This is another long weekend for most area businesses, including ours. We

Drue H. Smith, one of Nashville's most beloved and respected media figures, died at Baptist Hospital Thursday evening of heart failure. A native of Chattanooga, where she got her journalism start at The Chattanooga Free Press and The Chattanooga Times, Ms. Smith covered Capitol Hill for roughly 60 years, most recently as a reporter with the Green Hills News and as a Tennessee Radio Network commentator. More

An Urban Design Overlay (UDO) proposal was submitted to the Metro Planning Department for a historic property in the heart of Bellevue. Even though neighbors defeated a Planned Unit Development proposal for a 49,950-square-foot retail building designed for an H.G. Hill store in August, the property at the corner of Old Harding Pike and Bellevue Road may still become the site of a grocery store. More

In an effort to improve security, the Nashville International Airport today will introduce a new $30,000 high-tech criminal background check system. The system will More

Metro Public Works, in conjunction with the Metro Parks, will be turning Christmas trees into mulch from now through Jan. 15. More

Nashville is an ever-changing city in an ever-changing world. But even though we said good-bye to a landmark or two in 2001, we welcomed buildings and ideas sure to make Country Music USA greater than it was a year ago. An era ended when Midtown's 30 year-old International House of Pancakes served its final flapjacks on Halloween night. We bid adieu to the downtown public library, a repository of knowledge for knowledge 35 years, but we cheered its magnificent replacement in June. More

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Donelson Christian Academy does not know how close it was to rooting for a basketball player named Stork Legs. It all goes back to when current 6-foot-11 senior Justin More

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The struggles of goaltender Mike Dunham are old news. Just ask Nashville Predators coach Mitch Korn if you don

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His baseball days in Nashville may be long gone, but Scott Sanderson still makes a point of touching all the bases here when the occasion arises. Sanderson, a former Vanderbilt pitching ace (1976-77) who strode the mound for seven major league teams in nineteen years, is the guest speaker for the 64th annual banquet of the Old Timers Baseball Association, to be held Jan. 18 at the Maxwell House Hotel. More

Tennessee and Michigan feel their New Year's Day clash in the Capital One Florida Citrus Bowl is about regaining respect after late-season stumbles denied each team conference crowns and the possibility of greater gridiron glory in BCS bowls. It's the first meeting between the tradition-rich football powers, who both thought they might be playing elsewhere in the New Year. More

Here are just a few of the headlines in today's City Picks: Jo Dee Messina kicks off New Year's Eve, Paul Burch keeps it country, Lewis Black explodes at Zanies and The Village hosts Kwanzaa Celebration.

TODAY - The college bowl season continues with a trio of fames Friday. The first matches Texas A&M against Texas Christian University in the Galleryfurniture.com Bowl. The second is local attraction, the Music City Bowl, that pairs Boston College and Georgetown. Although it wasn More

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