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• Investigation continues after child drowns in neighbor's pool

  14-05-2015 23:42
  
  A Columbia neighborhood is in shock after a 5-year-old boy drowned in a neighbor's pool on Wednesday.
  
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• 30 restaurants taking part in Second Harvest fundraiser

  14-05-2015 23:41
  Second Harvest Food Bank will host its annual fundraiser, Generous Helpings, at City Winery on Thursday night.
  
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• Middle school students arrested for stealing school bus

  14-05-2015 23:19
  
  Metro detectives have charged three middle school students with stealing a a bus from Peal Cohn High School in the early morning hours of April 25.
  
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• Youth Villages provides counseling for teens in foster care

  14-05-2015 23:02
  Some 8,000 children call Tennessee's foster care system home. Every year, nearly 1,000 of them age out. But what happens when they do?
  
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• Building commission approves renovation plan for Cordell Hull building

  14-05-2015 22:47
  
  Tennessee lawmakers are a step closer toward getting a new home.
  
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• School responds after York Co. senior asked to take down American flag

  14-05-2015 22:39
  
  Just before noon Thursday, officials at York Comprehensive High School said Peyton Robinson could keep the flag on his vehicle as long as no safety hazard exists.
  
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• Weekend work planned on I-24 in Montgomery Co.

  14-05-2015 22:33
  
  Drivers who use Interstate 24 in Montgomery County may need to find another route this weekend.
  
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• Haslam comments on poll results on Insure Tennessee

  14-05-2015 22:29
  
  A Vanderbilt poll released on Wednesday found the majority of Tennessee voters favor the Insure Tennessee plan.
  
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• 2 charged in robbery at Nashville gas station

  14-05-2015 22:25
  
  Two convicted felons have been charged in Tuesday night's robbery at a Nashville Mapco Express.
  
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• Walk of Fame Park to reopen June 4

  14-05-2015 21:27
  
  The newly renovated Walk of Fame Park will reopen on June 4, and it will include two new members.
  
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• Public meet-up planned for Bike to Work Day

  14-05-2015 21:23
  
  Friday is Bike to Work Day in Nashville.
  
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• From the Stones at LP Field to 2 Chainz at Municipal, here's a season of smokin' shows

  14-05-2015 20:31
  
  Psych-pop Band Idle Bloom. Catch them playing this summer! May 23: Tour de Fun at the Grassy Knolls near Bongo East and the T Rex Tribute Show at The Basement June 1: At The Basement with Stone Jack Jones June 20: Nameless Fest at The End As far as sheer joy, the Southern Girls Rock 'n' Roll Camp Showcase has all other summer shows beat.
  
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• 8 elderly people injured in Hermitage tram accident

  14-05-2015 20:01
  
  The people were on board the ride at 4347 Lebanon Pike. There is no word on the extent of their injuries.
  
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• Overturned semi affecting traffic on I-24 East in Rutherford County

  14-05-2015 19:56
  
  An overturned semi truck has closed one lane of eastbound Interstate 24 in Rutherford County.
  
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• Community Health Systems bringing 1,500 new jobs to Antioch

  14-05-2015 19:31
  
  Community Health Systems is building a new shared services center that will create 1,500 new jobs over the next five years in Antioch.
  
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• TBI issues warning about dangerous pills

  14-05-2015 19:26
  
  Law enforcement officers recently made a drug bust at a traffic stop and found 30 mg pills of what appeared to be oxycodone. When the pills underwent testing, they discovered the pills contained fentanyl.
  
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• Search ongoing in south Nashville for man who escaped from police custody

  14-05-2015 19:24
  
  The suspect was in custody of the Davidson County Sheriff's Office when he escaped on the 700 block of Brentwood Place, which is off Edmondson Pike.
  
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• FAA to investigate plane collision at Tullahoma airport

  14-05-2015 18:58
  
  The FAA has been called in to investigate a plane crash that happened at the Tullahoma Municipal Airport on Wednesday night.
  
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• Injuries reported in tram accident in Hermitage

  14-05-2015 18:55
  
  The people were on board the ride at 4347 Lebanon Pike. There is no word on the extent of the injuries.
  
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• Community Health Systems creating almost 1,600 new jobs in Antioch

  14-05-2015 18:13
  
  Gov. Bill Haslam and Mayor Karl Dean were on hand for Thursday morning's announcement.
  
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• Clarksville man wanted in connection to vehicle burglary

  14-05-2015 17:07
  
  Jack Louis Janes, 33, is accused of taking two Honda portable generators from a van parked at a restaurant on Fort Campbell Boulevard on May 11.
  
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• Photo of professor holding baby in class goes viral

  14-05-2015 17:00
  
  A photo of a college professor holding a baby is going viral and the story behind it is warming hearts across the internet.
  
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• Police: Man caused disturbance with machete, drove drunk

  14-05-2015 16:40
  
  Metro police were called to a home on the 1100 block of Maplehurst Avenue on Wednesday about "an intoxicated person wielding a machete and causing a disturbance," according to the affidavit.
  
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• Exclusive: Nashville health-tech firm with Vanderbilt ties cuts workforce

  14-05-2015 16:14
  
  Ten-year-old Nashville health IT company Informatics Corporation of America, also known as ICA, recently cut 20 employees, or about 20 percent of its staff.
  
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• Another player enters Nashville's booming apartment market

  14-05-2015 15:06
  
  It's hardly a secret anymore: There's plenty of money to be made buying and selling apartment projects in Nashville.
  
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• Haslam to honor 3 slain servicemen from Tennessee

  14-05-2015 14:06
  
  Gov. Bill Haslam will honor three slain Armed Services members from Tennessee during a ceremony in Nashville.
  
