JUST IN: Nashville is out of the running for the Sundance Film Festival. nashvillebanner.com/2024/07/19/sun…

Hell of a piece from Connor Daryani looking at how TennCare ages the disabled out of homes and into group facilities away from their families.

“I’ve been the one person that’s been consistent in her whole life,” said Redmond. “And I feel like I have cut her free. It’s horrible. How equipped is somebody who can’t talk or do anything for themselves or fend for themselves, in a facility where she might be uncomfortable..."

When Steven Hale asked about why 18 months of the docket in a criminal case were missing, the clerk's office said to ask the judge. When he asked Judge Blackburn why there was nothing, she issued an order sealing the case -- on the day he inquired about it.

When judges don't follow the rules and they're not transparent in their actions, it leaves the public in the dark. For 18 months, a high-profile homicide case has been happening in secret with no justification issued by the court.

Sealing an entire case instead of a document or a piece of testimony is extremely rare. And this case was closed without so much as a note until the Banner asked about it.

When Judge Blackburn "sealed" the case, there hadn't been a story written on it in months. When she finally wrote an order sealing the case 18 months later, there was virtually no coverage. Her justification? “Extensive pre-trial publicity.”

Big scoop by Hale

In a column for the Banner, I wrote about Melrose Billiards — open for 80 years, it somehow has avoided the fate of so many bars and restaurants lost in Nashville's relentless march towards all things shiny and new. nashvillebanner.com/2024/08/05/mel…

Out this morning: Meharry receives $175M for endowment as part of $600M gift from Bloomberg philanthropies to boost endowment at historically black med schools. bloomberg.org/press/bloomber…

"It's a drunken rodeo" Steven Hale looks at safety and security at Lower Broad bars, where one Glassdoor review for a security company sums it up: “It can be dangerous. You may get into fights.” nashvillebanner.com/2024/08/13/nas…

This story is the third in our series on how Nashville has morphed from Music City into Party City. Part 1: nashvillebanner.com/2024/07/22/nas…

Part 2: Free flowing alcohol at BNA (Video) nashvillebanner.com/2024/07/29/bna…

Good scoop from Connor Daryani this morning: It's looking like Plaza Mariachi will sell off all of the shops around the property and keep the main building in an effort to pay off debtors. nashvillebanner.com/2024/08/13/pla…

Wanted to amplify this a little here in Nashville. This is to help cover the medical costs for all around great guy Wes Boling's wife Lisa, who has been fighting cancer and other stuff. The Bolings are great folks. SZD is a great pod.

If you want to give directly to the Boling's gofundme, here's the link: gofundme.com/f/the-boling-f…

In the Banner's member newsletter, board member michael whitley makes the case for why we need to support local news.

Shortly after the transit referendum was announced, we asked WeGo for Nashville's worst bus stops. Our photographer Martin Cherry documented some of the city's stops most in need of repair or shelter. nashvillebanner.com/2024/09/20/nas…

Here's a big challenge for the city with the transit referendum coming up — improving bus stops. Great work from Martin and Steve Haruch.

Feds arrest Texas neo-Nazi for online threats against Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk nashvillebanner.com/2024/09/20/neo…