🌱 First Lady Attends Pride Event + Nashville’s Most Wanted Arrested

Hello again, everybody. Nicole Fallon-Peek here with your Saturday edition of the Nashville Patch newsletter, filled with all the local information you need to know right now.

But first, your local weather:

• Saturday: Partly sunny and warmer. High: 92 Low: 68.
• Sunday: A morning t-storm or two. High: 88 Low: 70.

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Here are the top three stories today in Nashville:

1. An LGBTQIA+ owned print store called Music City Creative partnered with Concerned Citizens of Tennessee to create a t-shirt that has already raised over $33,000. The t-shirt features an old high school photo of Gov. Bill Lee in a dress and reads: Bill Lee is a drag. All of the money that's being donated for the t-shirts will go toward helping a local nonprofit known as Nashville LAUNCH PAD which provides emergency housing for LGBTQIA+ youths. (WKRN)
2. First Lady Jill Biden will be making a stop in Nashville this weekend to celebrate Pride Month, according to a news release from the White House. A two-day pride event will take place at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. today, as well as Sunday, Jun. 25. The First Lady is expected to land at Nashville International Airport around 4:15 p.m. on Saturday before making opening remarks at the event later that evening. (WSMV)
3. On Thursday, Jun. 22, one of Nashville's Top 10 Most Wanted fugitives was finally taken into custody after an hours-long standoff with law enforcement. John Leslie Patton Jr., 44, had numerous outstanding warrants associated with domestic violence charges that date back to earlier 2022. His bond was set at $24,500 and he is being charged with two counts of aggravated assault by strangulation, two counts of domestic assault with bodily injury, and probation violation. (WKRN)

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Today and tomorrow in Nashville:

Saturday, June 24

• The Fisk Food & Jazz Music Festival At Fisk University Campus Grove (3:00 PM)
• RE:SET Concert Series At The Great Lawn In Centennial Park (3:00 PM)

Sunday, June 25

• 1776 At Tennessee Performing Arts Center (6:30 PM)
• Matchbox Twenty At Bridgestone Arena (7:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• According to the National Weather Service, severe thunderstorms are possible on Sunday with risks of damaging winds and large hail. Much of Middle Tennessee, including Nashville, is at a slight risk for the weather (2 out of 5). (WKRN)
• On Friday, Jun. 23, the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Department of Safety and Homeland Security celebrated their new class of graduating Tennessee State Troopers. Each of the graduates returned from their respective districts to honor their achievements at the Hermitage Hills Baptist Church in Nashville. (TN.GOV)
• On Saturday, Jul. 1, the Music City Jerk Festival will officially be taking place at The Green at Riverfront Park. The event will feature various Caribbean dishes, vendors, face painting, live performances and so much more. (News Channel 5)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Saturday. See you all soon for another update!

— Nicole Fallon-Peek

About me: Nicole Fallon-Peek is a journalist and copywriter with a degree in Media, Culture and Communication from New York University. She has served as a freelance reporter, managing editor, copy editor, and editorial director for a variety of B2B news outlets. She currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.