Bill Boner slunk away to Kentucky and into the pallet business after his sexual shenanigans as Nashville’s mayor. Megan Barry stuck around after hers, ran for Congress and wrote a book.

The congressional run, against the Republican incumbent in the 7th District, had predictable results: Barry lost by 20-plus points. The book, published one week after the election, is similarly unsurprising: She is repentant.

2. Law letting Tennessee attorney general argue certain capital cases is constitutional, court rules - Friday, October 4, 2024

MEMPHIS (AP) — A Tennessee law giving the appointed state attorney general authority to argue certain death penalty cases and removing that power from the hands of locally elected district attorneys is constitutional, an appeals court has ruled.

3. Nashville district attorney secretly recorded defense lawyers and other office visitors, probe finds - Friday, September 20, 2024

NASHVILLE (AP) — Nashville's district attorney secretly recorded defense attorneys, colleagues and other visitors without their knowledge, according to an investigation's findings released Wednesday.

4. GOP gun control bills? Don’t count on any sticking - Friday, January 12, 2024

Wonder of wonders, a Republican legislator pre-filed a bill that qualifies as gun control. Or gun safety. Gun good sense, let’s call it.

The bill, sponsored by Adam Lowe, a state senator from Calhoun, would render someone convicted of felony firearm theft permanently ineligible to buy a firearm in Tennessee. The theory, I suppose, is that a bad guy with a gun is ipso facto not a good guy with a gun.

5. Nashville DA seeks change after suspect released from jail is accused of shooting college student - Friday, November 10, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Nashville district attorney called on Wednesday for the Tennessee legislature to make it easier to commit someone to a mental institution after a man who was previously released for incompetence to stand trial was accused of shooting an 18-year-old college student in the head.

6. Nashville DA seeks change after suspect released from jail is accused of shooting college student - Friday, November 3, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Nashville district attorney on Wednesday called for the Tennessee legislature to make it easier to commit someone to a mental institution after a man who was previously released for incompetence to stand trial was accused of shooting an 18-year-old college student in the head.

7. 6 of 9 deputies charged in death of man beaten in Memphis jail plead not guilty - Friday, October 27, 2023

MEMPHIS (AP) — Six corrections deputies pleaded not guilty Friday to charges ranging from murder to aggravated assault in the beating and death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode in a Memphis jail last year.

8. Nashville police chief's son, wanted in the shooting of 2 officers, found dead after car chase - Friday, October 20, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — The estranged son of Nashville's police chief, who was wanted in the shooting of two police officers, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after leading police on a chase in a stolen car, authorities said.

9. Judge strikes down law allowing TN attorney general to argue certain death penalty cases - Friday, July 14, 2023

MEMPHIS (AP) — Republican lawmakers violated the Tennessee Constitution when they passed a law this spring giving the state attorney general more authority to argue certain death penalty cases, according to a judge's ruling Monday.

10. Prosecutor: Fatal shooting of Grammy winner by police 'reasonably necessary' - Friday, May 26, 2023

NASHVILLE (AP) — The fatal shooting of a Grammy-winning sound engineer by police earlier this year was "reasonably necessary," a Tennessee prosecutor said on Wednesday.

The decision in January's fatal shooting of Mark Capps, 54, comes after a review of a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report, the autopsy and video evidence, Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk said in a statement.

11. Death row inmate challenges new Tennessee post-conviction law - Friday, May 19, 2023

MEMPHIS (AP) — A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general to argue certain capital cases, a power that lawmakers shifted away from locally elected prosecutors under a new law after some expressed reluctance to pursue the death penalty.

12. Appeals Court weighs death row inmate's disability claims - Friday, November 4, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black told a state appeals court on Tuesday that he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled.

13. Ex-officer convicted in fatal shooting out of Nashville jail - Friday, October 28, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — A white former Nashville police officer who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting a Black man from behind as the man was fleeing on foot has been released from jail, his attorney confirmed Thursday.

14. Nashville: No license plate readers in imposing abortion ban - Friday, September 9, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — Law enforcement in Nashville will be prohibited from using license plate readers to enforce Tennessee's anti-abortion laws, city council members decided.

The move comes after Tennessee, which is politically controlled by Republicans, enacted one of the strictest abortion bans in the U.S. last month. Under the law, almost all abortions are outlawed and doctors who violate the statute risk felony convictions.

