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• Good Samaritan near Nashville in '02 sought on Facebook

  

  Maddie Williams, left, and her brother Dan Williams Jr., pose for a picture. Maddie wants to find a man who helped her family at a car accident scene 13 years ago near Millersville.(Photo: Submitted)An Ohio woman wants to find the good Samaritan who helped her family at a car accident scene near Millersville 13 years ago.To help find the man, Maddie Williams posted a public Facebook status that has since had thousands of shares.Williams was 4 when her family was in a serious accident near Miller..

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• Rainy start to the week for Nashville, Midstate

  

  The Tennessean8:42 p.m. CST November 29, 2015.(Photo: National Weather Service)Grab that umbrella and prepare for a wet commute, it's gonna be a rainy start to the week across Nashville and throughout Middle Tennessee.The Midstate should expect showers through Tuesday night thanks to a cold front hanging just west of Nashville.Widespread showers are expected Sunday night and continuing past daybreak Monday, according to the National Weather Service. The morning will have a 70 percent chance of s..

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• Shots fired outside east Nashville church | WKRN News 2

  

  (Photo: WKRN)NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Shots were fired outside of an east Nashville church Sunday morning.The call went in to police just before 11:30 a.m. from outside Greater Grace Temple Community Church at 901 Dalebrook Lane.Pastor Breonus Mitchell told News 2 their service began at 10:30 a.m. They heard shots fired a little after 11 a.m. and kept the church on lock down until 12:15 p.m. when police told them they could leave.Police told News 2 an empty car was shot and no one was injured.A..

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• Brenda Wynn joins Nashville education foundation board

  

  Brenda Wynn.(Photo: NPEF)Davidson County Clerk Brenda Wynn has joined the Nashville Public Education Foundation's board of directors.Wynn is a longtime civic leader and graduate of Metro Nashville Public Schools, according to a news release from the foundation.The Nashville Public Education Foundation has recently begun to ramp up efforts in helping forge a direction to improve Nashville's public schools, and Wynn will help further that mission, the release says.“Brenda not only brings deep civi..

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• Raiders rally to edge Titans in rainy Nashville | Columbia Daily Herald

  

  NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Titans watched another win disappear when the Oakland Raiders rallied late to escape with the 24-21 victory on Sunday at Nissan Stadium.Titans’ quarterback, Marcus Mariota completed 17 of 37 passes for 218 yards and three touchdowns.The Tennessee signal caller threw a pair of costly interceptions in the loss that weren’t completely his fault.“Receivers not running the right routes,” Tennessee interim coach, Mike Mularkey said. “He’s throwing it to the right spot. We wer..

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• Ms

  

  Buy Photo"A Christmas Carol's" Jacob Marley walks the street at Dickens of a Christmas in downtown Franklin on Dec. 13, 2014.(Photo: Samuel M. Simpkins / File / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoThe Ms. Cheap Guide to the Holidays is back, with a full calendar offree things to dothe rest of the year. This is my way of wishing you the very best of everything in this season of joy.Enjoy!Mobile users:Click here for a mobile-friendly calendar.Nov. 30: The Music City Bronze handbell ensemble has five Christmas..

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• Grocery, liquor stores get ready for wine sales

  

  NASHVILLE — As Tennesseans enter their last holiday season unable to pick up a bottle of wine in their local grocery stores, state regulators and Tennessee's liquor wholesalers and retail grocers are gearing up for the launch of wine sales in grocery stores next July 1. Grocers say they're making plans and designing layouts for their wine aisles or sections, but with seven months to go, it's too early to clear out shelf space yet. It's a different story for the 51 liquor whol..

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• Nashville’s real-time bus app on the way

  

  Jimmy Williams gets on an MTA bus at the corner of Burton and Walnut to travel to Nashville on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015.(Photo: Helen Comer / DNJ)Get out your iPhones, Nashville bus riders. Metro’s real-time bus app is almost here.After talks first began five years ago, the Metro Transit Authority is preparing a “soft launch” in December of new real-time information capabilitythat will enable passengers to track the status of buses on mobile appsas well as digital boards at bus stops. A specific..

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• Haslam seeks to manage others' budget hopes amid rebounding...

  

  NASHVILLE — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam opens public hearings today on his administration's upcoming budget, though Tennessee's rebounding revenues have administration officials seeking to dampen state lawmakers' expectations. A major part of the annual revenue game was resolved last week when the State Funding Board lowballed projected revenue growth for the last half of this fiscal year as well as in the FY 2017 spending plan that will come before the General Assembly early next year..

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• Sylvan Park strip shopping center sold

  Most recently, brokers with Cushman & Wakefield Nashville had marketed 2,582 square feet of recently renovated retail space there as available for lease.

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