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Nashville has high expectations for Witte

The second-year softball coach for the Hornettes, Witte has been an assistant coach for the highly successful girls basketball team for nine years, and he’s well aware of the attitude the town has toward its high school sports teams.

Witness testifies at trial in Tenn. of 9 defendants

A young woman at the center of a trial involving nine defendants accused in a Somali gang child sex trafficking case testified Monday that she was supposed to sexually service gang members for free.

Nashville home sales jump 17 percent in March

Nashville-area homes sales increased by 17.3 percent in March compared to one year ago, the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors announced today.

Sex trafficking federal trial in Nashville

A federal trial involving more than a dozen defendants accused in a sex trafficking ring run by Somali gangs is being complicated by cultural issues within the Somali refugee communities in Tennessee and Minnesota.

Nashville Predators’ Nick Spaling toughens line

When Nick Spaling chips in offensively for the Predators, it’s always a bonus. When he’s able to do it and still stay true to his defensive roots, it helps Nashville immensely.

Wild assume spoiler role versus Nashville

The Nashville Predators’ spot in the postseason is secure, but their recent spotty play means they won’t want to take their final regular-season games lightly.

Nashville bids farewell to banjo great Earl Scruggs

A thousand people, many of them banjo players, gathered Sunday afternoon at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium to pay final respects to Earl Scruggs, a bluegrass pioneer whose playing redefined the instrument. Scruggs passed away Wednesday at...

Nashville Predators look for home ice in NHL playoffs

The Predators clinched a playoff berth with five games left to play, but Coach Barry Trotz said there’s still plenty of work to do in the regular season. Jockeying for seeding kicks into high gear today when Nashville visits Central Division...

George Jones hospitalized in Nashville

Country Music Hall of Fame member George Jonesis hospitalized with an upper respiratory infection. A statement from his publicist, Kirt Webster, says the 80-year-old Jones

Nashville Predators still one point from NHL

The Predators believe that they’ve been in playoff mode since the All-Star break. Maybe even earlier. Nashville needed just one point Tuesday against the St. Louis Blues to clinch a postseason berth for the seventh time in eight seasons. Instead,...