Men and women in Davidson County wanted on warrants for nonviolent crimes, including failure to appear in court, will be given a special opportunity toward a second chance during Nashville Safe Surrender 2023.

2. Lifepoint Health names Eastern Division president - Friday, June 16, 2023

Lifepoint Health has appointed Elmer Polite to the role of president, Eastern Division. He will provide operational oversight for Lifepoint’s acute care hospitals in Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia. He previously served as chief financial officer of the Eastern Division.

3. Jones Company sold to Richmond - Friday, April 29, 2022

Richmond American Homes of Tennessee has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire substantially all of the homebuilding assets of The Jones Company of Tennessee, LLC.

Jones closed over 370 homes in fiscal year 2021 in the Nashville area with an average sales price of $564,000, generating revenues of $209 million.

4. Burr & Forman appoints Nashville managing partner - Friday, April 15, 2022

Burr & Forman LLP has named Ken Bryant office managing partner of the firm’s Nashville location. He succeeds C. Tucker Herndon, who was recently appointed to the firm’s executive committee.

5. Second Avenue reopens but with interruptions - Friday, December 31, 2021

Second Avenue, the site of the 2020 Christmas morning bombing, reopened to traffic and pedestrians Monday morning, though it won’t soon be back to normal.

Second Avenue North at Commerce Street is open to one lane, northbound, for vehicle traffic and one pathway for pedestrians. But city officials warn there will still be periodic closures for construction purposes over the coming months, and safety fencing will remain between construction and reopened pathways.

6. LifePoint, Kindred to launch new company - Friday, October 29, 2021

LifePoint Health and Kindred Healthcare have announced plans to establish a new health care company operating under the name ScionHealth upon closing of their previously announced transaction.

Headquartered in Louisville, ScionHealth will consist of 79 hospital campuses in 25 states, including Kindred’s 61 long-term acute care hospitals and 18 of LifePoint’s community hospitals and associated health systems.

7. Nashville health group pushes vaccines for all - Friday, September 17, 2021

The Nashville Health Care Council board of directors has issued a statement urging every person to get vaccinated against COVID-19, and it invited top executives of health care companies nationwide to sign on to the statement.

8. Rucker named VU chief HR officer - Friday, April 9, 2021

Cleo D. Rucker has been promoted to the new position of chief human resources officer for Vanderbilt University.

Rucker, who has served as senior director of HR consulting, employee and labor relations for the past three years, will assume to his new position by mid-May. The move occurs as Laura Nairon steps away from her interim role as associate vice chancellor for people and business services. She is leaving Vanderbilt to pursue the next phase of her career.

9. Waller announces 9 new partners - Friday, January 22, 2021

Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP has announced the election of nine new partners: Tayo Atanda, Blake Bernard, John Bunge, Nathan Hertzog, Stacy Clark Hooper, Lindsay Jacques Irving, Nora Katz, Leanna Weinstein, and Josh Wood.

10. Martin selected as fellow to 2019 NELC Academy - Friday, February 8, 2019

Racquel B. Martin of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has been selected a fellow to the 2019 National Employment Law Council Academy.

Founded in 1995, NELC is a non-profit organization charged with enriching minority bar members who represent management in the field of labor and employment law. Held in conjunction with NELC’s annual conference, the NELC Academy provides advanced skills training for minority attorneys with less than four years of experience practicing management-side labor and employment law.

11. Vanderbilt, East TN network form statewide health care alliance - Friday, September 21, 2018

The University Health Network, a clinically integrated network and accountable care organization based in Knoxville that includes The University of Tennessee Medical Center and University Physicians’ Association, as well as partnerships across East Tennessee, is affiliating with the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network. The new relationship with UHN creates a statewide network that can improve the quality and reduce the cost of health care across Tennessee.

12. LBMC recognized as No. 43 accounting firm - Friday, August 3, 2018

Brentwood-based LBMC, PC., has been named as a 2018 Top 50 accounting firm by INSIDE Public Accounting.

