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After Tomb Vandalism, The Hermitage Plans Security Upgrades
After the tombs of President Andrew Jackson and Rachel Jackson were spray-painted, The Hermitage will add surveillance.

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After the tombs of President Andrew Jackson and Rachel Jackson were spray-painted, The Hermitage will add surveillance.

Cyntoia Brown, convicted of murdering a john when she was 16, will have her case heard by a federal court in June.
A 30-year-old man is charged with the February murder of a 34-year-old on Ben Allen Road.
A woman, likely under the influence, was hit “by several cars” and killed on I-40 near Donelson early Tuesday.
Three people face a slew of sex trafficking charges connected to a teen who went missing from DeKalb County in 2017.
A one-mile stretch of Mason Road will be closed to through traffic for six months starting May 7 for significant upgrades.
Gibson Brands, providers of iconic musical instruments for more than 120 years, is asking a court for bankruptcy protection.
Vine Street Christian Church put a hockey twist on a classic message.
Davidson County voters will head to the polls Tuesday, May 1, to vote on the big transit plan and tax referendum and in some primaries.
Williamson County voters will head to the polls Tuesday, May 1, to cast ballots in the county primary.
Rutherford County voters will head to the polls Tuesday, May 1, to cast ballots in the county primary.
A man wanted in a spree of pizza delivery driver robberies in Hermitage was arrested Sunday.
Cases of the swift and deadly tick-borne feline disease bobcat fever are increasing across the Midstate.
Lots of sunshine and much warmer temperatures are on tap for Middle Tennessee this week before rain rolls in for the weekend.
There are hundreds of new jobs in the Nashville area on the Patch Jobs Board this week.
An 18-year-old Hillsboro High School senior had a loaded handgun and drugs inside his car in the school's parking lot, according to police.
A 23-year-old woman is charged with aggravated robbery after allegedly admitting to a Wednesday afternoon robbery in East Nashville.
The driver of a truck that took out support beams on a Nashville overpass told troopers he thought he was properly permitted. He wasn't.
A Saturday night fire destroyed at least four units at an Antioch apartment complex.
A 75-year-old man threatened Kroger employees with a box cutter after stealing beer and chicken, police say.