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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Metro police officer is leaving the department after an incident on Friday involving his gun and comments he allegedly made to co-workers a day after the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas. Video: Officer Resigns After Alleged Fort Hood Comment West precinct Officer Bruce Landes is at the center of a criminal and internal Metro police investigation after officials said he threatened another officer at roll call last week at the Edgehill police substation. "During banter with Landes, he pulled the gun from the vicinity of his waist band and pointed it in the direction of another...

I just surfed through the websites of the local TV stations and the two main newspapers here, The Tennessean and the Trashville City Paper and not a single one of the TV stations or newspaper websites has one article or story on anything to do with unemployment, let alone the fact that the numbers are now at 10.2%. Its disgusting!

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A new Nashville organization classifies itself as non-religious, but the group's billboard has stirred up a religious debate. The organization behind the billboard is called Secular Life. Secular Life is a group of about 340 people who consider themselves part of the non-religious community. On Sunday, they began advertising on a billboard in Green Hills, and already Secular Life is getting a lot of attention. "It just absolutely wrong place, wrong town, wrong timing," said Green Hills resident Donnie Cude. Something about the phrase "Not Religious, You're not alone", doesn't sit well with Cude. "It's a slap...

NASHVILLE (The Borowitz Report) - President Barack Obama stunned the country music world today by picking up its highest honor, Country Music Entertainer of the Year. Mr. Obama was chosen unanimously, according to the Country Music Association, beating out such favorite as Carrie Underwood and Toby Keith.

<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Peterbilt Corp. permanently closed its truck plant in Nashville.</p>

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A man on trial for the deaths of two Bellacino's pizzeria workers took the stand Thursday to defend his part in the deaths.

Catholics Teach the Children of New Orleans Since the Katrina disaster, the schools of the Archdiocese of New Orleans have swelled to double the enrollment of the local public schools -- 40,000 to 20,000. Rev. Neal McDermott, O.P., superintendent of the Catholic schools, told me yesterday that the archdiocese is facing a financial crunch when the $10 million in Catholic Charities money, allocated in 2006 to help the schools following the hurricane, runs out. "Beginning in June 2010, we will have to find $700,000 a year to replace those funds," he said. (Gov. Bobby Jindal eased some of the financial...

According to the Nashville Gay Pride website, Home Depot gave over $5,000 to be a major sponsor of its 2009 Gay Pride Festival in June. But simply financing the event wasn't enough for the big box chain. Home Depot also signed on as a vendor, conducting kid's craft workshops for children via a special booth set up just for them. To this end, Home Depot is basically encouraging the attendance of children at events which openly expose them to transvestites, cross-dressers, and homosexual activities. Unfortunately, Home Depot's participation in the Nashville Pride Festival doesn't stand alone. It has also sponsored...

More embarrassing weather for the global warming fanatics, and this time it's in Al Gore's hometown of Nashville, TN.

Link only - ICE won't detain non-U.S. drivers in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Channel 4 got an inside look Tuesday morning at the apartment where Steve McNair and his girlfriend were found dead Saturday. Reporter Sara Dorsey said the Lea Avenue apartment did not look like the scene of a violent struggle, apart from blood stains and some holes in the wall. With the help of computer-generated graphics, Channel 4 showed on Tuesday a first-hand glimpse at what the inside of the apartment looks like. Dorsey accessed the apartment through the same front door that police said Wayne Neely entered on Saturday afternoon and found McNair and Sahel Kazemi shot...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Police have arrested two men in connection with the shooting of a Metro police officer along Interstate 40 on Thursday afternoon. Police spokesman Don Aaron said Sgt. Mark Chesnut, 44, was hit multiple times during a traffic stop at about 1:30 p.m. Aaron said Chesnut was entering information into his in-car computer when police believe the suspect, who had been pulled over in a Dodge Magnum with Georgia tags, walked up and opened fire near exit 196 in Belleview.