The publication ranked the company No. 43 in its 2018 Top 100 largest accounting firms in the U.S. list based on the firm’s revenue and growth of approximately 12 percent.

13. Apollo to spend $5.6B on rural hospital chain LifePoint - Friday, July 20, 2018

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management will spend about $5.6 billion to buy the rural hospital chain LifePoint and combine it with health system operator RCCH HealthCare Partners.

LifePoint shareholders will receive $65 in cash for each share in a deal that's worth about $2.7 billion not counting net debt and minority interest, the companies said. That's a premium of nearly 36 percent to Brentwood, Tennessee-based LifePoint Health Inc.'s closing price July 20. That was the last trading day before the deal announcement.

14. Gibson honored with TJC’s Pro Bono Award - Friday, July 14, 2017

Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Jeff Gibson has been named the Tennessee Justice Center’s 2017 Pro Bono Attorney of the Year.

Last year, Gibson and a colleague at Bass provided pro bono representation to a TJC client who had been denied TennCare coverage for nursing home care. The team won the hearing for the client, and the nursing home reimbursed the client’s wife thousands of dollars.

15. Pedigo to moderate INPUT conference - Friday, March 3, 2017

Will Pedigo, Nashville Public Television producer, has been selected as a 2017 moderator for INPUT, an international public media conference that presents films and television programs.

Pedigo is one of two U.S. moderators selected in a group of 14 chosen internationally and was a producer fellow at the 2016 INPUT Conference.

16. Lifepoint Health makes leadership appointments - Friday, February 17, 2017

LifePoint Health has appointed several leaders to new roles within the company. They include:

Melissa Waddey, former senior vice president, operations strategy and integration, has been promoted to president, ambulatory and operations services

17. Baker Donelson announces newly elected shareholders - Friday, May 6, 2016

Baker Donelson has elected 15 new shareholders across the firm, including three attorneys in its Nashville: Julie A. Boswell, Claire Cowart Haltom and Austin Shaver.

Boswell is a member of the firm’s Tax Group and focuses her practice in the areas of federal taxation, tax exempt organizations, estate planning and administration, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.

18. Riggs Davie elects Price as member - Friday, April 29, 2016

Judith Price has been elected as a member of Riggs Davie PLC. Price is a corporate and health care attorney whose practice covers a wide variety of business matters, including entity formation, governance, employee matters, contracting, and transactions, particularly in the health care space.

19. Moore named Nashville Bar fellow - Friday, April 22, 2016

Margaret Moore, member at Wiseman Ashworth Law Group, has been named a fellow of the Nashville Bar Foundation. Fellows are selected by their colleagues in honor of significant contributions to the community.

20. Patterson Property Law names Montle shareholder - Friday, January 15, 2016

Gary Montle has been named shareholder at Patterson Intellectual Property Law, P.C. A registered patent attorney, Montle has been with Patterson since 2008.

Prior to attending law school, Montle was an electrical engineer with Beta Lasermike, Inc. He then earned his J.D. at Vanderbilt University Law School. While there, he was an intern with the World Intellectual Property Organization in Switzerland.

21. Burr & Forman adds partner, continues expansion - Friday, September 25, 2015

Burr & Forman LLP has added C. Tucker Herndon as partner in its Nashville office, building upon the firm’s continued expansion in Middle Tennessee. Herndon’s arrival follows the addition of 15 attorneys in early 2015 to its Nashville office, which has more than doubled its attorney count to 26 attorneys.

22. Stites & Harbison taps Taylor to lead new entertainment group - Friday, September 11, 2015

Stites & Harbison, PLLC has announced the launch of a new entertainment law practice with the addition of member Stephanie R. Taylor to its Nashville office. Taylor will lead the team with help from current Stites & Harbison attorney Jeremy Brook.

