Anna's News

FREE ICE CREAM TODAY
Every Thursday this summer, we'll be giving away Blue Bell's homemade vanilla ice cream, at a different location. We start the Ice Cream Drops at 11 a.m. and hand it out while supplies last. Today (Thursday), you'll want to be at the Regions Building, 315 Deaderick to get yours.

FREE ICE CREAM TODAY
Every Thursday this summer, we'll be giving away Blue Bell's homemade vanilla ice cream, at a different location. We start the Ice Cream Drops at 11 a.m. and hand it out while supplies last. Today (Thursday), you'll want to be at the Regions Building, 315 Deaderick to get yours.

CMA KICK-OFF PARADE
Welcome to Nashville! Last year more than 65 thousand people spent 30 MILLION dollars here during the CMA Music Festival. It kicks off today with a parade at 11-- going down Broadway from 10th Avenue to 1st Avenue -- and then a Block Party at Riverfront Park. Glen Campbell is the Parade Grand Marshal. Tonight, Marty Stuart's Late Night Jam features Wynonna and the Oak Ridge Boys.

RARE SIGHT OF VENUS TUES NIGHT
A heavenly event that won't happen again in your lifetime happens tonight (Tues), when Venus crosses the sun and is visible to us. The planet will appear as a black dot, like a mole on the sun's cheek, near sunset.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO HICKORY HOLLOW
Hickory Hollow will shut its doors this summer. The company that owns that space, CBL Associates Properties Inc., told tenants Friday they have until the end of their leases to pack up and move out. That means some have less than a month left in business. Nashville Mayor Karl Dean says within a year Metro will fund a 30,000-square-foot recreation center, a library and a green space.

ANDY GRIFFITH BIRTHDAY
Today is Andy Griffith’s 86th birthday. He's known throughout the world as Andy Taylor, a homespun man of the people who, at least on the small screen, lived in a community where everyone cared about everyone else. For more than 40 years, television viewers have invited him into their homes. You can read about Griffith, and what his REAL LIFE is like today, HERE.

JOB FAIR FOR NISSAN SATURDAY
There's a job fair in Murfreesboro tomorrow.

FOUNDER OF “UNCLE BUD’S” CATFISH RESTAURANT DIES
Buddy Rogers | 1939-2012
We've lost another well-known local resident. Buddy Rogers, the man who founded Uncle Bud's Catfish restaurants, has passed away. He died Wednesday morning at his home in Nashville.

NASHVILLE GIRL IN SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE (SAVE FOR FOLO THURS)
Here's a little girl you'll want to be sending good thoughts to: 14-year-old Nashville girl Grace Park.

MEM DAY WEEKEND ONE OF BUSIEST FOR LIFEFLIGHT, MANY INJURIES ARE ALCOHOL-RELATED.
This weekend was one of the busiest ever for Vanderbilt's LifeFLight helicopter. By late yesterday they'd flown more than 65 emergency trips. Jerry Jones with LifeFlight says that's three times as many as last year, and that many of the emergency injuries this weekend involved alcohol.

In Today's News, below: another Air Quality Alert, busiest travel times so you can avoid them, why your chances of being hit at a red light go up today, what to do around town for Memorial Day, which Water Parks and Pools are open, and Tim McGraw's generosity will amaze you!

HAVE A SAFE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
I'll be back with more of Anna's News on Tuesday, June 5th. In the meantime, let me say, "Thank you, veterans, and thank you to friends and family members of military members we've lost.