🏛️ Wrongly deported man brought to Nashville

🫡 Founder Leaves Nashville Severe Weather

David Drobny, who started NashSevereWx 15 years ago, announced his departure Friday in a letter on the website. He says there was “No scandal, no internal discord, no problems, we all good fam,” but that he is mentally and emotionally exhausted. NSWX will continue under the leadership of Will, Andrew, hunky intern Elan, and the rest of the crew. [Nashville Severe Weather]

• David on why Nashville needs to be more weather resilient for all [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🏛️ Wrongly Deported Man Brought to Nashville

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador in March, has been returned to the U.S. after a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Tennessee indicted him on two counts of human trafficking on May 21. He remains in custody in Nashville and is scheduled to be arraigned on Friday, June 13. [Tennessee Lookout]

• Ben Schrader, chief of the criminal division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Middle TN, announced his resignation via a LinkedIn post on May 21. [The Guardian]

🎂 A Nashville Icon Turns 35

The Athena statue inside the Parthenon in Centennial Park is celebrating her birthday this month! Parthenon curator Jennifer Richardson joins the City Cast Nashville podcast to tell us why why this Greek goddess and the museum around her matter so much to Nashville. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

💰 Metro Councilmembers Pitch Budget Changes

As Budget Committee Chair Delisha Porterfield prepares her substitute budget proposal, other council members are finalizing their own budget “wish lists.” If CMs can’t address their concerns through changes in either the mayor’s budget or Porterfield’s version, they can propose amendments … or a totally different budget. [Nashville Banner]