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MNPS Opening 2 Hours Late Friday
Metro Nashville Public Schools will once again delay opening Friday, Jan. 5.

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Metro Nashville Public Schools will once again delay opening Friday, Jan. 5.

Middle Tennessee will finally thaw this weekend, as temperatures finally pass the freezing point.
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A 45-year-old man who was homeless was hit and killed by a pick-up truck at a busy East Nashville intersection Wednesday night.
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Cold weather is delaying start times for Metro Schools Thursday morning.
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A busted water main iced up streets in downtown Franklin Wednesday.
A 52-year-old Nashville man was "pleasuring himself" in the lobby of the Church Street post office on New Year's Day.
A woman hit a dumpster on Gallatin Road and led police on a chase all the way to Green Hills, cursing on the way, according to an affidavit.
Repairs at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution partially restored heat to portions of the 28-year-old facility Tuesday.
With bone-chilling temperatures gripping Middle Tennessee, a prison in Nashville has no heat and no timeline for repair.
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Hankook, Beaman Automative and Pier 1 are among the companies hiring in the Midstate this week.
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Metro Police are investigating if a man found on porch died because of the dangerously cold temperatures.