🚨 Should there be more traffic enforcement?

💔 Family Remembers School Shooting Victim

16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante, the victim in Wednesday’s shooting at Antioch High School, was a soccer player, good student, and daddy’s girl, according to her father and aunt. “Every day I told her how much I loved her,” her father, German Corea, told reporters. [NewsChannel 5]

• Donate to the family’s GoFundMe. [GoFundMe]

🏫 Recent Updates on School Shooting

• Rep. Jason Powell has asked Gov. Bill Lee to call a special session to discuss bills that address school shootings. [NewsChannel 5]
• A student-led “Rally for Antioch" demonstration is taking place Monday, Jan. 27 at 1:30 p.m. on the Capitol Steps. [Instagram]
• Antioch High School’s AI-powered weapon detection camera software, Omnialert, failed to detect the shooter’s gun. The software is used at all MNPS campuses. [The Tennessean]

🚨 Police Traffic Enforcement

MNPD traffic stops dropped by 95% between 2012 and 2022, but some councilmembers worry that increased traffic stops could lead to police targeting minority community members. We discuss Metro Council’s solution on today’s City Cast Nashville podcast. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🍽️ James Beard Foundation’s Semifinalists

Several local restaurants and chefs made it onto the James Beard Foundation’s annual Restaurant and Chef Awards semifinalist list, including the restaurant group behind Locust, Bad Idea, Maíz de la Vida’s Julio Hernández, and Noko’s Dung “Junior” Vo. [Nashville Scene]

• Our review of Maíz de la Vida [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

What’s the coldest day on record in Nashville?

Meet cutie Jax! Jax’s owners adopted him from Nashville Dog Rescue shortly after the 2020 tornadoes. I asked whether the stuffie had survived Jax’s affections and was told, “Oh no, stuffies have a three-day lifespan around here at most.” That sounds about right!

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