Old Hickory News

A store in downtown Rockwood is filled wall to wall with items from the past - and each has its own story.

A pair of Hendersonville-based operators of seven local Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins sites filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday.

Mia Garcia, a Donelson resident and rising seventh-grader at Holy Rosary Academy, loves the excitement and even the nerves of playing live music.

The May Town Center proposal would be the biggest development Nashville has ever seen in terms of density packed into hundreds of acres.

For Ellen Carrington, a year-long reign as Miss Tennessee comes to an end with mixed emotions this week.

A squall line that brought heavy downpours, lightning, hail and extreme winds to some parts of Rutherford County Thursday is indicative of expected weather patterns for the week ahead.

Dr. Michael Cobb recently attended the Oxford Partial Knee Replacement Masters course in Charlotte, N.C. The purpose of the course was for orthopedic surgeons who are already experienced in the Oxford uni-compartmental knee system to discuss technique and ideas involving the Oxford system.

The Tennessee Senate started its dayA with a big item on the agenda.A TheyA voted 21 to 9 toA override the Governor's veto of the "guns in restaurants" bill.

The Rutherford County School Board will vote whether to extend Director of Schools Harry Gill Jr.'s contract through June 30, 2011.

Tennessee could lose more than $100 million in stimulus money because of a failed legislative effort to allow more students to attend charter schools.

The Tennessee Ethics Commission probably will cease to exist in its current form as Republicans moved toward folding it into another department Wednesday.

The Hermitage Enrichment & Learning Program at 627 Shute Lane in Old Hickory, has announced its 2009 Summer Enrichment Camp schedule.

Donelson "Slip-Up'' Day, held by the Wilson Bank & Trust, will be held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 16, at the branch location at 217 Donelson Pike.

The energy expense depends on the scale. If you are talking about using solar power or a hybrid car, then yes.

No matter how severe the current "swine flu" becomes in Nashville, it would be hard to imagine a worse outcome here than the "Spanish influenza" outbreak of 1918.

Old Hickory is in the spotlight with the second installment of this three-part series examining the role of the Hermitage--and President Jackson--in our local community.

Gov. Phil Bredesen's proposal to require calorie counts on menus at chain restaurants has failed for the year.

NASHVILLE - The Tennessee House rejected a bill Monday that would have made aggressive driving in the state against the law.

Remember SARS and bird flu? How about ebola or West Nile virus? Those were the plagues that never quite happened, at least not as feared.

Whites Creek High School had 20 students participate in the 2009 Future Business Leaders of America state conference in Chattanooga.