🌊 Weekend flash flooding chances

🗑️ Nashville’s Trash Problem

We’ve got a trash problem, y’all. Our landfills are running out of space, and Rutherford County doesn’t want our trash. We’re chatting about a possible solution on today’s City Cast Nashville podcast. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

♒ Watch Out for Weekend Flooding

Nashville is expected to get another 2-4 inches of rain and severe storms on Saturday, with a 40% chance of flash flooding. Make sure you have multiple ways to receive weather alerts. [Nashville Severe Weather]

• Check to see if you live in a flood plain [FEMA]
• Related: The guys behind Nashville Severe Weather give us their winter weather tips. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

📰 Hunters Lane Senior Arrested for Threat

Hunters Lane High School senior Dorrian Harp was arrested, jailed, and released to his mother on a $10,000 bond for making a threat he says was a joke at school. Under a law that took effect in July, threatening mass violence at school is a Class E felony. Harp has had no other run-ins with the law or behavioral issues at school. [The Tennessean]

• The Antioch High shooter had a history of violence. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

👮 MNPD Understaffed

Despite Mayor O’Connell’s 2024 statement that the Metro Nashville Police Department would soon be fully staffed, the MNPD remains more than 100 officers short of its authorized staffing level. Its struggle to retain and recruit officers mirrors national trends. [Nashville Banner]

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Meet 8-year-old American Water Spaniel and certified sweetie Rosey! Rosey was rehomed from a North Carolina family two years ago, and has set about training her human dad in the necessities of treat dispensing, cuddling, and general spoiling. She loves Two Rivers Dog Park and Old Hickory Beach, where she shows just why the breed is nicknamed “The Otter Dog.”