BREAKING: Metro Public Health Department officials today confirmed an adult male is Nashville’s first death in the outbreak of severe pulmonary illness associated with the use of electronic cigarettes. MPHD officials are working closely with the Tennessee Department of Health to investigate the recent death. No additional information about the death is being released.
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Realtor publishes photo of him engaged in sex act in listing for Nashville home
Benchmark Realty Realtor Miguel Calvo gave home seekers more than they were looking for when he uploaded an unexpected photo to the gallery of a
Sean Holmes identified as one of the victims in deadly crash of stolen car overnight
The driver of a stolen 2011 Infiniti sedan and his front seat passenger, identified as Sean Holmes, both died overnight when the car went out of control in a curve on Donelson Pike near Lakeland Drive, ran off the roadway and collided with a tree in a front yard. The driver remains unidentified.
LPN at The Waterford Assisted Living in Hermitage diverted pain pills from patients 20+ times
The Board of Nursing has suspended the LPN license of Alicia Rainey, who admitted to diverting pain pills from patient’s medication cards and replacing them with different medications on at least 22 occasions at The Waterford Assisted Living / Memory Care in Hermitage.
Vanderbilt Neuro ICU Nurse presented to work high on Fentanyl, says Nursing Board
The Board of Nursing has agreed to allow RN Alicia Kisselbaugh to return to work on probationary status as of last month, per a disciplinary report released last week. In November, she presented to work as a Neuro ICU nurse with her eyes rolled back in her head, sweaty, with a flushed face, and tested positive for Fentanyl.
Nurse admits to diverting narcotics from between ’10 – 30′ patients at TriStar Centennial Hospital
Registered Nurse Nicole Harper told the Board of Nursing she withdrew from her monitoring agreement because she “wanted to drink alcohol with friends”, after admitting to diverting injectable narcotics from up to 30 patients at one hospital, and pain pills from another.
Skyline nurse admits to replacing Fentanyl stock with lidocaine; using while on-duty
The Tennessee Board of Nursing has placed the nursing license of Ethan Levesque on probation status and allowed him to continue working after he admitted
Ashland City Nurse diverted pain meds from assisted living patients, says nursing board
The Tennessee Board of Nursing has disciplined Misty Hoke (LPN) for diverting pain medications from patients at Vantage Point Assisted Living in Ashland City, TN, and being high on the diverted drugs while being the Assistant Executive Directory of the facility.
Law firm offers $420 defense deal for simple possession arrests at Bonnaroo
If you find yourself charged with misdemeanor simple drug possession at Bonnaroo, ‘420’ may be both the issue and the solution, thanks to an East Nashville law firm.
You can now pay for The Contributor with Venmo
Vendors of Nashville’s homeless newspaper, The Contributor, are now accepting electronic payments through Venmo. If you choose to support a vendor while stopped in traffic, you can take the paper and pay when you have arrived safely to your destination.
News Channel 5 issues statement on Gay Pride logo branding, denies removed due to controversy
News Channel 5 says an employee posted, then removed, Gay Pride logo because “it had not gone through our usual process of discussion and approval”.. & “was in no way meant to indicate a lack of support for the LGBTQ community, either from the station or the employee involved”
Nashville LGBT Chamber ‘disappointed’ in News Channel 5 for removing Gay Pride branding after viewer backlash.
Many LGBT organizations and businesses, now including the Nashville LGBT Chamber of Commerce, are calling attention to local CBS affiliate, WTVF News Channel 5, for removing their gay pride logo branding after backlash from viewers on social media. The LGBT Chamber says they are disappointed and ‘they need to stand strong and not back down.’
Nashville CBS Affiliate Pulls Gay Pride Month logo after backlash
Nashville’s local CBS Affiliate, WTVF – News Channel 5, spent about an hour today realizing how many people in Tennessee feel all their lives. The station changed its logo to a rainbow for pride month, but after hundreds of threats and negative comments, quickly deleted it from social media, along with the comments, as if it never happened.
Niido Nashville is full of (dog) shit.. and maybe the newest frat house for working adults.
Niido, Nashville’s first hybrid AirBNB/apartment complex, has gone to the dogs, literally. Residents awaken daily to hallways of dog shit, drunken people passed out, peeing from balconies into the courtyard, and elevators with fresh dog piss.
