Local authorities say that six people were injured during a bar shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday.
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Audit: Antioch Nursing Home Kept $130,000 in Credit Balances for Former Residents
An Antioch nursing home was found to have refunded credit balances of more than $130,000 for deceased or discharged residents.
An investigation from the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office resulted in six findings in the financial operations at Good Samaritan Health and Rehab Center.
Read the full storyToast, Inc. Announces New Configuration Facility in Antioch
Toast, Inc. officials announced Thursday that the company will establish its new configuration facility in Davidson County, selecting Antioch as the first location. The company expects to create more than 100 new jobs over the next five years in the greater Nashville region.
Read the full storyGovernor Lee, Commissioner Rolfe Announce Chick-fil-A Supply Distribution Center Coming to Davidson County
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development (TNECD) Commissioner Bob Rolfe announced Thursday that Chick-fil-A Supply® selected Antioch as the location for its fourth U.S. distribution center in the state. The facility will begin operations later this year, according to a press release by TNECD.
Read the full storyFor the Third Time, Nashville Man Convicted of Being a Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm
A federal jury this week convicted a Nashville man on charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, and this is not this man’s first experience with this. That man, Davian M. Greenlee, is 40-years-old, according to a press release that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee published Thursday.
Read the full storyMen of Valor Give Tennessee’s Christ-Redeemed Prisoners a Second Chance
ANTIOCH — At the once-thriving Hickory Hollow Mall in Antioch, Darnell Ford, by his own admission, shoplifted, and he also passed along stolen checks and credit cards. When Ford wasn’t at the mall he was out and about dealing drugs at Antioch’s surrounding businesses and restaurants, he said. On Tuesday, Ford, a redeemed man, stood in front of a crowd of about 200 people, including Tennessee Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee, and said he was “truly ashamed.” The thing that forever altered him — the Men of Valor program. The folks behind Men of Valor unveiled two new housing duplexes this week for 60 released prisoners now committed to Christ. “God taught me how to work on my heart and how to love. It also gave me the structure I needed to live. I learned what it meant to be a giver instead of a taker,” Ford said of the influence Men of Valor had on him and the work responsibilities that came with it. “The first couple of months of working I ran across a lot of old friends that I sold and used drugs with. But I had the chance to help them too. They got a chance…
Read the full storyHero Tackles Gunman in Tennessee Waffle House Shooting, Saving Lives
by Henry Rodgers A 29-year-old man saved numerous lives after he took down the shooter who opened fire at a Waffle House in Nashville, Tennessee, Sunday morning, according to police. James Shaw Jr. saw a chance to take down the shooter and did not hesitate, he said. The gunman entered naked except for a green jacket, which he later took off and opened fire, killing four people and injuring at least three others before Shaw Jr. was able to get the gun away from the shooter, WBIR 10 News reported. This is the Waffle House hero, James Shaw Jr. He tackled the shooter and saved so many lives in the process. Thank you James. And thank you TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center for your wonderful doctors and nurses who quickly took care of his injuries. pic.twitter.com/kKORfI24G1 — Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) April 22, 2018 “I was just trying to get myself out. I saw the opportunity and pretty much took it,” Shaw Jr. said in an interview with WBIR 10 News. “I don’t know if it has hit me yet as far as witnessing other people dying,” he continued. “It’s kind of, it shouldn’t have happened. When I was in the ambulance to hospital, I…
Read the full storyNashville Police: Antioch Church Shooting Suspect Emanuel Samson Heard Voices
The man accused of opening fire in a Tennessee church, killing one woman and injuring seven others, wrote about suicide in journals and said he had visions of the church that he is accused of targeting in his attack. The revelations were part of a court hearing Monday in the murder case against Emanuel Samson, which…
Read the full storyCommentary: Immigrant From Former Trump Travel Ban Country Shoots Up Tennessee Church
by George Rasley, CHQ Editor An immigrant from Sudan, Emanuel Kidega Samson, has been arrested for shooting-up the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee. One woman, identified as Melanie Smith, 39, of Smyrna, Tennessee was killed in the attack. Also shot were three men and three women, police spokesman Don Aaron said. The church’s minister Joey Spann, 60, and his wife, Peggy, 65, were both injured in the shooting, in addition to the Spanns, police identified the victims as William Jenkins, 83, Marlene Jenkins, 84, Linda Busch, 68, Katherine Dickerson, 64 and Robert Engle, 22, an usher who heroically confronted Samson, who in the struggle shot himself. Sudan, along with Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen is among the original six countries covered by President Trump’s “travel ban,” that expired on Sunday. A new ban on travel from five of those six countries, plus Chad, North Korea and Venezuela was announced Sunday evening. You can read the proclamation through this link. You can read a fact sheet on the proclamation through this link. You can read answers to frequently asked questions through this link. Citing an attack in London earlier this month, President Trump seemed to call for an expansion…
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