More than a year after the Metro Council set aside $1 million to make North Nashville a safer place to live, a city board is moving closer to a recommendation on how that money should be spent.
A celebrated employee of the non-violence group Gideon’s Army appears to have been a “high-level drug dealer," according to a recently concluded Metro police investigation.
Mayor John Cooper’s office is touting a program that funds community groups working on crime prevention, job training, childcare and more. It stems from Cooper's promise nearly two years ago to support grassroots violence reduction efforts, following the murder of George Floyd.