Insurer Pays Tennessee for May Flood Damage
State officials say Tennessee has received reimbursement for last May’s flooding that damaged state buildings and other state-owned property. Treasurer David Lillard says the state received a $7.5...
View ArticlePoor Forecasting of Tennessee Flood Blamed on Bad Data
River forecasters for the National Weather Service underestimated the flood level that a major river would reach during Nashville’s fatal May floods because they relied on inaccurate data from the U.S....
View ArticleNashville Launches Flood Preparedness Program
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean says the city has assembled a team to develop a unified flood preparedness program to lessen the damages that could be caused by future flood events in Nashville and Davidson...
View ArticleHylant Group Names Riley President of Nashville Office
Ohio-based independent broker Hylant Group has named industry Kimberly L. Riley as president of its Nashville, Tennessee office. Riley will be responsible for the overall management, direction and...
View ArticleIndiana Town Reaches Settlement in Taser Shock Case
The southern Indiana tourist town of Nashville has reached a settlement with a Michigan man who accused a deputy marshal of shocking him with a Taser gun while he was having a seizure. The Herald-Times...
View ArticleTruck Driver: Distraction a Factor in Fatal Oklahoma Crash
The driver of a tractor-trailer that crashed into a bus and killed four college students on Interstate 35 in southern Oklahoma told investigators he was distracted. Russell Staley, 53, of Saginaw,...
View ArticleNashville to Put $100M Flood Protection Plan in Place
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean has unveiled a $100 million flood protection plan for Music City that includes a 2,100-foot-long flood wall located on the city’s downtown riverfront. “I look at this downtown...
View Article5 Dead After Twisters Hit Texas, Arkansas
Emergency responders on May 11 searched through wreckage in parts of the states of Texas and Arkansas after a line of tornadoes battered several small communities, killing at least five people,...
View ArticleNashville Clamps Restrictions on Party Buses After Accident
The party bus needs to slow down, Nashville officials decided this week. Nashville’s Metro Council voted 33-3 to approve new regulations for the city’s numerous entertainment vehicles that often loudly...
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