Thursday, December 2, 2010

Breaking News Channel 5 - Person Hit By Music City Star In Mt. Juliet

Channel 5 news Posted: Dec 02, 2010 5:34 PM CST Updated: Dec 02, 2010 5:50 PM CST MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. – Police said a person has been hit by the Music City Star on the railroad tracks in Mt. Juliet. It happened just after 5 p.m. Thursday at the crossing near Mt. Juliet Elementary School. Police said a person was hit by the train, but it's unclear of any other details surrounding the incident. Mt. Juliet Police issued an alert, but said there were no passenger injuries. MTA has sent buses to transport the passengers to their homes.

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Channel 5 Breaking News -Teenage Girl Dies In House Fire

Channel 5 News Posted: Dec 02, 2010 5:10 AM CST Updated: Dec 02, 2010 7:36 AM CST Dalia Perez ANTIOCH, Tenn. - A 15-year-old girl has died and other children hurt in a house fire early Thursday morning. The blaze started around 3 a.m. on the southeast side and flames were shooting from the house when firefighters arrived. Officials said there were 13 people inside the home on Artelia Drive at the time of the fire. Dalia Perez died in the fire. One child was transported to a local hospital with injuries and another child was treated at the scene. The teen's mother said a space heater could have started the fire. Fire officials are still investigating.

Karl Dean scraps plan to move fairgrounds events

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

South Davidson fights gang graffiti, "professional taggers''

By Nancy DeVille • THE TENNESSEAN • December 1, 2010 Cleaning up the graffiti can be troublesome. If a structure owned by the city is tagged, Metro Public Works handles the job. But residents and business owners who find graffiti on their property are on their own, which is why neighborhood volunteers are so vital. “A lot of folks can take care of their own property, but it can happen to elderly folks or people who don’t have the wherewithal to abate that graffiti,” Frazier said. “Volunteers are out there to support those folks because homeowners can be cited (for graffiti) eventually by Metro Codes, and most of the time they are victims of the vandalism.” Birdsong hopes to build partnerships with area businesses so supplies needed to cover the graffiti can be donated. “Hopefully they will give up and move on to another area where their artwork is not going to be defaced like I am defacing it,” he said. Contact Nancy DeVille at 615-259-8304 or ndeville@tennessean.com

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Home prices fall in most major U.S. cities

Vanderbilt, national health study to track children from birth to 21

By Tom Wilemon • THE TENNESSEAN • December 1, 2010 Expectant mothers in Davidson County can now enroll in what will be the nation’s largest child health study that seeks to identify the causes of autism, obesity, asthma, birth defects and other disorders. The National Children's Study will track the children’s health from birth to the age of 21. Vanderbilt University Medical Center is doing the study in conjunction with the Davidson Partners for Children’s Health. Officials celebrated the launch of study Wednesday morning. Davidson County is one of 30 pilot sites for the study, which will ultimately cover 105 areas across the nation with more than 100,000 enrollees. The goal here is to have 1,000 children from Davidson County enrolled over the next four years. Women who plan to become pregnant or are expecting can learn about the study by calling 1-866-346-2684 or by visiting www.davidsoncounty.nationalchildrensstudy.gov

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