A legislative push has mounted in Nashville that seeks to reduce the penalty for individuals who are found possessing or casually exchanging small amounts of marijuana to allow them to avoid a criminal record.

A newly filed ordinance sponsored by three Metro Council members would lessen the penalty for people who…

John Saunders, one of the familiar on-air faces of ESPN for nearly 30 years, has died. He was 61.

Saunders hosted studio and play-by-play programming. He covered college football, basketball and the NHL for the network, in addition to anchoring SportsCenter. He was also host of The Sports Reporters.

Born in Canada, Saunders was…

Aaron Hall- 52 years old

Ricky Smiley- 48 years old

Kylie Jenner- 19 years old…

Ed Sheeran has been accused of copying elements of Marvin Gaye’s Let’s Get It On for his hit single Thinking Out Loud.

The track, which became the first to spend a full year in the UK top 40 and has been streamed more than 1 billion times on YouTube, became Sheeran’s first number one single, and…

You don't always have to Kill.

Metro police shot a fugitive along busy Germantown streets late Thursday morning after investigators say he took his wife hostage at gunpoint and later pulled a gun on officers.

It marked the first officer-involved shooting in Nashville since November…

CREDIT:  KABC

A judge has issued a $10,000 bench warrant for the arrest of rapper Tyga.



The warrant comes after the 26-year old was a no-show at a Santa Monica courtroom, where he was due to appear Tuesday morning to account for his…

An effort is underway to preserve the Jefferson Street building that once housed Club Baron, one of Nashville's most culturally significant music venues where future legends Jimi Hendrix, Ray Charles, Otis Redding  and Little Richard performed on their way to the apex of the music industry.

Now home to an Elks Lodge social club, the building is…

Tyler Perry is always the good guy.  Remember that story about the twins that were left in a car and died because their Dad stopped by a friend's to drink, fell asleep and killed his two baby girls...Tyler Perry has offered to pay the funeral costs for the family!

Thank You Tyler Perry for…

The Real Housewives of Atlanta star collapsed in the parking lot of an Atlanta mall on Monday, TMZ reports, and was rushed to the hospital. According to reports, Williams was having difficulties breathing before she hit the pavement. Atlanta Fire and Rescue appeared at the scene and Williams was taken to Piedmont…

Three young girls, the oldest of whom is 16, fell from a Ferris wheel at an East Tennessee fair on Monday.

Authorities say happened at the Greene County Fair when a basket flipped over, causing the children to fall 35 to 40 feet, according to…

A man has been charged in the shooting death of his 11-year-old daughter in Sumner County.

The incident happened before 3:30 p.m. yesterday at a home on Shady View Drive in Hendersonville.

Officials with Hendersonville Police said 29-year-old Timothy Batts…

So R. Kelly, who is 49 years old, is allegedly dating a 19-year old. Looking at his past with young females this is both questionable and not a surprise. If you will remember the R&B singer married a 15 year old singer by the name of Aaliyah. That marriage was later annulled.…

If current economic trends continue, the average black household will need 228 years to accumulate as much wealth as their white counterparts hold today. For the average Latino family, it will take 84 years. Absent significant policy interventions, or a seismic change in the American economy, people of color will never close the gap.

Those are…

MARIAH CAREY: Fiance Plays Peacemaker

Most guys want their fiancees to steer clear of exes, but not James Packer -- who said he'd marry Mariah Carey only if she made up with former hubby Nick Cannon.

Allegedly, the…

Laverne Cox has always been a major inspiration to many since the beginning of her career, but the actress took confidence to a whole other level in her latest social media post.

The OITNB star took to Instagram to show the world that she ‘woke up like dis’ and doesn’t regret it one bit.…

Roger Federer- 35 years old

Meagan Good- 35 years old

Dustin Hoffman- 79…

Drake kept the surprises coming on the Summer Sixteen tour’s second night in New York City. The global ambassador to the Toronto Raptors brought out the Knicks’ new point guard Derrick Rose and his young son PJ to a shower of applause. "He'll take you all the way, I promise you," Drake said.…

A 55-year-old man named Leroy Black from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey died last Tuesday. And apparently Leroy left behind a wife . . . and a girlfriend.



We know that because BOTH of them placed obituaries for him in the "Press of Atlantic City" newspaper. And both of those obituaries ran…

SNOOP DOGG and WIZ KHALIFA were performing at the BB&T Pavilion in New Jersey on Friday night, when a railing collapsed in the venue.  More than 40 people were injured, but fortunately no one was seriously hurt.

When the railing gave way, dozens of people fell down…

Jesse Williams- 35 years old

DeRay Davis- 48 years old

Lolo Jones- 34 years old…