23. Vanderbilt Hospital CEO named to new position - Friday, July 24, 2015

David Posch, CEO of Vanderbilt University Adult Hospital and Clinics and executive director for the Vanderbilt Medical Group, has been named to the newly created position of associate vice chancellor for Population Health.

24. Uniguest names Morgan chief executive officer - Friday, July 3, 2015

Uniguest, a provider of secure managed technology services, has announced the appointment of Joseph P. Morgan, Jr. as chief executive officer, effective July 6, 2015.

Morgan had served as president and chief executive officer of The Standard Register Company, a publicly traded company with revenues approaching $1 billion, since January 2009. At The Standard Register Company, he was responsible for the transformation of the printing giant to an integrated communications company leveraging both technology and innovation to develop a market-focused strategy. Morgan also served on the Board of Directors and held a number of community and charitable leadership positions during his tenure with the company.

25. Bass, Berry & Sims welcomes 2 attorneys - Friday, June 19, 2015

Susan K. Bilbro and Shannon E. Pinkston have joined the Nashville office of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.

Pinkston, a senior health care attorney, advises public and private health care companies in operations, regulatory and transactional matters. Previously, Pinkston served as vice president, assistant general counsel and assistant secretary for Vanguard Health Systems, and as senior counsel for Tenet Healthcare following Tenet’s acquisition of Vanguard.

26. Baker Storey McDonald adds industry veteran - Friday, May 22, 2015

Commercial real estate veteran Tom Frye, who spent the last 14 years as managing director of CBRE before retiring last year, has joined Baker Storey McDonald Properties, Inc.

Baker Storey McDonald focuses in retail and restaurants. Clients include Pier One, Old Navy, and Michaels, and grocery chain Sprouts. Frye’s focus will be uncovering development opportunities as well as urban retail; capitalizing on the ground floor spaces available in many of the new office and apartment buildings.

27. Hospitality industry to honor former governor - Friday, May 1, 2015

Nashville’s hospitality industry will honor former Gov. and Nashville Mayor Phil Bredesen as the second recipient of the E.W. “Bud” Wendell Award at the fourth annual National Travel & Tourism Week Hospitality Industry Luncheon on May 4.

28. Waller adds 11, expands practice groups - Friday, February 13, 2015

Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP has added 11 new attorneys to the following practices:

Real estate

J. Bryan Echols, partner, represents commercial and residential real estate developers in complex annexation, zoning and other land use matters. Echols earned his J.D. in 1981 from Vanderbilt University Law School. He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and served in the Air Force for 22 years as an Air Force Judge Advocate. Prior to joining Waller, Echols was a member in the Nashville offices of Dickinson Wright PLLC and Stites & Harbison PLLC.

29. DVL, Seigenthaler purchased by New York firm - Friday, January 23, 2015

Nashville communications firms DVL Public Relations & Advertising and Seigenthaler Public Relations, Inc., have been purchased by global agency Finn Partners.

30. Howard appointed dean of Belmont’s Curb College - Friday, January 2, 2015

Belmont University has appointed Doug Howard, founder of Vandermont Music Group and former senior vice president of A&R for Lyric Street Records/Walt Disney Company, to the position of dean for the Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business.

31. INSBANK’s Gupton returns as senior VP, COO - Friday, December 19, 2014

Green Hills-based INSBANK has named Scott Gupton as its senior vice president and chief operating officer. Gupton, who has nearly two decades of banking experience, will oversee INSBANK’s operations, marketing, human resources, information technology and corporate and regulatory reporting.

32. Daschle, Baker Donelson form advisory group - Friday, November 7, 2014

Former U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) and law and government affairs firm Baker Donelson announced today the formation of The Daschle Group, A Public Policy Advisory of Baker Donelson.

33. Behm is campaign chair for Legal Aid Society - Friday, October 17, 2014

Margaret Behm, principal at Dodson, Parker, Behm and Capparella, P.C., will serve as the 2015 campaign chair of the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands’ Campaign for Equal Justice.

