Nashville’s urban planners are again tinkering with the honky tonk district on Lower Broadway. This time, it’s a one-month trial of a new pedestrian plaza on what had been loading zones. It’s supposed to give people a safer way to walk, and a spot to hang out.

High school theater competition in Middle Tennessee has joined the major leagues. And students will now have a chance to compete nationally — on Broadway. 

Each year, 300,000 people find their way off the beaten path to visit the Jack Daniel's distillery, where until recently, no one could even partake in the famous Old No. 7. But the fact that Lynchburg is in a dry country has only increased the allure. This is a brand built on story and legend.

State Rep. Brenda Gilmore has been in the state legislature for nearly a decade.

She says it's not enough to have rules at the Capitol against sexually harassing women. Legislative leaders have to show people's complaints about harassment will be taken seriously.

"They need to feel assured that when they bring these types of allegations to the attention of leadership, that something is going to be done immediately."

Gilmore, D-Nashville, doesn't think Republican leaders pass that test.

Tennessee lawmakers made quick work Wednesday of the issue that brought them into special session.

It took them only about an hour of debate on the floors of the state Senate and House of Representatives to repeal the underage drunken driving law that raised the ire of federal authorities.

Repeal was not expected to be controversial, but state law required the special session to last at least three days. In that time, lawmakers moved the measure through committees, and they expelled one member, Franklin Republican Jeremy Durham, amid allegations that he misused campaign funds and sexually harassed close to two dozen women who worked in and around the state Capitol.

It was a dramatic final day as a state representative for Jeremy Durham.

The Franklin Republican was ousted Tuesday from the state House of Representatives on a 70-2 vote, marking the first time in 36 years that House members had kicked out a colleague.

Durham had been a rising star in the Tennessee legislature, part of a new generation of Republican lawmakers who swept into office four years ago.

Now that school's back in session, the faculty recital series is back underway at Vanderbilt's Blair School of Music. Cellist Felix Wang and pianist Heather Conner will be performing Friday evening, and they've brought us a preview of that program.

The 90-minute debate in the Tennessee legislature to expel Rep. Jeremy Durham, R-Franklin, will be referenced for decades to come. Here are six moments that stuck out, including an opening statement from Durham — himself — who was not expected to even be present for the expulsion vote.

Instead, he spoke and took questions, clasping a folder that he claims would expose his accusers.

By a wide margin, Tennessee led the nation in fatal unintentional shootings in 2014, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control.