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• Nashville man charged after child porn found on lost phone

  08-10-2015 23:38
  
  A Nashville man was arrested after police said thousands of images of child pornography were found on his cell phone.
  
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• Loudon County woman sues Knoxville over gun ban at fair

  08-10-2015 22:37
  
  A Loudon County woman is suing the city of Knoxville over its decision to ban guns at Chilhowee Park during last month's Tennessee Valley Fair.
  
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• Remembering The 1905 Nashville Streetcar Protest

  08-10-2015 22:22
  
  The first streetcar in Nashville was celebrated with streamers and bunting in 1889. Until the government stepped in 16 years later, the private companies that ran the lines were more concerned with expanding routes than segregating seats.
  
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• I-65 interchange named in honor of fallen Metro officer

  08-10-2015 22:17
  
  The 25-year-old was working a crash in May 2014 when a motor home driver struck him, killing him instantly. He was barely a year out of the police training academy.
  
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• Midstate volunteers assist in SC flooding relief

  08-10-2015 22:05
  
  Volunteers from Tennessee continue to pour into South Carolina to assist with flood relief.
  
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• Liaison to work with police, sex assault victims at MTSU

  08-10-2015 21:51
  
  A new resource for sexual assault victims at Middle Tennessee State University is getting attention from students on campus.
  
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• GM recalls SUVs, tells owners not to use windshield wipers

  08-10-2015 20:04
  
  General Motors is telling owners of some SUVs not to use their windshield wipers because an electrical short could cause the wiper motor to catch fire.
  
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• Maury County sending boats, rescue techs to SC

  08-10-2015 19:31
  
  All five of these men are veterans of the 2010 flood in Middle Tennessee. Tennessee Emergency Management requested Maury County's help on Wednesday.
  
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• Police: Baby was inside overturned car

  08-10-2015 19:05
  
  A baby was inside of a car when it overturned on Brick Church Pike on Thursday morning.
  
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• Suspect charged with murder in Putnam County shooting

  08-10-2015 18:56
  
  The shooting happened on White Oak Flatt Road in Sparta. One of the victims is in critical condition.
  
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• Perry County Sheriff Tommy Hickerson dies after battling cancer

  08-10-2015 18:22
  
  Hickerson passed away at a Nashville hospital, surrounded by loved ones, on Thursday. He was elected as sheriff in 2010.
  
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• Country singer Scotty McCreery to write autobiography

  08-10-2015 18:14
  
  In this June 11, 2015 file photo, Scotty McCreery performs at Riverfront Stage at the CMA Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn.
  
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• Artober Nashville: The Taming at Looby Theater

  08-10-2015 18:14
  
  The Taming When : Through Oct. 18 Where : Z. Alexander Looby Theater Always count on Tennessee Women's Theater Project to grace the new theater season with a local premiere. Lauren Gunderson's comedy draws inspiration from The Taming of the Shrew, but somehow spices it up with rough-and-tumble contemporary partisan politics and the Miss America Pageant, with a dash of sharply observed truths about the nation's founding .
  
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• 17-year-old girl reported missing in Clarksville

  08-10-2015 17:47
  
  Alexxus Ronna Crile was last seen at her home at 9:45 p.m. on Saturday. She was wearing an all-black Chick-fil-a uniform.
  
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• Man charged in shooting death of Shelbyville woman

  08-10-2015 17:26
  
  Angela Kibble, 45, was found dead at her home on Belmont Avenue in September. David Darrell Fletcher was arrested Thursday morning.
  
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• Best of Nashville, Lera Lynn, Modest Mouse, DJ Squake & More: Inside This Week's Scene

  08-10-2015 15:10
  
  Best of Nashville 2015 : See what artists, albums, shows, venues and local music happenings your trusty scribes and your fellow readers selected in the Scene 's annual Best of Nashville issue.
  
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• Lt. Gov. Ramsey's Facebook post calls for Christians to arm themselves

  08-10-2015 15:09
  
  Tennessee Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey has always been outspoken, but his call for Christians to arm themselves is getting a whole lot of attention.
  
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• Saved by a cross: Woman, grandson cling to cross for 5 hours in raging flood waters

  08-10-2015 15:02
  
  It was early in the morning on Sunday. It was dark and it was raining.
  
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• Crook gets creative trying to break into Nashville home

  08-10-2015 13:54
  
  Kevin Post found a circular hole cut into his house window, a clear sign someone tried to break in.
  
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• Security threat at EKU moves game to Georgetown College

  08-10-2015 13:17
  
  Eastern Kentucky has moved Thursday night's Ohio Valley Conference game against Tennessee Tech north to Georgetown College after a security threat led school officials to cancel classes for the remainder of this week.
  
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• Students utilize AP ex courses developed by TBR

  08-10-2015 13:02
  
  Thousands of students are taking advantage of Advanced Placement exam prep courses developed by faculty from the Tennessee Board of Regents.
  
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• Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council elects new president

  08-10-2015 13:01
  
  The Tennessee AFL-CIO Labor Council has a new president.
  
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• Titans rookie says he thought stop was warning, not ticket

  08-10-2015 12:52
  
  Titans rookie wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham says he thought police gave him a warning only for speeding as he left a hospital following his son's birth in July.
  