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• Some tips for making the dining season in Nashville one big patio party

  14-05-2015 14:01
  
  Grabbing a seat on the patio in the height of a Nashville summer feels like dining with the devil, but on those days when the burn of the sun is alleviated by a cooling breeze, here are some of the best places to sit when you want to feel some freon-free air on your skin. Headquarters : I am reluctant to tell you about the back patio behind Headquarters, the tiny coffeeshop on Charlotte, because it seats about 10 people at most.
  
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• Why Yautja is poised to make a major impact on metal

  14-05-2015 14:01
  
  From the very inception of heavy metal, some of the genre's most extraordinary acts have stood out by making aggressive music that doesn't necessarily - or at least exclusively - incite anger. Local trio Yautja knows how to grab, thrill and jolt the audience without relying on rage and gloom.
  
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• Megan Barry says she expected to be outspent by her mayoral rivals...

  14-05-2015 14:01
  
  Megan Barry has been thinking about this summer for years. The 51-year-old corporate executive and two-term At-Large Metro Councilwoman knew when she first signaled she would run for mayor that others would follow, bringing with them deeper pockets than hers.
  
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• Van crashes into train in Bowling Green

  14-05-2015 13:54
  
  The Bowling Green Police Department said 59-year-old Rukata Sadiki was driving a van west on E. 13th Avenue.
  
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• Teen survives 60-foot fall down cliff in Clarksville

  14-05-2015 13:54
  
  The teen was hiking near Max Court when he fell an estimated 60 feet before stopping near the Cumberland River, according to the Clarksville Police Department.
  
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• Hunter Hayes to perform at Public Schools Hall of Fame luncheon

  14-05-2015 13:33
  
  The Nashville Public Education Foundation is holding its 11th Annual Public Schools Hall of Fame luncheon on Thursday.
  
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• Four injured in head-on wreck near New Melle

  14-05-2015 12:13
  
  Four people were injured when the vehicles they were riding collided in a head-on wreck in New Melle Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Carrie Underwood leads CMT Awards nominations

  14-05-2015 12:01
  
  Country music A-listers and Hollywood stars collide at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., for the Kristen Bell-hosted show CMT announced Wednesday that Underwood scored two nominations for video of the year with the Grammy-winning "Something in the Water" and "Somethin' Bad," her duet with Miranda Lambert. Underwood also earned two nominations for female video of the year with "Something in the Water" and "Little Toy Guns."
  
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• Tennessee Department of Health Office of Vital Records moving

  14-05-2015 07:49
  
  The Tennessee Department of Health Office of Vital Records, which provides copies of birth certificates and other important documents, is moving. Effective May 19th the office will be located in the Andrew Johnson building at 710 James Robertson Parkway in Nashville.
  
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• Elderly cancer patient calls 911 for food

  14-05-2015 06:51
  
  For 81-year-old Clarence Blackmon, a simple ham sandwich was a feast of human kindness.
  
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• Teen seriously injured in crash graduates high school

  14-05-2015 04:38
  
  Graduation night was especially memorable for one Midstate high school senior.
  
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• Coach resigns after student reports racist comments

  14-05-2015 04:25
  
  A Midstate high school baseball coach has resigned and is now the subject of a civil rights investigation.
  
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• Convicted felon charged in 2011 nightclub murder

  14-05-2015 04:02
  
  Nearly four years after a fatal shooting inside a busy nightclub, Metro police has filed a criminal homicide warrant against 24-year-old Zantaun Horton.
  
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• Zach Vinson Album Release Show Tonight at The High Watt

  14-05-2015 03:45
  
  Even in a guitar town like Nashville, you'd think more local acts would want to follow in the piano-pop footsteps of Ben Folds or Gabe Dixon. That's precisely what Midwesterner Zach Vinson came here to do.
  
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• High School prank fills yearbook with pineapples

  14-05-2015 03:45
  
  Students at Little Rock Christian Academy are getting a lot of attention online thanks to their 2015 yearbook.
  
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• Despite felony conviction, past discipline, attorneys' licenses not suspended

  14-05-2015 02:23
  
  Midstate lawyers Fletcher Long and Carrie Gasaway were convicted of extortion on Tuesday.
  
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• Couple donates embryos to recipients on Facebook

  14-05-2015 01:43
  A Tennessee couple who made big news when they offered up their embryos on Facebook finally gave away their gift this week.
  
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• Dirt hauled from Alabama for Clarksville ballparks

  14-05-2015 01:28
  
  A viewer in Clarksville contacted Channel 4 to ask why she was seeing truck after truck from the Montgomery County Highway Department returning from out of state with loads of baseball dirt.
  
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• Some voters find trouble registering before Nashville mayoral election

  14-05-2015 01:21
  
  Nashville's mayoral election isn't until Aug. 6, but potential voters may want to pencil in July 7 as well.
  
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• Hearse carrying veteran stops for coffee

  14-05-2015 00:50
  
  Jim Rudolph, president of Veterans Funeral Care, said his core business is honoring vets and the pit stop went against that.
  
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• Channel 4 producer reunited with husband after tour in Afghanistan

  14-05-2015 00:38
  
  Wednesday was a very special homecoming for a member of the Channel 4 family.
  
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• Report: Pilot in deadly plane crash did not file flight plan

  14-05-2015 00:35
  
  The woman killed in a plane crash in Lincoln County did not file a flight plan before taking off on the flight that ended her life.
  
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• Mayor Dean working to make Nashville's workforce more diverse

  14-05-2015 00:26
  
  Mayor Karl Dean said he wants to see more diversity in the city of Nashville, and he has a plan to make it happen.
  
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• Two cars involved in head on wreck near New Melle

  14-05-2015 00:04
  
  Police said two cars were involved in a head on wreck in New Melle Wednesday afternoon.
  
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