🚗 Nashville’s most dangerous intersections

🏅 Medal of Valor Awarded to MNPD Officers

On Friday, President Joe Biden presented the Medal of Valor to five Metro Nashville Police Department officers for their actions during The Covenant School shooting: Sergeant Jeffrey Mathes, Officer Rex Englebert, and Detectives Michael Collazo, Ryan Cagle, and Zachary Plese. [Tennessee Lookout]

🌡️ It’s Getting Hot in Here

2024 was Nashville’s hottest year on record, with a new average annual temperature high of 63.7 degrees, breaking our 2023 record. It was also the Earth’s hottest year. Scientists cite climate change and El Niño as causes for our record highs. [WPLN]

🚗 Our Most Dangerous Intersections

Nashville’s most dangerous intersections, based on the number of crashes, include West Trinity Lane and Brick Church Pike, Murfreesboro and Hobson Pikes, Dickerson Pike and Trinity Lane, and Nolensville Pike and Thompson Lane. As of Dec. 11, police reported 24,766 crashes in Nashville. [The Tennessean]

✈️ Flying Cheap at BNA

Traveling in the new year? You might want to follow BNA Cheap Flights on Instagram, aka Andrea Giordano. On the City Cast Nashville podcast, she shares her secrets to finding low fares, like when to buy those tickets you’ve been tracking. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

• BNA has many new flights coming this year. [WKRN]