15. Nashville: No license plate readers in imposing abortion ban - Friday, September 2, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — Law enforcement in Nashville will be prohibited from using license plate readers to enforce Tennessee's anti-abortion laws, Metro Council members decided.

The move comes after Tennessee, which is politically controlled by Republicans, enacted one of the strictest abortion bans in the U.S. last month. Under the law, almost all abortions are outlawed and doctors who violate the statute risk felony convictions.

16. Memphis council resolution addresses abortion prosecutions - Friday, July 8, 2022

MEMPHIS (AP) — The Memphis City Council approved a resolution Tuesday urging that law enforcement and the district attorney in Tennessee's most populous county refrain from investigating and prosecuting doctors who perform abortions.

17. If Roe falls, some DAs say they won't enforce anti-abortion laws - Friday, June 17, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — As the Supreme Court appears on track to overturn the constitutional right to abortion, progressive prosecutors around the U.S. are declaring they won't enforce some of the most restrictive and punitive anti-abortion laws that GOP-led states have waited years to implement.

18. Tennessee holding primary elections in county races - Friday, April 29, 2022

MEMPHIS (AP) — It's voting time again in Tennessee, as candidates from the Democratic and Republican parties compete in county primary elections Tuesday.

Voters will make selections in primaries for county races such as mayor, district attorney, school board and judicial openings.

19. Nurse's homicide conviction: Flashpoint in Nashville DA race - Friday, April 1, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — The homicide conviction of a former Tennessee nurse for a medication error that killed a patient in 2017 has become a flashpoint in the campaign for Nashville district attorney.

RaDonda Vaught, 38, injected the paralyzing drug vecuronium into 75-year-old Charlene Murphey instead of the sedative Versed on Dec. 26, 2017. Last week, a jury found her guilty of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect. She will be sentenced in May and could face years in prison.

20. Judge won't halt execution over intellectual disability - Friday, March 25, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — A judge on Tuesday dismissed a motion to declare a Tennessee death row inmate intellectually disabled, a move that would have prohibited his upcoming execution.

Senior Judge Walter Kurtz wrote that federal courts had previously determined Byron Black was not intellectually disabled and therefore was ineligible to have the decision considered once again. The 45-page decision comes despite agreement between Nashville's district attorney and Black's lawyers that he is intellectually disabled and should not be put to death.

21. Nashville DA: Intellectual disability should prevent inmate execution - Friday, March 11, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — Nashville's lead prosecutor says he agrees with defense attorneys that a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and should not face execution.

District Attorney Glenn Funk made the assessment in a filing this week that determines Byron Black should instead face a sentence of life in prison. The inmate's attorneys are arguing the 65-year-old should be spared under a 2021 law that made Tennessee's prohibition against executing people with intellectual disability retroactive. Previously, Tennessee had no mechanism for an inmate to reopen a case to press an intellectual disability claim.

22. Convicted Nashville ex-officer waives parole hearing under plea deal - Friday, January 7, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — A white former Nashville police officer on Monday waived the right to a parole hearing under a plea deal for fatally shooting a Black man from behind who was fleeing on foot while holding a gun.

23. Tennessee judge vacates murder convictions after 30 years - Friday, January 7, 2022

NASHVILLE (AP) — A Tennessee judge on Thursday vacated rape and murder convictions of two people — one of whom died in prison — in the death of a 4-year-old girl more than 30 years ago.

Joyce Watkins and Charlie Dunn were convicted in 1988 based on medical evidence at trial that has since been debunked, according to a Thursday order by Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Angelita Blackshear Dalton. In addition, the trial prosecutor told the jury that Watkins had washed bedsheets in order to destroy evidence of rape, an assertion that was simply untrue, Dalton wrote.

24. AG won't appeal resentencing of Tennessee death row inmate - Friday, December 10, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — Attorney General Herbert Slatery announced Friday he wouldn't appeal the resentencing of a Tennessee death row inmate to life in prison after initially resisting the move just two years prior.

25. Remember when government intrusion was a bad thing? - Friday, November 12, 2021

Tennessee legislators have shown they don’t need a monthslong session to commit mayhem. When they put their hive mind to it, they can muck things up in just three days.

