When Fairgrounds Speedway uncrates the 2003 racing season Saturday night, the show’s most compelling stars will be under the hood rather than behind the wheel.
The reason? The speedway’s new crate engine program, which makes its debut in the premier Late Model and Supertruck divisions.
Speedway president Dennis Grau is introducing the program to help drivers contain [...]

Several high school sporting teams from the Greater Nashville Area will be in action over the weekend. Here is a look at what is going on in and out of town in the world of prep sports.
The Montgomery Bell Academy boy’s lacrosse team will travel to Memphis on Friday to battle it out with several [...]

A deep rift between lottery leader Sen. Steve Cohen and Gov. Phil Bredesen appeared to subside Thursday as the two met for the first time in months regarding lottery differences.
The men have been at odds over lottery legislation, particularly Gov. Phil Bredesen’s wishes to appoint the lottery corporation board and to delay scholarship legislation until [...]

Shoppers who are looking for a house that offers both convenience and luxury should consider this Brentwood property.
The 17-year-old home, which measures 5,865 square feet, is located in the Belle River subdivision, which sits off Granny White Pike and near the Maryland Farms area.

The property is “right in the heart of Brentwood,” near shops, schools, [...]

Steve Gill wants to cast suspicion on the peace movement just the way the Nazis cast suspicion on all progressive political people of their time (March 26, “Who’s greasing the palms of the antiwar movement?” p. 2). The peace movement’s funding is no secret - it comes from the people in the peace movement, very [...]

Forty years after the passage of the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the civil rights act, women continue to suffer the consequences of pay inequity. It’s past time to remedy this.
As Equal Pay Day (Tuesday, April 15, 2003) approaches, Greater Nashville Business & Professional Women would like to recognize the efforts of State [...]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) may have the right idea, but it went about it in the wrong way. The civil rights organization has long been concerned about the broad latitude given the federal government under the USA Patriot Act, which gives the government more generous surveillance authority over those it suspects may be [...]

Davidson County Courthouse operations are boxing up and shipping out to their multi-year, temporary location in MetroCenter on Mainstream Drive over the next several weeks while the downtown Metro building undergoes extensive reconstruction and renovations.
The move is scheduled for completion by April 21, with several individual offices heading over to the new facilities as early [...]

Blue Collar’ hees and haws
All-star comic revues are hardly a new phenomenon, but the Blue Collar Comedy Tour offers an intriguing twist on the traditional standup performance and monologues. The tour features the quartet of Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Engvall, Ron White and Larry The Cable Guy. They’ve enjoyed so much success with a lengthy national [...]

Franklin Financial Corp. announced Thursday that it has agreed to amend its merger affiliation agreement with Fifth Third Bancorp so as to extend the termination date of the agreement to June 30, 2004.
Franklin Financial and Fifth Third originally had hoped to finalize the merger, which is for a reported $240 million, by the end of [...]

In response to Eleanor Barrett’s comments (March 25, “U.S. image sullied in Dixie Chick bash,” p. 3), I would like to respectfully respond: Please do not compare President Bush, an honorable man of high moral character, courage and faith, with Bill Clinton - at least, not unless he is found underneath his desk playing with [...]

Nashville Symphony Maestro Kenneth Schermerhorn is a good sport. What other symphony’s maestro would enjoy having his likeness made into a bobblehead?
After 20 years as music director and principal conductor of the Nashville Symphony, Schermerhorn will not only be celebrated at two Nashville Symphony concerts, but he’s being honored at Belmont University School of Music’s [...]

No surprise, ideologues on both the left and the right are screaming that the media coverage of the Iraq War is slanted away from their beliefs. But this fury is not very important because there are so many media outlets that the sheer amount of information Americans can potentially get obliterates any narrow agenda an [...]

As the Iraqi campaign surges forward, what should the viewing public see on TV? Our answer: as much as possible, within the limits of good taste, operational security, and respect for the families of any casualties.
“This is a war for truth,” insists Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman. “The goal is to have accurate, truthful reporting from [...]

After last week’s report by Hans Blix to the Security Council, we know two things: U.N. inspectors are doing a good job, and U.N. inspectors need more time.
After President Bush’s State of the Union address, we know one thing: The United States doesn’t give a damn. It’s clear that the United States only agreed to [...]

Tom Daschle and Nancy Pelosi weren’t terribly impressed with the case President Bush made in his State of the Union address for forcibly turning Saddam Hussein out of power.
“Before we commit the first life, the first American soldier in Iraq,” said Daschle, the Senate minority leader, “we need to have more positive proof” that Saddam [...]

Janice LaGasse, a lover of life and laughter who covets her neighbor’s pool. Janice LaGasse is a former elementary school teacher who is passionate about children and animals. She left the profession to become a stay-at-home mother but continues to work on behalf of kids and pets, serving on the boards of Nashville Humane Association [...]

The cliché “nothin’ new under the sun” certainly applies to the age-old method of roasting a variety of fresh vegetables. Although today’s food industry trend is to serve roasted root vegetables, roasting whole vegetables over an open pit fire is the oldest and most traditional form of cooking. The term now refers to cooking food [...]

Former Whites Creek standout Odell Bradley scored a game-high 20 points as Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis defeated Lipscomb 77-61 Tuesday night.
Bradley, who was heavily recruited by Lipscomb, canned 7-of-11 from the floor including 2-of-3 from the arc to pace the IUPUI offense while senior Josh Murray notched 16 points and 11 rebounds for the [...]

Austin Peay visited Tennessee State last night for an Ohio Valley Conference basketball game that was rescheduled due to Jan. 18’s snowstorm. And it didn’t take long for the game to start snowballing in a familiar direction for both teams.
The Governors extended their winning streak to six games with an 82-57 victory, while TSU suffered [...]

Cutting roughly 150,000 clients off the TennCare rolls didn’t make a dent in saving money for the troubled program, agency officials said Tuesday.
Roughly 150,000 recipients were removed from the rolls and at least 50,000 are pending under a new federal waiver, which is being disputed in court.
The state is looking at a projected $250 million [...]