💸 Kids secure funding for school safety

🤠 Our Favorite Nashville Honky-Tonk

Beloved honky-tonk Robert’s Western World recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, and we’re going down memory lane with GRAMMY-nominated musician Smilin' Jay McDowell on the City Cast Nashville podcast. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

• The Associated Press recently profiled the bar's legendary gospel hour. [AP News]

🏫 Kids Advocating for Safer Schools Secure Funding

In June, local high schoolers secured $1 million in funding from the city’s budget for the Varsity Spending Plan to address school violence concerns. Students behind the effort and Metro councilmembers describe their hopes for the future as the funds go toward community center programming and an Office of Youth Safety. [The Tennessean]

🚲 Biking the Natchez

The scenic Natchez Trace stretches from Natchez, Mississippi to Franklin, Tennessee, and attracts many cyclists. Cole Villena captures his road trip along the Natchez by bike for the Nashville Scene. [Nashville Scene]

🥔 One Grocery Store Keeps Prices Low

While inflation is down, grocery prices are still pretty high. A&M Marketplace, located in the Farmers’ Market — an area once considered a food desert — plans to keep prices low, hoping to attract more customers to make up for the small profit margin. [NewsChannel 5]