Three days and change, actually, since the recent special session ran from Wednesday into the wee hours of Saturday morning.

26. Tennessee GOP lawmakers sprint in bid to curb COVID rules - Friday, October 29, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee could be voting within days on whether to ban most businesses from solely requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination for their customers and workers and severely limit when companies and government entities — including schools — can require masks.

27. DAs to school boards, Tennessee COVID session takes wide aim - Friday, October 22, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are gearing up to take a broad swipe at officials who have had a role in maintaining COVID-19 pandemic protections, from school boards that passed mask mandates to a prosecutor who has pledged not to enforce the governor's order letting parents exempt their students from classroom mask wearing.

28. District attorneys refuse to prosecute some GOP-led laws - Friday, October 15, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — When Republican lawmakers in Tennessee blocked a policy to ease up on low-level marijuana cases, Nashville's top prosecutor decided on a workaround: He just didn't charge anyone with the crime.

29. Judge: Civil lawyers to see more of Waffle House murder case - Friday, October 8, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — Attorneys who filed a lawsuit against a Waffle House in Tennessee after a deadly shooting in 2018 will be able to access some of the files that have been sealed in the criminal case against the gunman, a judge ruled Thursday.

30. Suits draw mixed rulings for Tennessee school mask opt-out - Friday, September 3, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — Lawsuits have drawn mixed results in opposite ends of Tennessee for Gov. Bill Lee's order that lets parents opt out of school mask requirements, with a federal judge in East Tennessee declining to block the directive after another judge paused the order specifically for the state's largest county, which includes Memphis.

31. Nashville DA won't prosecute for governor's student mask opt-out order - Friday, August 13, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — An order by the Tennessee governor letting parents opt their children out of following mask rules at school has drawn defiance from officials in Memphis and Nashville, including a pledge Tuesday from Nashville's district attorney not to prosecute teachers and school officials for flouting the carveout during the COVID-19 pandemic.

32. Jeff Bezos blasts into space on own rocket: 'Best day ever!' - Friday, July 16, 2021

VAN HORN, Texas (AP) — Jeff Bezos blasted into space Tuesday on his rocket company's first flight with people on board, becoming the second billionaire in just over a week to ride his own spacecraft.

33. Tennessee's transgender bathroom sign law challenged again - Friday, July 2, 2021

Tennessee's first-of-its-kind law that requires businesses and government facilities to post signs if they let transgender people use multiperson public bathrooms of their choice has been hit with another legal challenge.

34. Ex-officer pleads guilty to manslaughter; family blasts deal - Friday, July 2, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — The mother of a Black man fatally shot by a white former Nashville officer sobbed, screamed and knocked over a courtroom lectern Friday as she begged a judge not to accept a plea deal she says was struck in secret without her knowledge, a chaotic scene that briefly delayed the hearing before the judge accepted the agreement.

35. Tennessee sued over new transgender bathroom sign law - Friday, June 25, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Friday challenging Tennessee's first-of-its-kind law that requires businesses and government facilities to post signs if they let transgender people use multiperson public bathrooms of their choice, seeking to block the requirement from taking effect on July 1.

36. Nashville activist charged in traffic cone toss into truck - Friday, June 25, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — A Tennessee prosecutor has filed charges of reckless endangerment against a Black protester accused of throwing a traffic cone into the driver's side window of a pickup truck in downtown Nashville last summer during a protest against racial injustice.

37. DA eyes Floyd case expert for Nashville officer's trial - Friday, June 11, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Tennessee who are preparing for the first-degree murder trial of a Nashville police officer next month may try to call a law enforcement expert witness who served similarly in the case against Derek Chauvin in George Floyd's death.

38. Tennessee bathroom law sponsor now says it has penalties - Friday, May 28, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — The sponsor of Tennessee's new law requiring businesses and government facilities to post signs if they let transgender people use the bathrooms of their choice now says owners and officials who refuse could face up to six months in jail — a penalty that went unmentioned during legislative hearings and debate.

39. Nashville DA won't enforce new bathroom sign law - Friday, May 21, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — Nashville's top prosecutor said Monday that he will not enforce a newly enacted law that requires businesses and government facilities open to the public to post a sign if they let transgender people use multiperson bathrooms and other facilities associated with their gender identity.