34. Lifepoint appoints gov’t relations director - Friday, October 10, 2014

LifePoint Hospitals has named J.L. Osei Mevs to director of government relations.

Mevs brings 15 years of experience in public policy and legislative strategy, regulatory research and analysis, government relations, business development and community outreach. He previously was with Meharry Medical College, where he served as vice president of external affairs and business development.

35. Capella Healthcare names corporate compliance officer - Friday, October 3, 2014

Capella Healthcare has announced the appointment of Angie L. Mulder as corporate compliance officer.

With more than 20 years of leadership experience in health care, Mulder began her career at Ernst & Young, where she was primarily assigned to health care audit clients, including HealthTrust. She then held various financial and audit roles for Symphony Home Care and HCA.

36. Health Care Council announces new board - Friday, August 1, 2014

William F. Carpenter III, chairman and CEO, LifePoint Hospitals, will continue to serve as chairman of the Nashville Health Care Council board of directors for the second year.

William Gracey, president and CEO, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, continues as vice chairman of the board.

37. Baker Donelson elects new shareholders - Friday, April 18, 2014

Baker Donelson has elected 13 new shareholders across the firm, including two attorneys in its Nashville office, Joel R. Buckberg and Ashby Q. Burks.

38. Capella Healthcare makes leadership promotions - Friday, February 7, 2014

Capella Healthcare has announced the promotions of three senior leaders to executive management positions and four others to its senior management team. Promoted to executive vice president duties are:

39. Stone is elected president of Realtors group - Friday, December 20, 2013

Hagan Stone has been elected president of the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors for 2014. Stone, who is affiliated with the Brentwood office of Pilkerton Realtors, begins his one-year term Jan. 1.

40. Wiechart is new president, CEO of Capella Healthcare - Friday, December 13, 2013

Michael Wiechart has been named president and CEO of Capella Healthcare, effective January 1.

The appointment was announced by Dan Slipkovich, co-founder, board chairman and current CEO, who said the move was designed to position the company for long-term success and strategic growth. Slipkovich will continue as executive board chairman, with the transition allowing him to dedicate more of his time to strategic market development and growth along with continued responsibilities in the areas of investor and government relations.

41. LifePoint's Michigan venture finalized - Friday, November 29, 2013

HANCOCK, Mich. (AP) — A joint venture between Brentwood-based LifePoint Hospitals Inc. and Portage Health is expected to bring $60 million in capital improvements to a health system serving Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

42. TEA names new executive director - Friday, November 29, 2013
The Tennessee Education Association has named Carolyn Crowder as its new executive director.

Crowder comes to Tennessee from Denver, where she served for the past four years as executive director of the combined Denver Classroom Teachers Association, Denver Association of Education Office Professionals and DCTA-Retired.

43. J. Alexander’s promotes Hagler to AVP, controller - Friday, October 4, 2013

J. Alexander’s LLC, operator of J. Alexander’s restaurants and Stoney River Legendary Steak restaurants, has promoted Jessica Hagler to assistant vice president and controller.

44. J. Alexander’s promotes chief financial officer - Friday, August 16, 2013

J. Alexander’s LLC, operator of J. Alexander’s restaurants and Stoney River Legendary Steak restaurants, has announced the promotion of Mark A. Parkey to vice president and CFO. He was most recently vice president and controller of J. Alexander’s Corporation.

45. Kiwanis names Buchanan Nashvillian of the Year - Friday, July 26, 2013

Kiwanis Club of Nashville has honored Steve Buchanan as its 2012 Outstanding Nashvillian of the Year for his community contributions. Buchanan is president of the Opry Entertainment Group, a division of Ryman Hospitality Properties, and executive producer for “Nashville.”

46. VUMC not only Midstate medical center facing layoffs - Friday, July 26, 2013

Patients aren’t the only ones feeling pain at some Tennessee hospitals.

