🌱 Patch AM: How a past ICE sweep reshaped one South Nashville immigrant neighborhood

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• How a past ICE sweep reshaped one South Nashville immigrant neighborhood

Today's riddle: Why did the chicken go to the gym? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: Very hot, with a high of 99 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Very hot; a p.m. t-storm, temps: high: 98, low: 72.
• Sunday: Warm with a t-storm in spots, with a high of 94 and low of 70 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Homeland Security confirms 121 immigrant arrests in Memphis nightclub raid • Tennessee Lookout (tennesseelookout.com) — Federal immigration enforcement in Tennessee has intensified, with officials confirming 121 arrests in a Memphis nightclub raid and recalling a 2025 sweep that netted 196 people in a predominantly immigrant South Nashville neighborhood. For South Nashville residents, the report underscores ongoing large-scale ICE operations in local communities and highlights how partnerships with state troopers can bring sudden, high-profile enforcement to neighborhood streets.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday September 4
• RHS - Football vs Green Hill @ GHHS
  Ravenwood High School Green Hill High School, 220 Old North Greenhill Rd, Mt. Juliet
  7:00 pm
• BHS varsity football @ Summit
  Brentwood High School SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, 2830 Austins Wy, Thompson's Station, TN 371
  7:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• BHS boys and girls XC @ Voyles Classic
  Brentwood High School Andrew Jackson's Hermitage, 4580 Rachels Ln, Hermitage, TN 37
  8:00 am
• RHS - Cross Country - Voyles Classic
  Ravenwood High School Nashville, TN, USA
  8:00 am
Monday September 7
• RHS - JV Football vs Summit @ SHS
  Ravenwood High School SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL, 2830 Austins Wy, Thompson's Station, TN 371
  6:00 pm
• RHS - Fr Football vs Summit @ RHS
  Ravenwood High School , 1724 Wilson Pike, Brentwood, TN 37027
  6:00 pm
• Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting →
  Berry Hill Calendar, 698 Thompson Lane, Nashville
  6:00 pm
• Zoning & Planning Commission Meeting →
  Berry Hill Calendar, 698 Thompson Ln, Nashville
  6:15 pm
• Traffic Commission Meeting →
  Berry Hill Calendar, 698 Thompson Ln, Nashville
  6:30 pm
Tuesday September 8
• WMS-Girls Soccer @ FMS
  Woodland Middle School Freedom Middle School, 1000 Excellence Wy, Franklin, TN 37064
  4:00 pm
• BMS Girls Soccer at Heritage
  Brentwood Middle School Brentwood, TN 37027
  4:00 pm
• BHS boys and girls golf vs Franklin
  Brentwood High School Nashville Golf & Athletic Club, 1703 Crockett Springs Trail, Bre
  4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Nashville Ballet brings Giselle back to TPAC for first time since 2009 (fox17.com)
• Metro Police lieutenant honored for mental health, drug safety work (newschannel5.com)
• Tourism generates $11.6B in Davidson (tnledger.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: He was working on his pecks (pecs). (Thank you W F C. for sending it in!)
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