40. Nashville OKs $2.25M settlement in fatal shooting by officer - Friday, March 12, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — Officials in Tennessee have agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a white police officer from behind during a 2018 foot chase.

41. Nashville eyes $2.3M settlement in fatal shooting by officer - Friday, March 5, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — Nashville officials are seeking a $2.25 million settlement with the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by a white Nashville police officer from behind during a 2018 foot chase, Mayor John Cooper's administration said in a news release Friday.

42. Claiming unrest potential, Nashville officer wants murder trial moved - Friday, January 22, 2021

NASHVILLE (AP) — An attorney argued Monday that the potential for civil unrest is among the reasons a white Nashville police officer charged in the 2018 fatal shooting of an armed Black man from behind during a chase should have his first-degree murder trial and the jury pool moved.

43. Appeals court vacates agreement to resentence Black inmate - Friday, November 27, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — A Tennessee trial court judge improperly reduced a Black inmate's death sentence to life in prison last year, a state appeals court has ruled.

Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman was scheduled to be executed in April, but the judge resentenced him last fall based on claims that prosecutors had illegally excluded African Americans from the jury pool. The inmate filed to reopen his case in 2016, shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of a Black death row inmate in Georgia, finding prosecutors had illegally excluded Blacks from a jury that ended up being all white.

44. Tennessee's medication abortion law blocked by judge - Friday, September 25, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — A federal judge has blocked a Tennessee law that required women undergoing drug-induced abortions be informed the procedure could be reversed.

The statute was about to go into effect Wednesday after the GOP-dominant General Assembly advanced a sweeping anti-abortion measure earlier this year. The law included not only the so-called "abortion reversal" provision, but also a ban on abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected — about six weeks into pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.

45. Tennessee prosecutors at odds over abortion law enforcement - Friday, September 25, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee prosecutors are at odds over whether to enforce a new law that requires abortion providers to tell their patients it may be possible to reverse the action of abortion medication half-way through the procedure. Doctors who do not comply could face felony charges, fines and lawsuits.

46. Nashville will no longer prosecute minor marijuana charges - Friday, June 26, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk announced on Wednesday that his office will no longer prosecute individuals for possession of less than a half-ounce of marijuana.

47. Nashville police chief to retire amid calls for resignation - Friday, June 19, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — The police chief of Tennessee's capital city has announced he will retire amid calls for his resignation and a wave of protests nationwide over policing.

Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson will step down after a national search for a new chief is completed, Mayor John Cooper said in a statement Thursday. Cooper said Anderson, who took over as chief in 2010, intended to retire after serving 10 years in the role.

48. In a flash, we choose a side in police shootings - Friday, June 19, 2020

Nashville needn’t look to Minneapolis for a highly controversial killing of a black man by a white police officer. It has its own example.

Actually, it had two within 18 months. The first, in February 2017, led to a public push for a Civilian Oversight Board, later created by referendum to investigate allegations of police misconduct.

49. Court examines resentencing based on claim of racism - Friday, June 5, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — The fate of a black death row inmate in Tennessee, whose sentence was reduced to life in prison over concerns about racism at his trial, is up in the air after the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on Tuesday heard an appeal of the sentence reduction.

50. Nashville announces roll out of long delayed police cameras - Friday, June 5, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — After years of delay, Nashville will begin rolling out body cameras and in-car cameras for much of its police force next month, Mayor John Cooper said in a news release Monday.

51. Trial rescheduled for Nashville officer charged with murder - Friday, February 7, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — The trial date for a white Nashville police officer charged with fatally shooting an armed black man from behind during a chase has been pushed back from March to June.

Andrew Delke's trial was originally set for next month, but prosecutors requested a continuance after they hired a new expert witness who had a scheduling conflict, according to a court filing obtained by news outlets. The 25-year-old's defense team didn't object, the records show.

52. Prosecutor won't seek death penalty in Waffle House shooting - Friday, January 3, 2020

NASHVILLE (AP) — Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing four people at a Tennessee Waffle House.

Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk's office said in a court filing that it would seek life in prison without the possibility of parole for Travis Reinking, The Tennessean reported Wednesday.

53. TN inmate says attorney general can't challenge resentencing - Friday, October 4, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — Attorneys representing a Tennessee inmate whose death sentence was converted to life in prison say the state attorney general has no authority to challenge the agreement.

