Davidson County News

You can take the hot chicken out of the shack, but can you take the shack out of the hot chicken? The Metro school board granted approval to two new charter schools, one specializing in literature and language and the other hoping to teach financial literacy along with academics.

Nancy Morton and her son John and grandson Casey tend crops on HomePlace, a 166-acre farm in Antioch that has been in their family for more than 150 years.

Nashville General Hospital not only treats the underserved, it is the training hospital for Meharry Medical College.

Tennessee's unemployment rate for April fell to 7.8 percent, down from the March revised rate of 7.9 percent.

Family members of 39-year-old Michael Minick said that he was beaten to death by Davidson County Sheriff's Deputies at Metro General Hospital.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. A young girl has been rushed to the hospital after being discovered by another child at the bottom of a swimming pool in Davidson County.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Hazardous materials crews were called to a Davidson County apartment complex after reports of a possible meth situation.

TDOT's communication office has issued a special notice for lane closures in Region 3 during the Memorial Day weekend.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Mayor Karl Dean has revealed more about an ambitious plan to improve Nashville's infrastructure, but it's also a plan that will lead to a property tax increase.

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development release the monthly, county non-seasonally adjusted, unemployment rates for April 2012.

In his May 3 Insights column, Joe Sullivan asked, "What Will it Take to Get Knox Schools Funded for Success?" Well, first of all, and perhaps most of all, it will take journalists willing to dig deeply and provide us with some actual insight regarding this highly complex and politicized matter.

Metro police have charged three with felony aggravated assault after a man was stabbed on the Stones River Greenway in east Davidson County.

If you would like to visit the home of a pit bull owner, call Jolita Nemeth at 615-790-5590. But Morgan says that's anything but Biggie, and she and other pit bull owners are out to prove the dogs are more than what meets the eye.

A Mid-State homeowner's quick thinking prevented her from becoming another target of a group commonly referred to as the 'traveling thieves.' Candace Miles said she had never heard of or seen the suspected thieves, who according to police, strike each spring and summer in wealthy neighborhoods surrounding Davidson County, until she had a run in ... (more)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. One person was stabbed after an apparent argument between two groups of people walking on a popular section of the Stones River Greenway in Davidson County.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Two suspects have been captured and two others continued to evade police after a carjacking at Hadley Park in Davidson County.

As Tennessee celebrated four years of general crime declines last month, a devil was lost in the details: Drug crimes rose to their second-highest number in 11 years.

Crews have responded to a residential fire at or near the 500 block of Holt Valley Road in western Davidson County.

A Music Row office building has sold for $1.1 million. Fischer Entreprises LLC purchased 1204 17th Ave.

While the mayor continues to make the case for a property tax increase, one taxpayer watchdog group said it isn't necessary, and they said they have the proof to back up those claims.