This weekend you can enjoy a series of powerful monologues depicting African-American women’s lives during the beginning of the Civil War. Stories From Da Dirt offers the audience a glimpse into three women’s struggles to escape slavery.

The play is performed by an all-female African-American historical group and is focused on empowering women and offering a moving and enriching experience.

This will be the troupe’s first Nashville performance.

The play will be followed by a group discussion of important race and gender issues.

Where:

Fondren Hall – Harambee Auditorium

1008 19th Ave. South

Nashville, TN 37212

When:

Friday, February 24

Saturday, February 25

7-9:30 p.m.

For more information call 340-7557.

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Travelers on Interstate-65 may have been the first people to have a good reason to cry over spilled milk.

A commercial milk truck overturned on the interstate Feb. 16 between Murfreesboro and Peytonsville Roads, spilling milk onto the road and requiring several lanes to be closed.

No other vehicles besides the 18-wheeler were involved in the wreck, and the driver only suffered minor injuries, but traffic stalled significantly while workers cleaned up the wreckage.

They cleared one lane overnight, but the road remained partially blocked until noon the next day so crew members would have enough time to repair a guardrail damaged in the crash.

Police are investigating the cause of the accident, but this is not the first time a big milk truck has overturned on the highway. A similar incident in Colorado happened just two months ago, KOAA reported.

In that case, copper thieves had stolen the wiring from the streetlights down a stretch of Interstate-25, so the roadway was dark when the driver of the milk truck headed down the stretch at 4:20 a.m.

Sharp turns caused the large truck to jackknife, and it tipped over, sliding about 100 yards. Though it doesn’t seem as though cleaning up spilled milk would be very difficult, it took several police divisions seven hours to reopen the highway.

“It tied up three of our four patrol divisions, most of their manpower closing down the interstate and diverting traffic,” Sgt. Rob Kelley of the CSPD Major Accident Unit told KOAA. “It’s pretty labor intensive.”

The commercial vehicle in the Colorado case was registered to a dairy company out of Missouri, and much like the 18-wheeler accident in Nashville, investigators couldn’t figure out what caused the driver to lose control.

If you have been injured or a loved one has been killed in an accident involving a large commercial vehicle in Franklin, Nashville, Murfreesboro or the surrounding area, you may be entitled to more compensation than your insurance company is willing to let on.

Call Middle Tennessee Personal Injury Lawyer Mitch Grissim

He’ll answer your questions personally and offers a Free, No Obligation Consultation.

“I’m in the business of helping people. And when a client needs help, they need a lawyer and they need to pick up the phone and be able to talk to their lawyer — not a paralegal, not a secretary,” Grissim said. “My job is to be in the office and be accessible and that’s what I enjoy about my practice.”

For more information, call 615-255-9999 or stop by the office at 325 Union Street in Nashville. Mitch Grissim will be there ready to help.

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In the early morning of Feb. 3, one man lost his life and several others suffered injuries from a head-on collision that took place in Clarksville.

According the authorities, the deadly two-vehicle accident, involving a Dodge Durango and a GMC Sierra, took place around 7:40 a.m. on Madison Street near Tanglewood Drive and Liberty Parkway. A Clarksville Police Department spokesman said the crash was Clarksville’s first traffic fatality of 2012.

Clarksville Police’s Fatal Accident and Crash Team (FACT) along with Montgomery County EMS reported to the scene. The FACT team investigated the crash area and had to shut down Madison Street for the morning.

Clarksville Police officials said that the driver of the Durango, Vincent D. Clark, 31, of Clarksville, veered into oncoming traffic and struck the Sierra driven by Tyler J. Head, 20, of Springfield.

Clark was transported by Lifeflight to Vanderbilt University Hospital with critical head injuries. Danesha M. Clark, 26, a passenger in Clark’s Durango was taken by ambulance to Gateway Medical Center.

Head was pronounced dead at the scene and the Montgomery County EMS had to extricate the body from the wreckage. A passenger in Head’s Sierra, Lucas P. Haley, 19, of Springfield, was badly injured and transported by helicopter to Vanderbilt University Hospital. Police stated that neither passenger in the Sierra was wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash.

The accident is still under investigation. Anyone with information is encouraged to call 931-645-8477.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a Clarksville car accident, contact Middle Tennessee personal injury lawyer Mitch Grissim. You may be entitled to a cash settlement for your accident injuries.

If you have lost a loved one in a fatal car crash, the attorneys at Mitch Grissim & Associates can assist you in filing a wrongful death lawsuit. They know that nothing can take the place of your loved one but a successful wrongful death claim can help ease your financial burdens and give you a sense of justice and closure.

If you need help with your accident injuries, contact Mitch today. He has represented injured victims throughout Middle Tennessee including Clarksville.

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Starting this Friday, film lovers in Nashville can view Academy Award-nominated shorts from around the world at the historic Belcourt Theatre.

The 2012 nominees are divided into Live Action, Animation, and Documentary programs. Each program is ticketed separately.

Come out and enjoy short-subject films such as:

Raju, an emotional drama about adoption.

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, an animated allegory that uses miniatures, computer animation, 2D animation.

The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement, an uplifting and informative look at Civil Rights in Alabama.

The Oscars are Sunday, February 26th.

For more information about showtimes, films, and ticket prices visit the Belcourt Theatre.

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Police in nearby Oak Grove, TN said a 6-year-old boy has now died after being attacked by a small German Shepherd Sunday night.

The child was playing in the backyard at the home of a family friend when the attack occurred.

The child was transported by helicopter to Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville where he later died.

Oak Grove police Lt. Adam Vanderkolk said the boy suffered a lot of trauma to his facial area.

Oak Grove Animal Control has the German Shepherd in custody along with two other dogs that were in the home.

Police are investigating the incident. There were no reports of trouble with the animal in the past, according to Vanderkolk.

Legal representation in cases like these is essential to ensure that you collect the restitution you deserve. Medical expenses can skyrocket if you are a victim of a dog attack and these can be comprised of costs for hospitalization, physician and surgeon fees, cosmetic surgery costs, etc. Other scenarios can result in permanent disfigurement, damage to organs, bone breaks, and even death.

Tennessee laws concerning liability regarding the behavior of dogs are quite specific and it takes a skilled and knowledgeable personal injury attorney to translate how these laws apply to each case.

Dog bite laws do recognize that “dangerous dogs are a serious and widespread threat to the safety and welfare of citizens throughout the state…”

Depending on the circumstances, when an individual is attacked by a dog and sustains bodily injury, that person is entitled to bring a civil action against the owner of the animal.

Mitch Grissim & Associates can help. Our lawyers in Tennessee cover a wide area to include Nashville, Antioch, Franklin, Brentwood, and Clarksville.

If you or a loved one has suffered from dog bites, dog attacks or personal injuries, rely on the professionals to take care of your legal needs.

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