Abu-Ali Abudur'Rahman was within eight months of his scheduled execution when he signed an agreement with Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk on Aug. 28 to change his sentence.

54. Tennessee attorney general appeals dropping death sentence - Friday, September 20, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee's attorney general is appealing after a black inmate on death row had his sentence converted to life in prison because of concerns that racism tainted his jury selection pool.

55. Condemned Tennessee inmate will be spared execution - Friday, August 30, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — A Tennessee inmate is leaving death row, just eight months before his execution date, after a judge approved an agreement Friday to convert his death sentence to life in prison.

Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman had signed the agreement with prosecutors on Wednesday, but Nashville Criminal Court Judge Monte Watkins did not announce his approval until Friday morning.

56. Tennessee high court rules for WTVF's Williams in defamation suit - Friday, March 8, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Supreme Court on Wednesday expanded protections for reporters by ruling they can only be held liable for defamation if their reporting is not fair and accurate, regardless of their personal feelings toward a subject.

57. Family sues Nashville, officer for $30m in fatal shooting - Friday, March 8, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — Nashville and one of its police officers are being sued by the family of a black man who ran from police and had a gun when he was shot from behind last July.

Attorney Joy Kimbrough says the lawsuit filed Monday in Nashville federal court seeks $30 million. It names Officer Andrew Delke and Nashville's government.

58. Nashville DA apologizes for Confederate flag yearbook photo - Friday, February 22, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — Nashville's top prosecutor has apologized for posing with a Confederate flag in a Kappa Alpha fraternity group photo in his 1982 college yearbook.

In a statement, Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk said he found the photo while searching his Wake Forest University yearbooks and felt compelled to disclose it after Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee expressed regret for wearing a Confederate uniform for "Old South" parties with Kappa Alpha at Auburn University. A 1980 Auburn yearbook photo shows Lee in the outfit.

59. DA, defense clash in push to seal records in officer's case - Friday, February 15, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — A prosecutor said Tuesday that family members of an armed black man who was fatally shot from behind by a white Nashville police officer want a slew of records made public in the officer's first-degree murder case.

60. Union PR push, move to seal documents tangle officer's case - Friday, February 15, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — The attorney for a white police officer charged with fatally shooting an armed black man is calling for legal discovery documents to be sealed from the public.

Meanwhile, the Nashville Fraternal Order of Police has been running digital advertising about the case, prompting Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk to raise questions about potential conflicts of interest. Officer Andrew Delke's attorneys represent that police union as well.

61. Not guilty plea for Nashville officer in fatal shooting - Friday, February 8, 2019

NASHVILLE (AP) — An attorney has entered a not guilty plea for a white Nashville police officer indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the fatal shooting of an armed black man.

Defense attorney David Raybin entered the plea Wednesday for officer Andrew Delke in Davidson County Criminal Court. Delke didn't appear in court for Wednesday's arraignment.

62. Centerstone’s Stoll wins community service award - Friday, December 28, 2018

Becky Stoll, vice president for crisis and disaster management at Centerstone, has won the 2018 Dorothea Dix Community Service Award presented by the Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations.

63. Waffle House shooting suspect deemed fit to face charges - Friday, October 26, 2018

NASHVILLE (AP) — Prosecutors in Tennessee say mental health officials have concluded that the suspect in a deadly Waffle House shooting is competent to face charges in court.

A spokesman for District Attorney Glenn Funk said Tuesday the case against Travis Reinking will be presented to a grand jury soon, though a date hasn't been set. It will consider evidence and decide what charges should be sent to a jury.

64. Tennessee Supreme Court hears reporter defamation case - Friday, October 5, 2018

NASHVILLE (AP) — Tennessee's Supreme Court took up the question Thursday of whether a reporter can be sued for defamation when reporting fairly and accurately on a public proceeding.

Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk is suing a Nashville investigative reporter over 2016 stories on a lawsuit Funk claims accused him of soliciting a bribe, extortion and blackmail.

65. Media asks Tennessee high court to boost press protection - Friday, September 28, 2018

NASHVILLE (AP) — A group of Tennessee publishers and broadcasters is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn precedent and strengthen protections for the press.

The request comes in a defamation case against Nashville television reporter Phil Williams. At issue is whether accurately reporting on a court case protects Williams from prosecution.