A home invasion turns deadly after one of the robbers is shot by the homeowner. It happened on Moss Landing Drive in Antioch around 1:00 a.m. Dennis Nicholson told detectives that he was confronted by 22 year old Elijah Minnard (pictured left) at the home. Nicholson says Minnard had a shotgun, and 17 year old Jeremie Thomas (pictured right), had a pistol. Police say the men forced Nicholson inside, and Minnard held Nicholson and 25 year old Lincoya Stephens at gunpoint upstairs while Thomas searched the downstairs area of the home. Police say Stephens grabbed the shotgun to try and...

Shooter identified himself as a muslim, Mr. Abdul Mohammad, formerly Mr. Bledsoe. previously of Memphis and Nashville. Recently converted to Islam while in Prison.Breaking live on LRPD press conference.

Tennessean - headline and link only. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090530/NEWS01/905300331/Nashville+hotel+drops+jihad+conference+over+safety+concerns

The manager of a prominent Nashville hotel cancelled a contract with a conservative foundation to hold a conference this weekend on radical Islam, apparently after learning that the group would feature a keynote address by controversial Dutch parliamentarian and filmmaker, Geert Wilders. Muslim groups succeeded in preventing Wilders from screening “Fitna,” his 15-minute movie on radical Islam, in the House of Lords this February, on claims it was insulting to Muslims, and dogged him during a recent U.S. tour as well. Thomas A. Negri, managing director of Loew’s Vanderbilt Hotel and Office complex in Nashville, told Newsmax on Wednesday that...

In these hard times, Americans are trying hard to relax and take refuge in entertainment. But The Washington Post is insisting that country music fans are not really sympathetic figures. They are prone to self-congratulation and "closing ranks" behind the thought that they live in the "real America." The Post music critic going by the name Josh Freedom du Lac – that just can’t be his name – doesn’t really seem to like patriotic music, despite the patriotic byline. He worries that songs like Jason Aldean’s "Hicktown" or the Zac Brown Band’s "Chicken Fried" do something wrong: They are...

A counter-terrorism expert researching extremism at U.S. mosques claims authorities in Nashville, Tenn., ignored his report of child abuse by teachers at a local mosque due to fear of retribution from Muslim organizations such at the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Dave Gaubatz, a former Air Force special agent, told WND he informed the local prosecutor, the FBI and Sgt. Brooks Harris of the Metropolitan Police Department in Nashville of a 7-year-old girl who says teachers at the Al-Farooq mosque "hit the children" during Shariah, or Islamic law, lessons. Harris insists he was not initially given enough information to pursue the...

A NewsChannel 5 investigation uncovers what could become a major ticket-fixing scandal in the city of Nashville.And it raises new questions about whether there's one set of laws for those with connections -- and another for the rest of us.But unlike a ticket-fixing problem exposed by NewsChannel 5 Investigates three years ago, it's not the city's elected judges who are dismissing the tickets.So who is it?Our chief investigative reporter Phil Williams has an investigation more than six months in the making.***When you're out on the highway, the radar detector doesn't know who you are.But when deputy juvenile court clerk Matt Drury got ticketed for...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The headmaster of Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville announced late Thursday afternoon that the school will be closed on Friday and for up to seven days over concerns related to the H1N1 flu virus. Headmaster Brad Gioia said the decision was prompted after a student appears to have the virus. Gioia said the student was taken to an area hospital, treated, released and was resting at home. The school notified MBA parents about the school's closure at about 5 p.m. "It is concerning," said MBA parent Worrick Robinson. "I don't remember anything of this magnitude coming through...

Williamson County girl, Harding Academy.

Miller Dies In Hometown Of Augusta, Ga. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Longtime WSMV-TV anchor Dan Miller died Wednesday night of a heart attack in his hometown of Augusta, Ga. at the age of 67. Miller was in Augusta to watch practice rounds of the Masters Golf Tournament with fellow friends and longtime co-workers Terry Bulger and Rudy Kalis. Miller had anchored evening newscasts for Channel 4 since the 1970s. For a short time, he worked in Los Angeles TV news and was Pat Sajak's sidekick for a short-lived late-night talk show Sajak did on CBS-TV. He returned to WSMV-TV in the...