Large-scale staff cuts at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, reported to be in the hundreds, could be a sign of things to come if health systems can’t find a way to stanch the bleeding from unreimbursed patient care.

47. Justice: HCA to pay $7.1 million to settle Medicare allegations - Friday, June 28, 2013

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Fifty-five hospitals in 21 states have agreed to pay $34 million to the U.S. government to settle allegations that they used more expensive inpatient procedures rather than outpatient spinal surgeries to get bigger payments from Medicare, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.

48. Lifepoint purchases Michigan hospital - Friday, June 21, 2013

ISHPEMING, Mich. (AP) — A 25-bed hospital in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has been acquired by a Tennessee company.

Bell Hospital in Ishpeming released a statement Friday, saying it's being sold to LifePoint Hospitals, which has nearly 60 hospitals in 20 states. Bell Chairman Dr. Robert DellAngelo says the deal should improve health care in the Upper Peninsula.

49. Lawyers see growing demand in health care specialty - Friday, June 21, 2013

Stuck in a stagnant legal career, or just starting out with no job openings in sight? The antidote may be a switch to health care law.

Attorneys with experience in health care have a good career prognosis in Nashville, thanks to federal reform efforts that are generating volumes of legal work in a wide range of activities involving health care companies.

50. Baker Donelson adds to govt. regulatory group - Friday, June 7, 2013

Carol Owen has joined Baker Donelson as a shareholder and a member of the firm’s Government Regulatory Actions Group.

Owen will concentrate her practice on complex litigation and operations/risk management. She has key experience in environmental and financial services litigation and has worked with health care companies, manufacturers, financial services providers and waste management companies through complex litigation.

51. Butler Snow names practice group leaders - Friday, February 15, 2013

Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC attorneys Kara Shea and William “Bill” R. O’Bryan, Jr., have been named to leadership positions with the firm.

52. Bass, Berry & Sims names new members - Friday, February 8, 2013

Former associates Wendee M. Hilderbrand, Michael J. Holley and Price W. Wilson have been elected to membership in the firm of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.

53. Builders filling demand for luxury apartments - Friday, January 11, 2013

Construction of new offices, retail space and apartments, knocked off the rails by the recession, is back on track in Davidson County.

And as the saying goes, when the train comes into the station, everybody rides. In Middle Tennessee’s largest county, which hasn’t seen large-scale construction of new, high-end office space in several years, developers are racing to meet pent-up demand from businesses watching the recession disappear in the rear view mirror.

54. Lifepoint names new VP, corporate secretary - Friday, October 26, 2012

LifePoint Hospitals has promoted Christy Green to vice president, corporate secretary. In her new role, Green will work directly with LifePoint’s board and will oversee various corporate functions.

55. Regions Insurance Group purchases Story Capital - Friday, October 19, 2012

Regions Bank has purchased Story Capital Group, LLC, and hired James Story as employee benefits consultant. In his new role, Story will lead business development efforts, maintain client relationships and consult with bank customers regarding employee benefits including health, life and disability insurance.

56. Hands On Nashville has new president & CEO, officers - Friday, August 17, 2012

Hands On Nashville’s board of directors has recognized executive director Brian Williams’ leadership contributions and the nonprofit’s historic capacity growth by changing Williams’ title to president and CEO.

57. CABLE Announces new board of directors - Friday, August 3, 2012

Jeri Hasselbring of the Adventure Science Center has been named president of CABLE and will serve a one-year term.

In addition, CABLE’s executive committee will be composed of:

58. LifePoint Hospitals reports flat 2Q earnings - Friday, July 27, 2012

BRENTWOOD (AP) - LifePoint Hospitals Inc. reported flat second-quarter earnings, as an increase in salaries and benefits along with other operating expenses, countered revenue growth for the rural hospital chain.

59. Four members of Avenue board re-elected - Friday, July 13, 2012

Four directors of the board have been re-elected to serve new three-year terms at Avenue Bank: David Anderson, Agenia Clark, Pat Emery and Karen Saul.

