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23 Rutherford County Stores Padlocked For Selling Pot Candy
“Operation Candy Crush” shot down dozens of stores for allegedly selling marijuana derivatives disguised as candy.

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“Operation Candy Crush” shot down dozens of stores for allegedly selling marijuana derivatives disguised as candy.

Fresh off his big haul at the Grammy Awards, Bruno Mars will play Bridgestone Arena Oct. 7.
Home prices in the Nashville area grew 12.5 percent in 2017, the third-largest spike in America.
There was a carjacking every 33 hours and 36 minutes in Davidson County in 2017, according to Metro Nashville Police figures.
Fire officials are investigating what caused an abandoned commercial building on 8th Avenue to go up in flames Sunday afternoon.
An injured 27-year-old told Metro Police he was hit in a drive-by on Dickerson Road early Saturday morning.
A 36-year-old man said he was attacked in a breezeway by a masked man at an apartment complex on Dellway Villa Road.
A Subway employees stuffed a gun into a mayonnaise container after an argument about sandwich construction, police said.
Highs will creep up near 70 by midweek in the Midstate, but under cloudy and rainy skies.
Bridgestone, Parallon and the Better Business Bureau are among the companies hiring in Middle Tennessee.
Bridgestone, Parallon and the Better Business Bureau are among the companies hiring in Middle Tennessee.
A 64-year-old woman has not been seen since Saturday afternoon, according to Metro Police.
An Antioch man admitted to "a sexual interest in children" after police found hundreds of sexually-explicit images on his cell phone.
Middle Tennessee waterways came close to flood stage Saturday and Sunday and police closed low-lying roads throughout the area.
Franklin Police and the Williamson County Sheriff's Office arrested a Smyrna man wanted for dozens of auto burglaries.
Metro Police seized 74 pound of marijuana and arrested three California men in a short-term rental property. They also seized a flow chart.
Two people were killed in a Friday night house fire in Williamson County.
Metro Mayor Megan conducted a round of interviews more than a week after admitting to an affair with her bodyguard.
A 17-year-old is in critical condition following a shooting outside Pearl-Cohn High School Friday.
A host of players with a Nashville Predators past are representing their countries in the NHL-less Olympic ice hockey competition.