66. Prosecutor files charge in police shooting of black man - Friday, September 28, 2018

NASHVILLE (AP) — A white Tennessee police officer was charged with criminal homicide Thursday after surveillance footage appeared to show him chasing a black man and opening fire as the man fled from the officer in July.

67. Country music star's son-in-law, prosecutor dies in fall - Friday, September 14, 2018

NASHVILLE (AP) — A Nashville prosecutor who was the son-in-law of country music star Alan Jackson has died in a fall in Florida.

Citing a Davidson County District's Attorney's Office release, news outlets report 28-year-old Ben Selecman died Wednesday. He was at a boat dock in Jupiter, Florida, when he slipped, suffering traumatic head injuries.

68. DA: 2 weeks to a month more to mull police shooting charges - Friday, September 7, 2018

NASHVILLE (AP) — A Tennessee prosecutor says it could take about two weeks to a month more to decide whether to charge a white officer who fatally shot a 25-year-old black man in July.

Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk tells The Tennessean his office is reviewing the investigative file and "double checking to make sure that we've got all the relevant facts" in the deadly shooting of Daniel Hambrick.

69. Nashville police shooting video released; review announced - Friday, August 3, 2018

NASHVILLE (AP) — Surveillance camera footage released Wednesday of a fatal police shooting in Tennessee appears to show a white police officer chasing a black man and opening fire as he runs away from the officer.

70. Schools’ success too dependent on weak vendor - Friday, April 27, 2018

The “debacle” called TNReady, a standardized test ruling the lives of students, teachers and administrators, is the predictable result of brain drain – not by students but by Tennessee’s leaders.

71. Barry's bodyguard also pleads guilty, must back $45,000 - Friday, March 2, 2018

The former lead bodyguard who had an extramarital affair with Nashville Mayor Megan Barry has pleaded guilty to theft of property.

Robert Forrest's plea Tuesday morning came shortly after Barry pleaded guilty to the same charge and announced her resignation from office.

72. Barry pleads guilty to theft, 1st Nashville mayor to resign - Friday, March 2, 2018

Two and a-half years into a mercurial mayoral term, Megan Barry pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge and resigned Tuesday just a month after admitting to an affair with the chief of her security detail, former Metro Police Sgt. Rob Forrest.

73. Mayor: DA should be recused in affair probe - Friday, February 23, 2018

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Nashville mayor's office is citing a legal opinion that says the lead prosecutor and his office should recuse themselves from the investigation of the mayor's affair with her former bodyguard.

74. Affidavit: Nude photo taken with ex-bodyguard's work phone - Friday, February 23, 2018

NASHVILLE (AP) — State investigators have found a nude photo and partially nude photo of a woman that they believe were taken with the work cellphone of Nashville Mayor Megan Barry's former lead bodyguard, with whom she has admitted having an extramarital affair, according to court documents filed Thursday.

75. Antioch church suspect may have sought Charleston revenge - Friday, September 29, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — A note found in the car of a man charged with spraying deadly gunfire at a Tennessee church made reference to revenge for a white supremacist's massacre at a black church in Charleston, South Carolina, two years earlier, law enforcement officials told The Associated Press.

76. Feds take no action after reviewing police shooting - Friday, August 4, 2017

NASHVILLE (AP) — Federal officials say they agree with a decision not to prosecute a white Tennessee police officer who fatally shot a black man after a traffic stop and have concluded no further action is warranted.

77. Nashville's Minority Caucus upset that DA excluded it - Friday, May 12, 2017

NASHVILLE (AP) — Members of Nashville's Metropolitan Minority Council are upset that they weren't notified that the district attorney's office was going to announce that it would not bring charges against a white officer who killed a black man in February.

78. Channel 5's Williams told to release documents in libel case - Friday, January 13, 2017

NASHVILLE (AP) - A Nashville television reporter has been ordered to hand over documents from his investigation of a district attorney.

The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/2jyNTsI) reports a judge in Nashville on Friday ruled WTVF-TV reporter Phil Williams must release the documents as part of District Attorney Glenn Funk's pending libel lawsuit against him.

79. Nashville to open special human trafficking court - Friday, January 22, 2016

NASHVILLE (AP) - Nashville is starting a special court for victims of human trafficking.