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• Police: Man arrested after running from officer during traffic stop

  08-10-2015 12:49
  
  Cody Buczynsky, 28, was pulled over on Wednesday because the pickup truck he was driving didn't have a license plate.
  
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• I-65 interchange to be named after officer killed in line of duty

  08-10-2015 12:21
  
  At 10 a.m. Thursday, the interchange at I-65 and Old Hickory Boulevard near Brentwood will be officially named after South Precinct Officer Michael Petrina.
  
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• Police searching for 13-year-old boy from Clarksville

  08-10-2015 12:12
  
  Joseph William Huffman, who lives on Cloud Drive off Highway 12, walked off the back deck of his home around 7:30 p.m. Police said Huffman has been diagnosed with a mental disorder that makes him a possible danger to himself.
  
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• R&B legend Ironing Board Sam returns to Nashville

  08-10-2015 12:06
  
  On a Friday night in 1965, in-the-know music fans across Middle Tennessee tuned in to WLAC-Channel 5. In tight focus on a multitude of cathode ray tubes was a skinny singer in dark shades with a pencil-thin mustache and glistening black curls, his face framed by the sparkling lapels of his jacket. Nodding out a one-two count, he launched into a powerhouse version of Titus Turner's "Sticks and Stones," a 1960 No.
  
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• Nine Modest Mouse lyrics to get you through Nashville's growing pains

  08-10-2015 12:06
  
  With song titles like "Shit Luck," "Talking Shit About a Pretty Sunset" and - from his band's latest album, Strangers to Ourselves - "Shit in Your Cut," it's safe to say Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock would've had a hard time launching his songwriting career in Nashville. Heady lines about shooting guns at God, isolation, alienation, drugs and death don't sell too well on Music Row.
  
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• A new advertising campaign in Nashville aims to cut down the number of illegal firearms purchases.

  08-10-2015 12:06
  
  Billboards around the area are carrying the slogan, "Buy a gun for someone who can't, buy yourself 10 years in jail. Don't lie for the other guy."
  
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• Trap Team recognized at BOE Meeting

  08-10-2015 08:53
  
  The MCHS Trap Team was recognized at the last Board of Education meeting for several of their achievements that were earned during the 2014-2015 trap season.
  
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• Hugs can't wait: Girl interrupts ceremony to welcome dad home

  08-10-2015 06:05
  
  Karas Ogelsby’s dad had been deployed since February and she just couldn’t wait any longer.
  
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• News Break: Willie Nathan Jones sought in early morning shooting

  08-10-2015 04:45
  
  Willie Nathan Jones, 34, is being sought by the Putnam County Sheriff's Department as a person of interest in an early morning shooting on White Oak Flatt Road that left one person dead. Another was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
  
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• New study reveals Music Row in a league of its own

  08-10-2015 04:32
  
  The Music Industry Coalition and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have completed the first-ever in depth documentation of Music Row.
  
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• Couple charged in producer's beating has no prior charges

  08-10-2015 02:42
  
  The Channel 4 I-Team has been looking into a couple arrested and charged in the beating of a Nashville music producer on Demonbreun Street.
  
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• Domestic violence forum aims to educate public

  08-10-2015 02:09
  Advocates and survivors are stepping in to teach people who to fight back against domestic violence.
  
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• Midstate pastor accused of raping teenage church member

  08-10-2015 02:00
  Maurice Pugh was a pastor and trusted confidant of several families. He was also a convicted felon.
  
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• Officer fired after inmate escape, hostage situation

  08-10-2015 01:44
  
  City officials in Westmoreland told Channel 4 an officer was fired after a recent jail hostage situation.
  
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• Music producer shares account of attack on Demonbreun St.

  08-10-2015 01:24
  
  In the early hours of Sept. 27, Brainard and two friends were crossing Demonbreun Street when an Infiniti bumped his friend Deborah DeLoach in the crosswalk.
  
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• Audit recommends changes to schedules at state prisons

  08-10-2015 01:05
  
  The American Correctional Association released the results of an independent investigation into five Tennessee state prisons.
  
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• Ad campaign highlights dangers of buying guns for felons

  08-10-2015 01:05
  
  Questions surround a new ad campaign in Nashville aimed at keeping guns out of the hands of convicted felons.
  
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• Realtor who sold home with structural damage under investigation

  08-10-2015 01:04
  
  Last week, Channel 4 reported on a home that was renovated in May but already had quite a bit of structural damage. After the story aired, emails poured in from people asking why the buyer didn’t hire an inspector, why the realtor didn’t notice the problems and why no one was being held accountable.
  
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• Experts warn consumers to clear cell phones

  08-10-2015 00:51
  
  Many people who buy new cell phones often turn in their old phones without giving them a second thought.
  
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• Parole officers asked to leave Friday's restaurant

  08-10-2015 00:30
  
  Three parole officers were asked to leave a T.G.I. Friday’s restaurant in Franklin Tuesday because they were armed.
  
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• TN prison scheduling, discipline criticized in audit

  08-10-2015 00:26
  
  Auditors release review of several TN prisons during a legislative hearing. Hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
  
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