Saturday, January 30, 2016

Nashville schools director task force offers recommendations and other top stories.

  • Nashville schools director task force offers recommendations

    Nashville schools director task force offers recommendations
    Buy PhotoMetro school board member Anna Shepherd, right, and Director of Schools Jesse Register.(Photo: Jae S. Lee / File / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoA game plan to find Metro Nashville Public Schools' next director is set, and it will be up to the school board to execute.The board's 17-member director-search task force Friday finished its report that provides 10 recommendations on how to go about Nashville's second search to replace retired Director of Schools Jesse Register. The group will prese..
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  • NHL players excited for 3-on-3 All-Star Game

    NHL players excited for 3-on-3 All-Star Game
    NASHVILLE'S NHL ALL-STAR WEEKEND 2016Kael Adams becomes 'stick kid' for NHL All-Stars | 01:16Former Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt patient Kael Adams, 11, finds out that he will be on the bench with players during NHL All-Star Weekend. Samuel M. Simpkins / The Tennessean1 of 12NASHVILLE'S NHL ALL-STAR WEEKEND 2016Predators proud NHL All-Star Game in Nashville | 01:38Predators' players talk about playing in the NHL All-Star Game in Nashvil..
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  • Preds, NHL to Leave Lasting Impact with All-Star Legacy Project

    Preds, NHL to Leave Lasting Impact with All-Star Legacy Project
    In a couple days’ time, the ice at Bridgestone Arena will be stripped of the NHL All-Star logo, the outdoor concert stage will be taken down and the unofficial second half of the NHL season will commence. The 2016 NHL All-Star Weekend festivities won’t last forever, but the impact of the League bringing its signature celebration to Nashville will. On Friday morning, with the help of the Nashville Predators, the NHL and League partner McDonald’s, the NHL All-Star Legacy Project was unveiled, g..
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  • Loniel Greene resigns from Metro Council

    Loniel Greene resigns from Metro Council
    Buy PhotoMetro Councilman Loniel Greene(Photo: Joey Garrison / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoMetro Nashville Councilman Loniel Greene resigned Friday after less than five months on the job amid scrutiny of his actions in court that legal experts say could lead to criminal charges.Greene sent a letter to Vice Mayor David Briley late Friday, resigning from the District 1 seat. The letter, released to The Tennessean by a representative for Greene, says Greene has become a distraction to the work of the c..
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  • Police looking for suspects who robbed north Nashville phone store

    Police looking for suspects who robbed north Nashville phone store
    Facebook says it’s cracking down on online gun sales, announcing a new policy barring private individuals from advertising or selling firear…
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  • Tennessee's Super Bowl ties include Peyton Manning, 'Snacks'

    Tennessee's Super Bowl ties include Peyton Manning, 'Snacks'
    Former Tennessee State offensive guard Robert "Snacks" Myers, now with the Denver Broncos, is one of several Midstate connections with Super Bowl 50.(Photo: Brian Spurlock / USA TODAY)The Midstate has ties to one of the most well-known players in Super Bowl 50 and one of the least-known.Of course, there’s Tennessee Vols great Peyton Manning, who is set to play in his fourth Super Bowl when the Denver Broncos face the Carolina Panthers on Feb. 7.And then there’s one of Manning’s newest teammates,..
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  • Man shot, killed outside Whites Creek H.S. during basketball game

    Man shot, killed outside Whites Creek H.S. during basketball game
    (Photo: WKRN) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A man died after he was shot in the parking lot of Whites Creek High School Friday night. It happened at around 8:10 p.m. during a basketball game against Pearl Cohn Magnet High School. According to police, 23-year-old James Nevils was shot during halftime as he conversed with two men outside the gymnasium. He was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center where he died around midnight. Nevils reportedly told those around him he was..
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  • International Gay Rugby tourney coming to Nashville in May

    International Gay Rugby tourney coming to Nashville in May
    Heidi Hall, For The Tennessean 5:04 p.m. CST January 29, 2016Luke Anderson, facing camera, gets a hug from Grizzlies Rugby Football Club teammate Will Harmon at the 2014 Bingham Cup held in Sydney, Australia. The biennial event is being held in Nashville in May.(Photo: Submitted)A lopsided league vote sent International Gay Rugby’s biennial tournament to Nashville over Chicago, and now the city’s host team, the Grizzlies, are ramping up to accommodate 1,500 players and guests arrivi..
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  • Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame to honor Keenan Reynolds

    Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame to honor Keenan Reynolds
    Former Goodpasture quarterback Keenan Reynolds, now at Navy, set the FBS record for career rushing touchdowns and yards.(Photo: USA TODAY)Former Goodpasture quarterback Keenan Reynolds, now at Navy, will be recognized by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame for setting the Football Bowl Subdivision record for rushing touchdowns and rushing yards by a quarterback.Reynolds will be honored at the Hall of Fame banquet on June 18 at the Omni Nashville Hotel.Reynolds scored 88 TDs and rushed for 4,559 ya..
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  • Missing Florida teen may be in Nashville area

    Missing Florida teen may be in Nashville area
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. – As part of its ongoing search, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is asking for the public’s help to locate 17 year-old Chasity Owens. Chasity was last seen in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area on August 18, 2015, but she is believed to be in the Nashville, Tennessee area. Chasity is 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. She has blue eyes and blonde hair. Anyone with information is urged to call 1-800-THE-LOST (1-800-843-5678) or Fort Lauderdale Po..
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