Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Report: Nashville schools lack workforce diversity and other top stories.

  • Report: Nashville schools lack workforce diversity

    Buy PhotoNashville's teaching pool lacks diversity, according to a recent report.(Photo: File / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoA Metro Human Relations Commission report released Wednesday shows Metro Schools lacks employee diversity, reaffirming work the district's human resources department has slowly undertaken over the years.The report details that Latinos, Asians and Pacific Islanders are underrepresented among Metro Nashville Public Schools' workforce and the ratio of teacher diversity doesn't mat..
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  • Nashville health chief pushes for a nurse in every school

    Nashville health chief pushes for a nurse in every school
    Buy PhotoMetro Nashville Health Department Bill Paul wants Metro to fund a nurse in every Metro school. In this photo from 2012, Amy Fisher, nursing coordinator for the Franklin Special School District, helps third-grader Ian Pearson with a breathing treatment at Johnson Elementary.(Photo: Shelley Mays/Tennessean)Buy PhotoNashville’s health chief wants Metro government to spend millions on an annual basis to ensure every public school in Davidson County has a full-time nurse.Metro Public Health ..
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  • Edgehill Rocks music fest returns to Nashville

    Edgehill Rocks music fest returns to Nashville
    Share This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutEdgehill Rocks music fest returns to NashvilleIt's officially festival season in Music City, and one of the first events takes place Saturday in Edgehill Village.Sent!A link has been sent to your friend's email address.Posted!A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Edgehill Rocks music fest returns to NashvilleBassh will perform at Edgehill Rocks.(Photo: Submitted)It's officially festival season in Music Cit..
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  • Westin Nashville to have city's highest-level bar L27

    Westin Nashville to have city's highest-level bar L27
    Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries:AutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideSocial gathering place and eatery Decker & Dyer and the high-end resort-style Rhapsody Spa also plannedA lobby bar that will be part of Decker & Dyer at The Westin Nashville.(Photo: Westin Nashville)Story HighlightsThe Westin will include 454 guestrooms and suites and 20,000 square feet of adaptable event space including 12 meeting venues.Using an app and keyless entry, guests w..
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  • UT: "The truth will come out" no matter where sex assault lawsuit is ...

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    UT: "The truth will come out" no matter where sex assault lawsuit is heard WBIR , WBIR 3:24 PM. EST March 30, 2016 The torchbearer statue on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. (Photo: Jim Matheny, WBIR) NASHVILLE - A federal judge on Tuesday denied the University of Tennessee's request to move a sweeping gender discrimination lawsuit to Knoxville and remove any mention of the decades old sexual harassment allegations against former football stando..
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  • Nashville woman arrested for setting her home on fire

    Nashville woman arrested for setting her home on fire
    Nashville Fire Department investigators have arrested a 53-year-old woman they say set her own home on fire. Terri Albright was arrested Monday on one count of arson in connection to a March 16 fire she set at her own home at 221 Treutland Ave., fire spokesman Brian Haas said. Albright had told investigators that on March 16, she left for work around 7:35 a.m., but returned about 10 minutes later because she left her cell phone. The fire, Haas said, was phoned in by the home alarm company at..
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  • Gov.'s revised budget includes $8M to keep ABC's 'Nashville' in ...

    Gov.'s revised budget includes $8M to keep ABC's 'Nashville' in ...
    Gov.’s revised budget includes $8M to keep ABC’s ‘Nashville’ in Music City By Najahe Sherman Published: March 30, 2016, 6:45 pm Updated: March 30, 2016, 6:47 pm (Courtesy: ABC's "Nashville") NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Governor Bill Haslam’s revised budget includes $8 million to keep the ABC television show “Nashville” in the Tennessee capital. Wednesday Haslam spoke with News 2 about the motivation behind the move. “We wanted to send a message to Lions Gate and ABC that if..
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  • Nashville man works 50 years without taking sick day

    Nashville man works 50 years without taking sick day
    Photo: WKRN NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Could you imagine never taking a sick day from work? One Nashville man has gone 50 years without using one. At 77-years-old Rhea Holt is finally retiring from Autow NationaLease Truck Rental. “I’ve been here for 50 years,” he told News 2. The company hired Rhea as a mechanic in March of 1966. “He’s never missed a day in the history of the company for being sick,” Autow President Lee Harlan said. Rhea has never called in sick, never had a famil..
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  • Tennessee-based cancer charities labeled 'shams' hit with record ...

    Tennessee-based cancer charities labeled 'shams' hit with record ...
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Two Tennessee-based cancer charities labeled "shams" by the Federal Trade Commission have settled a massive fraud case, along with their president, by agreeing to a $75.8 million judgment and the dissolution of the businesses. But the government may never see much of that money. The complaint filed last year accused James T. Reynolds Sr. and others of spending donations meant for cancer patients on six-figure salaries and luxury vacations. The FTC said it is the largest ..
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  • Jimmy Vesey's advisors dispute Predators' claims

    Jimmy Vesey's advisors dispute Predators' claims
    Buy PhotoPredators forward prospect Jimmy Vesey, right, seems unlikely to sign with the team that drafted him in the third round in 2012.(Photo: Samuel M. Simpkins / File / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoAfter news emerged Monday that Predators forward prospect Jimmy Vesey would test free agency, his representatives shared their side of the situation for the first time in a statement released Wednesday."After being fully advised of his options and upon the recommendation of his advisors and counselors,..
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Haslam proposes $8M to keep ABC's 'Nashville' in Music City .Nissan Stadium upkeep could put Metro on hook for millions .
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