Nancy Short News Today

We love getting the chance to share the impact those in our small Middle Tennessee communities can make. Folks in Waverly did just that on Thursday.

Brief excursions

A little imagination

Norman Blake is one of the great unsung heroes of 20th-century folk music. Here's a look at his life, music, and what you can learn from his guitar playing and flatpicking.

Illustration by local artist Caitlin Fowler, based on “A Perfect Stranger,” winner of this year’s Flash Fiction contest. Once again, our readers are the writers in the annual contest of narrative brevity judged by a team of story lovers: Booklegger owners Jennifer McFadden and Nancy Short, retired children’s librarian JoAnn Bauer, Eureka Poet Laureate and College of the Redwoods professor David Holper, and myself. The influence of the pandemic is visible here and there in the haul of ...

Family of Wando student killed in 2019 crash settles wrongful death lawsuit for $3.1 Million Libby Daniel and Keith Schemm were killed in a crash on April 7, 2019. (Source: The Citadel) By Live 5 Web Staff and Thomas Gruel | December 15, 2020 at 12:55 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 2:15 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The parents of a Wando High School student will receive a multi-millon dollar settlement after a post-prom car crash killed their daughter. Elizabeth Daniel was killed in a...