Ashley Griffin
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Former attorney accused of misappropriating Tenn. Tech fraternity alumni association funds (opens the original)
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PUTNAM COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — A former Putnam County attorney is facing additional theft charges following an ongoing Tennessee Bureau of Investigation inquiry involving a Tennessee Tech fraternity alumni organization and a separate estate matter, authorities said. James Nathan Hargis was arrested Sept. 29 and booked into the Putnam County Jail on a $100,000 bond, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The Putnam County Grand Jury returned indictments charging Hargis with theft over
Former MNPS board member faces multiple charges after Tanger Nashville confrontation (opens the original)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Former Metro Nashville Public Schools board member Franchata A. Bush faces three pending misdemeanor charges following a Sept. 24 confrontation at Tanger Outlets Nashville, according to Davidson County court records. Bush, who represented District 6 on the Metro Nashville Board of Education from 2018 through 2022, is charged with criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and making a nonemergency 911 call. Affidavits filed in the cases say officers were called to Tanger Nas
Daily junk food intake linked to higher chronic disease risk in new major study (opens the original)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A new analysis of nearly 8.8 million adults found that people who reported eating more foods classified as ultra-processed also tended to have higher rates of several chronic health conditions and death over time. But the study does not prove that ultra-processed foods, often described as "junk" food, caused those outcomes. The analysis, published Sept. 22 in the peer-reviewed journal Family Medicine and Community Health, pooled 51 prospective cohort studies that follow
Daily junk food intake linked to higher chronic disease risk in new major study (opens the original)
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A new analysis of nearly 8.8 million adults found that people who reported eating more foods classified as ultra-processed also tended to have higher rates of several chronic health conditions and death over time. But the study does not prove that ultra-processed foods, often described as "junk" food, caused those outcomes. The analysis, published Sept. 22 in the peer-reviewed journal Family Medicine and Community Health, pooled 51 prospective cohort studies that follow
'Drop Out or Die’ graffiti found at David Hatley-owned building, police say (opens the original)
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WZTV) — Johnson City police are investigating after threatening graffiti was found Thursday on a building owned by independent Tennessee gubernatorial candidate David Hatley. The message, spray-painted on the exterior of the building, read “Drop Out or Die” and included a circled A symbol commonly associated with anarchism, according to police and Hatley’s campaign. Police responded to a reported vandalism shortly before 9 a.m. Thursday, according to reporting from the scene
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