Were Nashville to be hit with a catastrophic event like a bio-weapon terrorist attack or a citywide flu pandemic, a new emergency response initiative would allow volunteers to quickly gather and dispense medicine to the entire citizenry within 48 hours. Mayor Karl Dean held a news conference Tuesday to announce the program and to call for volunteers. Dean’s office said the program, being conducted with Hands On Nashville, was the largest emergency recruitment drive ever. The plan calls for 4,000 volunteers citywide. “We need to be prepared to respond to any time of major disaster in our city,” Dean said....

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/March/09-crm-260.html MS-13 Member Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Involvement in Rico Conspiracy WASHINGTON – A member of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison and five years of supervised release for his participation in a racketeering enterprise, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Edward M. Yarbrough of the Middle District of Tennessee announced. Manuel Marquez, a/k/a "Morro," was sentenced in Nashville, Tenn., by Chief Judge Todd J. Campbell of the Middle District of Tennessee. At his plea...

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Dave Gaubatz, the first U.S. civilian (1811) Federal Agent deployed to Iraq in 2003. He is currently the Director of the Mapping Sharia Project and the Owner of DG Counter-terrorism Publishing (dgaubatz.blogspot.com). He can be contacted at davegaubatz@gmail.com. FP: Dave Gaubatz, welcome to Frontpage Interview. You have been conducting some Counter-Terrorism (CT) field research during the last month. Tell us the results. Gaubatz: I want to thank FPM for the opportunity to bring an issue to the attention of the American public. In early Feb 2009, I went to a prayer and lecture at a...

The Nashville Tea Party was held today at Legislative Plaza. We had a crowd, by two estimations, of around 600. While it was cool and misting rain, the support was warming. Some of the speakers today were: Robin Smith,Tennessee GOP Chairman, Dave Evans, who is running against Bart Gordon in the 6th Congressional district, Nathan Moore, former Chairman of the Davidson County Young Republicans, Ben Cunningham of Tennessee Tax Revolt, and Susan Lynn, State Representative.Also in attendance today were FReepers fullchroma,CrappieLuck,NewRomeTacitus, and a couple others. The FReepers Robin Smith Dave Evans

Hey, Tennessee Freepers, let's roll! Date: Friday, February 27, 2009 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Location: Legislative Plaza Take a stand this Friday against Porkulous - the opposite of Reaganomics.

In announcing the defeat of a measure to make English Nashville’s official language, The New York Times could barely contain its glee. In a special election last week, the proposed ordinance — which would have required city workers to speak English on the job — “drew only 43.5 percent” of the vote, The Times reported. In other words, only 43.5 percent of the city’s residents are so bigoted, intolerant and hateful as to expect immigrants to learn our native tongue. Hooray for diversity. Typical of what The Times considers balanced coverage, the story only quotes opponents, like Nashville Mayor Karl...

Nashville rejects English-only measure Opponents feared the change would put up a 'go away' sign in the city where 1 in 10 residents are foreign born and international businesses keep the economy humming. By Richard Fausset January 23, 2009 Reporting from Atlanta -- Modern-day Nashville is a city that thrives as much on global trade as it does on its trademark twang. So for many business and government leaders, it was a great relief Thursday night when voters rejected a ballot measure that would have limited local government to conducting its business in English. The proposal sparked debates familiar to...

The city of Nashville, Tennessee has decided that it will not become an English-only city. Yesterday, voters there gave a thumbs-down to a proposal - called "English First" - that proponents say would have not only united the city but saved money. It would have mandated that the government there conduct its daily affairs in English.Opponents say becoming an English-only city could have given Nashville a "bad reputation."From the Associated Press via Fox News: Business leaders, academics, religious leaders, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean and Gov. Phil Bredesen argued the measure would tarnish the city's welcoming image, harm tourism and business...