Nashville ‘Silence the Violence’ 2nd Survivor Summit to be held Saturday
There’s a group of people in Nashville that want to help make sure Nashville’s youth make it back to school next year, and ‘survive the summer’. They’re members of the Nashville Kappa League, and they lost a fellow McGavock student and athlete, Dontae Drew, to gun violence in December. Their goal is to make sure we no more lives are lost over the summer. Join them Saturday (tomorrow!) at McGavock HS for food, fun, games, & guests!
Metro Council Candidate says calling black women apes is ‘just humor’; businesses better without women
A candidate for Metro Council says it’s a ‘joke’ to call black women ‘apes’; women are only able to vote because ‘white men in power allowed it’; and has strong feelings on how women should dress and what jobs they can hold…
He hid this views to ‘friends only’ on his social media, but we’ve opened them up for the entire city. Meet Dan Meredith:
Details: Mayor Briley’s plan to outsource parking spaces & permits to a private company for $30 mil upfront
DETAILS: Mayor David Briley reveals plan to turn over management of Nashville’s parking spaces to a private company for $30 cash million up front, increase fines by 227%, extend enforcement times to 10 p.m., add Sunday enforcement, increase meter rates, and eliminate free parking for clean energy vehicles.
MNPD to launch LGBTQ ‘Safe Place’ Initiative Thursday, in response to transgender shaming incident
Metro Nashville Police arr formally launching the ‘Safe Place’ program Thursday, placing signage on businesses considered a ‘safe place’ to wait while an officer responds to a reported hate crime.
‘Cultural Incompetence’ – says Mayoral Candidate about Mayor Briley’s decision to remove cherry blossom trees for NFL Draft
State Representative John Ray Clemmons, who is Running to be the next Mayor of Nashville, said Saturday the decision by Mayor Briley’s administration to allow the removal and destruction of over 21 cherry blossom trees to accommodate the NFL Draft event in downtown Nashville displayed ‘cultural incompetence.’
NFL to pay Metro $10K to cut down 21 cherry blossom trees for NFL Draft, says tree group
According to the Nashville Tree Taskforce, the donors of the beautiful cherry blossom trees on 1st Avenue at Riverfront Park downtown were notified Friday 21 of the trees would be removed in exchange for $10,000, due to a deal between Metro Nashville & the NFL, which is hosting the draft at the location in late April.
Pilgrimage Festival Co-Founder Kevin Griffin’s Divorce: Affairs, Drugs, Money & the Festival
Of the many interesting findings, in a 61-page final divorce decree, was the information revealed about the finances of the company that presents The Pilgrimage Festival, Pilgrimage Presents, LLC. The judge found Pilgrimage Presents, LLC has ‘no value’, citing “Pilgrimage Presents, LLC, had a shareholder equity of negative $1,885,855, as of December 31, 2017, and a substantially greater amount as of December 31st, 2018, due to the loss experienced in 2018.
Nashville firefighters peddling rainbow ‘Nashville Fire’ t-shirts at gay bar while on-duty this weekend
What appeared to be on-duty Nashville Fire Department Firefighters, in uniform and carrying radios, showed up to at least one Nashville gay bar this weekend, selling rainbow themed ‘Nashville Fire’ t-shirts to the gay men in the bar, or as one patron called it on his social media “selling water in a desert.”
Nashville school labels ‘white only’ & ‘black only’ water fountains & doors for Black History Month
Parents and students are concerned that a Black History display in the hallways of Pearl-Cohn High School may have went too far for their comfort. As part of a project, students labeled doors as ‘colored entrance’ and ‘white entrance’, and nearby water fountains as ‘black only’ and ‘white only’.
Car club says I-24 shutdown was protest over lack of meeting space – wants meeting with Mayor
#HighwayShutdown: We now know WHY a local car club shut down I-24 Saturday night. They’re upset about being pushed out of meeting space for car clubs, and want the city, to do something about it. The Night Goonz car club says the protest was to get the attention of Mayor David Briley – their full statement inside.
#HighwayShutdown I-24 Saturday night in Antioch
For several minutes an organized group of drivers shut down Interstate 24, while performing the antics in the video
