Nashville TN News

Source: The Tennessean

Employers raise workers' share of health-care costs
WASHINGTON - As employers struggle with rising health-care costs and a sour economy, U.S. workers for the first time in at least a decade are being asked to shoulder the entire cost of rising health benefits on their own.
 
WMC officials plan to make case against ER facility in Spring Hill
SPRING HILL - A spokeswoman for Williamson Medical Center said Tuesday the hospital will discourage state officials from allowing a new emergency care facility to be constructed in Spring Hill.
 
Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood needs date for CMA Awards
Even the singer's mom won't go with him.
 
Photo restorers to help flood victims next week
UPDATE: Elaine Lawson asked me in June about tips on handling some of her family mementos after the May flood.
 
'Going the Distance' laces romantic comedy with bittersweet reality
Co-stars Drew Barrymore and longtime beau Justin Long bring baggage.
 
Police ID body found in Woodbine lot as Madison woman
A partially decomposed body found Wednesday night in an overgrown Woodbine lot has been identified through fingerprints as a 27-year-old woman last known to have lived in Madison.
 
Autopsy to be performed on girl who died day after spider bite
Metro's medical examiner will perform an autopsy on a 3-year-old girl from Macon County who died a day after being bitten by a brown recluse spider.
 
Murfreesboro mosque contractor just wants to do his job
MURFREESBORO - Hunkered down in the office avoiding phone calls isn't exactly what Bud Fultz would consider an ideal day at work.
 
Debate over paper ballots vs. touch screen heats up after election errors
Advocates for paper ballots say a string of disputes over last month's elections could have been avoided had the state switched to new voting machines this year as originally intended, but election officials are countering that the touch screen booths in use across Tennessee actually performed better than their paper counterparts.
 
50 things we love about SEC football
As the college football season gets under way, we put together a list of our favorite things about the Southeastern Conference.