On a blustery Sunday, January 11 with temperatures falling through the 30s, the Christian and Jewish communities of middle Tennessee came together to support Israel in her war with the Hamas Islamic terrorists. Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN) and the local Jewish community organized the rally held at Legislative Plaza adjacent to Capitol Hill which overlooks the plaza. more

Gov. Phil Bredesen and Nashville Mayor Karl Dean are urging rejection of a controversial English-only amendment on the Nashville ballot. They said they will cast early votes on Monday in the referendum election on proposed amendments to the Metro Charter, including the English-only amendment. Gov. Bredesen and Mayor Dean will vote at 8 a.m. CST at the Davidson County Election Commission, which is located at 800 2nd Avenue.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Authorities say the unusual behavior of a New York truck driver who was pulled over for speeding and then shot during a confrontation with a state trooper has prompted them to investigate possible terrorist ties. Mohammed Medhat Karim, 46, was pulled over Monday by Tennessee Highway Patrol Trooper Thomas C. Kilpatrick for speeding on U.S. Highway 64 in Wayne County, about 80 miles southwest of Nashville. As Kilpatrick was returning with the citation, authorities said Karim backed into the trooper's car, and "there was a confrontation at that time." Kilpatrick fired several shots, striking the driver...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - He was accused of killing a Nashville mother and daughter after being in the country illegally, and Monday Jose Sosa will be in court facing a jury for the beginning of his trial. Jose Sosa was just 16-years old when he allegedly stabbed Lori and Adrian Roundtree to death in April 2006. Police matched fingerprints at the crime scene to Sosa's in the FBI's database. They were taken when he was arrested for illegally entering the country. He was sent back across the border, only to re-enter later.

ABC’s coverage of Tuesday night’s second of three debates between presidential candidates Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama led the four broadcast networks’ coverage of the 90-minute event, according to overnight data reported by Nielsen Media Research from 55 of the 56 metered markets in the country.

Any Freepers going to the Townhall debate on Oct 7th in Nashville? We need to destroy Obama and hit him hard with questions on Ayers, Wright, his Stalinist tactics, everything. This is the one big chance to destroy this Communist, anti-American liar once and for all.

Gores to host Obama fundraiser Nashville | July 24, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore is preparing to host a Nashville fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, say officials. A spokeswoman for Gore, has confirmed that Al and Tipper Gore have agreed to the event although a date and location have not been set, nor even whether Obama himself would attend, The Tennessean, a Nashville newspaper, reported Wednesday. Wade Munday, a spokesman for the Tennessee Democratic Party, said we would certainly welcome the senator with open arms should he arrive in Nashville before the October...

NASHVILLE, Tenn - The 5-year-old daughter of contemporary Christian music star Steven Curtis Chapman was struck and killed Wednesday by a sport utility vehicle driven by her brother, authorities said. The girl, Maria, was hit in a driveway on the family residence Wednesday afternoon by a Toyota Land Cruiser driven by her teenage brother, said Laura McPherson, a spokesman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol. McPherson said no charges are expected. "It looks like a tragic accident," she said. She said several members of the Chapman family witnessed the accident, which happened in Williamson County just south of Nashville. The brother...

AUSTIN — Deirdre Delisi once aspired to be a diplomat, and Gov. Rick Perry may have finally granted her wish. As head of the Texas Transportation Commission, Perry's former chief of staff will test her diplomatic skills in an emotion-filled arena in which a state senator has already called her a "political hack." In an early sign of her peacemaking potential, the 35-year-old Delisi scheduled one of her first meetings as chair with that senator, Transportation and Homeland Security Committee Chairman John Carona, R-Dallas. "I was left with the impression that she genuinely wants a new and fresh start for...

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. - , an influential gospel singer and songwriter, died early Sunday when her tour bus ran off the highway and struck an embankment. She was 74. Seven other people on the bus were injured in the wreck about two miles east of Mount Vernon on Interstate 44, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. They were hospitalized in Springfield with moderate to severe injuries, according to the patrol. It was unclear whether the crash was related to the severe storms and tornadoes that hit the region on Saturday. Storms also swept through the area later in the night, according...

“Diplomacy without force is like music without instruments.” http://home.peoplepc.com/psp/newsstory.asp?cat=TopStories&id=20080508/48227ac0_3ca6_155262008050828422566 Biographer: Country superstar Eddy Arnold dies at 89 Thursday, May 8, 2008 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at Belmont University and author of the biography "Eddy Arnold: I'll Hold You in My Heart." His wife of 66 years, Sally, had died in March, and in the same...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at Belmont University and author of the biography "Eddy Arnold: I'll Hold You in My Heart." His wife of 66 years, Sally, had died in March, and in the same month, Arnold fell outside his home, injuring his hip. Arnold's vocals on songs like the 1965 "Make the World Go Away,"...

