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SportsNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt's women opened the season with a blowout at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville on Monday, beating Lipscomb 112-53 for the program's highest point total in a game since 1998. Only a 116-point game against Hampton in November 1998 tops it in that…
Business
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Henrietta Red, the seafood restaurant in Nashville's Germantown neighborhood known for its oysters, will shut down in April 2027 after about 10 years in business, chef and co-owner Julia Sullivan announced Tuesday. The restaurant sits at 1200 4th Ave. N., in a mixed-use building called The Square…
Crime
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A 45-year-old man who police say never held a Tennessee license to treat animals was arrested Tuesday and charged with impersonating a veterinarian at Caudle Veterinary Clinic on Gallatin Pike in Nashville. Metro Nashville Police identified the man as Prashant Pandya. He faces a felony count. Detectives…
Crime
TIPTONVILLE, Tenn. — A man serving a life sentence for murder who escaped from a state prison in Tiptonville in late October is back in custody, arrested Tuesday in Carroll County, Missouri, after his vehicle got stuck while he tried to leave the road, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said.…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Nashville's Metro Council will have to lose at least half its seats after the Tennessee Supreme Court upheld a state law that limits metropolitan councils to 20 voting members. The council now has 40 members: 35 who represent districts and five elected at-large. Nashville is the only…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Democrats picked up ground in the Tennessee House of Representatives for the first time in eight years on Tuesday, ousting six Republican incumbents, though the GOP held on to its supermajority in the General Assembly. Unofficial results showed the challengers winning in districts spread across the state.…
Politics
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Republican U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty secured a second term Tuesday, defeating Democrat Marquita Bradshaw in a repeat of their 2020 matchup, while one of the night's biggest surprises came in a Middle Tennessee U.S. House seat. Six years ago Hagerty beat Bradshaw with about 62% of the…
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