The effort is the first of its kind in Tennessee and follows the model of drug and mental health courts in helping nonviolent offenders get help and avoid jail.

80. Attorney General: Nashville DA won't face criminal charges - Friday, November 27, 2015

NASHVILLE (AP) - Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk will not face criminal prosecution for accepting a controversial part-time job that allowed him to get a good deal on the state's pension plan and health insurance for him and his family.

81. Dickinson Wright welcomes associates - Friday, November 6, 2015

Dickinson Wright PLLC has hired Ariel Mason and Dustin Kovacic as associate attorneys. Mason joins the firm’s downtown Nashville office, and Kovacic joins the office on Music Row.

Mason previously worked for Dickinson Wright as a summer associate in the Nashville office, where she composed arguments for inclusion in trial briefs and motion memoranda. She also conducted extensive research on general litigation issues, including business disputes, employment law, and bankruptcy law.

82. Turnover in Nashville DA's office after leadership change - Friday, May 22, 2015

NASHVILLE (AP) - More than a quarter of the assistant prosecutors in the Davidson County District Attorney's Office have left in the past year since getting a new boss.

According to an analysis of human resources data conducted by The Tennessean (http://tnne.ws/1FMRBWs), at least 17 assistant district attorneys left after criminal defense attorney Glenn Funk won the election last May to replace 26-year Nashville District Attorney Torry Johnson, who did not run for re-election.

83. TBI looking into DA's enrollment in state pension plan - Friday, April 10, 2015

NASHVILLE (AP) — The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk's enrollment in the state pension plan before taking office.

84. Prosecutor fired amid reports of sterilization in plea deals - Friday, March 27, 2015

NASHVILLE (AP) - A Nashville prosecutor has been fired after reports surfaced that he made sterilization of women part of plea negotiations in some cases.

Former Assistant District Attorney Brian Holmgren confirmed Wednesday that he was fired from the Davidson County District Attorney's office. He declined to comment specifically on his dismissal, and officials would not say what prompted his firing.

85. Nashville DA to pay back state for controversial job - Friday, March 20, 2015

NASHVILLE (AP) - Nashville District Attorney Glenn Funk says he will reimburse the state of Tennessee for a controversial part-time job he was given before becoming D.A. that allowed him to get a good deal on the state's pension plan and health insurance for him and his family.

86. Nashville council members want DA investigated - Friday, March 13, 2015

NASHVILLE (AP) - Ten members of Nashville's Metro Council have sent a letter to Gov. Bill Haslam asking that a special prosecutor be appointed to investigate county District Attorney Glenn Funk.

WTVF-TV (http://bit.ly/1Gp3Kih) reports that council members sent the letter Wednesday to both Haslam and state Attorney General Herbert Slatery.

87. Tennessee prosecutors group suspends longtime director - Friday, February 20, 2015

NASHVILLE (AP) - Tennessee prosecutors have suspended their longtime executive director following allegations that he orchestrated a deal to help Nashville's district attorney boost his pension.

WTVF-TV (http://bit.ly/1LDT0hg) reports that the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference voted to suspend executive director Wally Kirby for one month without pay after a three-hour meeting. The District Attorneys General Conference gives advice to district attorneys around the state.

88. Top November 2014 residential real estate transactions - Friday, December 19, 2014

Top November 2014 residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

89. Criminal charges recommended for Ramsey, Harwell - Friday, September 26, 2014

NASHVILLE (AP) - A grand jury in Nashville on Friday recommended criminal charges be filed against the Republican speakers of the Tennessee House and Senate for failing to appoint an adequate number of women and minorities to a commission that decides whether Tennessee's appeals judges keep their jobs.

90. Capella Healthcare hires 2 to leadership posts - Friday, September 12, 2014

Capella Healthcare has announced the appointment of Troy E. Sybert, MD, MPH, as executive vice president and chief medical officer.

In addition, Richard W. Brasher, CPCU, ARM, has been named vice president of risk management.

91. US home market: Few buyers and not enough sellers - Friday, April 4, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Entering the 2014 spring buying season, the U.S. housing market faces an unusual dilemma: Too few people are selling homes. Yet too few buyers can afford the homes that are for sale.

92. Top residential real estate transactions for September 2012 - Friday, October 19, 2012