Eddy Arnold, whose mellow baritone on songs like "Make the World Go Away" made him one of the most successful country singers in history, died Thursday morning, days short of his 90th birthday. Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville, said Don Cusic, a professor at Belmont University and author of the biography "Eddy Arnold: I'll Hold You in My Heart." His wife of 66 years, Sally, had died in March, and in the same month, Arnold fell outside his home, injuring his hip. Arnold's vocals on songs like the 1965 "Make the World Go Away," one of his...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Midstate family claims that someone stole votes from a mentally challenged woman who lives in a state-run facility. The state is investigating the claim. Although there are laws to prevent such a crime, it still happens. Kelly Harper, 24, never recovered from a childhood accident. A head injury caused a stroke and, in essence, froze her brain in time. "Mentally, she's at the 1-year-old stage," said her mother Becky Moss. Helpless on her own, Kelly's lived at the state-run Clover Bottom Developmental Center in Nashville the past 16 years. Moss is Harper's conservator. A court order...

Good reporters flee The Tennessean as the paper flounders in the free media age by Matt Pulle Imagine you're Tennessean editor Mark Silverman. The job is not what it once was. First of all, one of your titles is vice president for content and audience development, which makes you sound like a middle manager at the WB network. The stock of Gannett, your corporate parent, is down 42 percent in just the last year. And worst of all, you feel the need to tailor the paper's coverage away from politics and crime and toward soft, lifestyle features as you try...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A teenage passenger from California was arrested in Nashville for plotting to hijack a plane from Los Angeles to Nashville, the FBI said Friday. FBI spokesman George Bolds told The Associated Press the 16-year-old boy was removed from Southwest Airlines Flight 284 Tuesday night by authorities at Nashville International Airport and found with "suspicious" items. Bolds said the teen had handcuffs, rope and duct tape in his bag and was believed to be traveling alone. The juvenile's name has not been released. "His plan had a low probability of success," Bolds said. Southwest Airlines spokeswoman Brandy King...

Democrats angered at the image of country and western as Right-wing “redneck music” are planning a tour of Middle America during the 2008 election campaign by Nashville artists opposed to the Iraq war. An alliance called the Music Row Democrats is poised to re-launch itself early next year in an attempt to seize back country music from the Republican camp and spread their message that President George W. Bush’s party does not care about ordinary people. Slowly but surely, more country singers are performing songs critical of the Bush administration. Merle Haggard, who once sang the anti-hippie anthem “Okie from...

Mrs. Risya Posner, who with her husband Rabbi Zalman Posner established the first Chabad-Lubavitch presence in Nashville, Tenn., died Tuesday at the age 80. An inimitable force behind Lubavitch outreach operations and techniques across the world, she was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Lubavitch parents who had immigrated from Russia. She and her husband pioneered the field of campus-based outreach, almost immediately inviting Vanderbilt University students to their home after their arrival in Nashville. From when she was a baby until her last day in the hospital, she elicited love from those who were mere acquaintances as easily as from...

Before Tennessee Republican Fred Thompson began running for president, the South did not have a top-tier Republican candidate in the field — even though that region is fertile political ground for that party. Thompson, an actor and former U.S. senator (1994-2003), last month formally joined a field in which the best-known Republican contenders were either from the Northeast (former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney) or from the West (Arizona Sen. John McCain). So it was not exactly shocking that a detailed campaign finance report Thompson’s campaign filed Monday with the Federal Election Commission...

Percy Priest Elementary in Forrest Hills was placed on lockdown Wednesday after an intruder entered the school. The man, 43-year-old Michael Street, was first spotted in the school yard and then pushed his way into the south Nashville school. After about 45 minutes, Metro Police managed to subdue Street and he was taken into custody. Parent Michelle Evans was volunteering at the school when Street pushed his way inside. “I heard a call come into the office that said, ‘Second grade… Call the police.’ I had a second grader and so I went to one of the doors to see...