60. Cannon Cancer Center gets COO, administrator - Friday, June 15, 2012

TriStar Centennial Medical Center has named Patti Moser as the new administrator of the Sarah Cannon Cancer Center. She also serves as chief operating officer.

61. Corizon announces new mental health officer - Friday, June 8, 2012

Corizon, a Brentwood-based provider of correctional healthcare solutions, has promoted Joe Pastor, M.D., to chief mental health officer.

In his new role, Pastor will supervise the Corizon Behavioral Healthcare team and provide consultation for patient care and mental health staff in jails and prisons. He also will consult with Corizon psychiatrists nationwide and serve on Corizon’s Specialty Panel of Physicians.

62. Baptist announces 2012 medical staff leaders - Friday, March 30, 2012

Baptist Hospital has announced its medical staff officers and department and division chiefs for 2012.

Baptist Hospital medical staff officers for 2012 include Dr. Robert M. Hutton as chief of staff; Dr. Mark D. Peacock as vice chief of staff; Dr. Steven H. Tai as president and secretary/treasurer.

63. VU vice chancellor joins Wiseman Ashworth - Friday, March 16, 2012

John C. McCauley, former Vanderbilt University assistant vice chancellor of risk and insurance management and associate general counsel, has joined Wiseman Ashworth Law Group, PLC. McCauley will work with the firm’s attorneys on complex medical malpractice cases and advise its clients on risk management issues.

64. Former Crosland executives form Stewart + Dossett - Friday, February 10, 2012

Ronn Stewart and Burgin Dossett have formed Stewart + Dossett, LLC, a development, construction and real estate services firm. A minority-owned and operated business enterprise, the company offers a wide range of project experience in the commercial, hospitality, mixed-use and residential sectors.

65. Picking up where we left off - Friday, February 10, 2012

Cranes, which lately have been an endangered species, are returning to Cool Springs. Not the kind that fly, but the kind that dot the skyline over construction sites and have made the Interstate 65 corridor south of Nashville the region’s most popular location for corporate offices.

66. Tenn hospital company getting $5 mil in fed funds - Friday, December 16, 2011

BRENTWOOD (AP) - LifePoint Hospitals of Brentwood, Tenn., is getting $5 million in federal funds to help reduce preventable injuries and complications from health care acquired conditions.

The hospital company will be part of the Partnership for Patients initiative of the Department of Health and Human Services.

67. Southeast Venture hires new property manager - Friday, October 28, 2011

Lee White has joined Southeast Venture as property manager and will handle the day-to-day operations of over 400,000 square feet of office and industrial space located in Brentwood, LaVergne, Antioch, Belle Meade, MetroCenter, the Gulch and airport areas.

68. Bart rejoins Sherrard & Roe - Friday, September 23, 2011

Attorney Albert J. Bart has rejoined Sherrard & Roe, PLC as a member, returning to the firm’s corporate practice group after serving as senior vice president and associate general counsel for Ceridian Corporation for the past three years. Bart was previously a member of Sherrard & Roe from 2005 to 2008.

69. VUMC’s Pinson named to health care honor roll - Friday, April 8, 2011

C. Wright Pinson, MBA, M.D., deputy vice chancellor for Health Affairs at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and CEO of the Vanderbilt Health System, was named to the Becker’s Hospital Review list of the “130 Hospital and Healthcare System CEOs to Know.”

70. Bolden joins Nashville Bank & Trust - Friday, March 18, 2011

Nashville Bank & Trust officials announced today that Allen Bolden has joined the company as accounting operations manager.

71. Southeast Venture named Developer of the Year - Friday, February 25, 2011

The Nashville chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) has named Southeast Venture 2011 its Developer of the Year. Additionally, Southeast Venture broker, J.T. Martin, has been nominated as a finalist for the Developing Leader award. Both awards will be presented at the NAIOPs annual gala March 10 at the Hutton Hotel.