howard and Marva Scott emceed the event. On Saturday Chad Collins won the competition and received $2500.00, where he will be able to ...


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Movie Review

Bottle Rocket [DVD]

Bottle Rocket [DVD]

Given that he has become one of the most unique voices to emerge in recent American cinema, it is surprising that Wes Andersons directorial debut, Bottle Rocket, which he cowrote with star Owen Wilson, didnt make more of a splash. Or, really, any splash at all. Dismissed by Sun ... ...

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  • Gun found at middle school dance student arrested

    A student reported to school leaders and resource officers at the Freedom Middle School eighth-grade dance Friday night that another student had brought a gun to the event, according to Franklin Special School District officials. In a statement, the school system said Williamson County Deputy Richard Cole arrested the student immediately without incident. The Williamson County Sheriff's ...

  • Michelle Obama to give commencement address in Nashville

    Martin Luther King Jr. Magnet High seniors finally are filing into the Gentry Center after coming hours early for a very special graduation -- marked by a speech from First Lady Michelle Obama. "I feel like this is an honor and a privilege and it is because of all of our hard work. It's paying off," graduate Shanese Brown said. The students are going through airport-style ...

  • MUGSHOTS 48 arrested in police operation

    CHATTANOOGA, TN. (WRCB) -- Chattanooga police put a dent in crime over the weekend. Officers saturated several of the cities "problem areas". The operation netted 48 suspected criminals. Police say it's inan effort to address city-wide problems with car break-ins, burglaries and other offenses including gun crimes. The crimes are happening all over townat mall, apartment ...

  • Use of red-light cameras debated in Murfreesboro

    MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - A group in Murfreesboro has started a petition to end the use of red-light cameras, but police say the traffic enforcement measure has improve safety. Middle Tennessee State University student Axl David, who heads Citizens Against Photo Enforcement, says he plans to submit the petition to City Council after 1,000 people have signed it. The group complains that the ...

  • Body found off of Ft. Campbell Blvd.

    A body was found Saturday morning just off of Fort Campbell Boulevard in Clarksville. Police haven't released any information about the victim or how the person died. Crews have been on the scene since about 6:30 a.m. We will keep you updated as more information becomes ...

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