Boring Company Reports Major Construction Progress on Nashville’s Music City Loop

by Kaitlin Housler | Oct 9, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South

The Boring Company said construction of its Music City Loop project in Nashville is accelerating, with two tunnel boring machines now operating simultaneously and two more expected to join before the end of the year. In an October 1 blog post, the company said...

Mayor Freddie O’Connell to Join Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear for Nashville Book Event

by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 25, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell is set to join Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear for a discussion of Beshear’s new book, Go And Do Likewise: How We Heal A Broken Country, at Vanderbilt University next weekend. Parnassus Books, Vanderbilt University Libraries, and...

Paramount Employees Eyeing Leiper’s Fork, Franklin Areas Amid Company Move Reports

by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 18, 2026 | Economy, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD

Paramount Skydance employees are reportedly looking at properties in the Leiper’s Fork and Franklin areas as the Hollywood company considers moving some operations from California to Tennessee. Spencer Pratt, an actor and television personality who ran for Los Angeles...

Peter Thiel, Reagan Speechwriter Peter Robinson Bring Antichrist Lecture Series to Nashville

by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 17, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South

Peter Robinson, the former Reagan White House speechwriter who drafted President Ronald Reagan’s famous 1987 “Tear down this wall” address, will moderate discussions following a four-part lecture series featuring venture capitalist Peter Thiel in downtown Nashville...

O’Charley’s Restaurant Abruptly Closes Tennessee Locations, All Others to Follow

by Kaitlin Housler | Sep 10, 2026 | Entertainment, News, Tennessee, The South

The Nashville-based dining chain O’Charley’s Restaurant & Bar is closing its remaining corporate-owned locations nationwide, including all eight of its Middle Tennessee restaurants, according to multiple reports. The chain closed its corporate-owned restaurants...

Eagle Forum Brings National Conservative Conference to Nashville for Eagle Council 54

by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 31, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

Eagle Forum President Kris Ullman announced the organization’s 54th annual Eagle Council will be held in Nashville next month. Ullman discussed the upcoming conference during an interview Friday on The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, highlighting the organization’s...

The Boring Company Announces Nashville Hiring Event for Music City Loop

by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 20, 2026 | Culture, News, Tennessee, The South

The Boring Company announced it will hold a hiring event next week to expand its Nashville workforce as construction continues on the Music City Loop The company said in a post on X that it is hiring workers for the project, with two tunnel boring machines currently...

ICE Lodges Detainer for Mexican National Accused of Nashville Hit-and-Run

by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 19, 2026 | Justice, News, Tennessee, The South, TN LEAD

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced it has lodged a detainer for a 48-year-old Mexican national accused of driving onto a Nashville sidewalk and striking four pedestrians in a June hit-and-run, including two people in wheelchairs. ICE New Orleans...

Leahy, Brewer Highlight Timing of RFK Jr., Ogles Head Start Event on Election Day

by Kaitlin Housler | Aug 6, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The Michael Patrick Leahy Show, The South

Michael Patrick Leahy, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of The Tennessee Star, and public affairs specialist Clint Brewer discussed Thursday’s appearance by U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. alongside U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN-05),...

Blackburn Turns Tables on Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell, Blasts His Support of Illegal Aliens over Tennesseans

by Kaitlin Housler | Jul 13, 2026 | News, Politics, Tennessee, The South

Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell released a new campaign advertisement parodying U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn’s (R-TN) recent anti-China gubernatorial campaign commercial, prompting a swift response from the senator, who accused the mayor of trying to...