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4 days ago
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Meet Middle Tennessee's Top Workplaces in 2025: Survey results are in
Each year, The Tennessean collaborates with industry research company Energage to conduct a survey to determine which large, midsize and small companies are the best companies to work for in Middle Tennessee. For the 2025 winners list, 2,061 organizations were invited to survey their employees, with 131 participating. Based on the feedback, 93 have been recognized as Top Workplaces in Middle Tennessee. Tennessee Office of the Comptroller Local employees: 460 Premise Health Local employees: 475 Freeman Webb Company Realtors Local employees: 422 Compass Real Estate Local employees: 1,512 Elmington Local employees: 550 Health Trust Performance Group Local employees: 400 Greystar Local employees: 415 First Horizon Bank Local employees: 473 DaVita, Inc. Local employees: 1,858 Ardent Health Services Local employees: 1,335 FirstBank Local employees: 425 Demos Brands Local employees: 443 Centerstone Local employees: 1,766 TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center Local employees: 721 Onward Real Estate Local employees: 385 STARS Local employees: 208 Tennessee Board of Regents Local employees: 257 P Building Solutions Local employees: 354 Wesley, LLC Local employees: 218 Southwestern Family of Companies Local employees: 157 Ncontracts Local employees: 138 EOSYS Local employees: 140 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee Local employees: 375 Thomas & Company Local employees: 132 TN Voices Local employees: 140 State of Tennessee–Department of General Services Local employees: 336 Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee Local employees: 128 Enterprise Solutions Local employees: 213 Logo Brands Local employees: 186 Bath Fitter Local employees: 148 Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers Local employees: 243 United Structural Systems Local employees: 145 Panda Restaurant Group Local employees: 324 MRO Local employees:150 Nashville Predators Local employees: 305 JW Marriott Nashville Local employees: 367 Fifth Third Bank Local employees: 362 Volunteer Bank Local employees: 181 Rustici Software Local employees: 57 Village Caregiving - Middle Tennessee Local employees: 56 EvidenceCare Local employees: 35 Nashville Office Interiors Local employees: 52 Automated Collection Services, Inc. Local employees: 76 Goldner Associates Local employees: 35 Mechanical Resource Group Local employees: 100 Spero Health Inc. Local employees: 51 Preferred Care at Home of North Nashville Local employees: 110 American Home Design Local employees: 86 OneDigital Tennessee Local employees: 59 Bauer Entertainment Marketing Local employees: 35 DWC Construction Company, Inc. Local employees: 55 Tennessee Bureau of Workers' Compensation Local employees: 84 Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation Local employees: 36 Commercial Insurance Associates LLC Local employees: 117 Conversion Interactive Agency Local employees: 70 All American Pest Control Local employees: 77 Frontier Foundation & Crawl Space Repair Local employees: 122 Workforce Essentials Local employees: 97 Rio Grande Fence Co. of Nashville Local employees: 64 Smith + Howard Advisory, LLC Local employees: 36 SageSpring Wealth Partners Local employees: 113 Cook & Boardman Local employees: 115 MillarRich Local employees: 88 Peachtree Planning Local employees: 51 Hastings Architecture Local employees: 89 Wayne Brothers Companies Local employees: 40 Churchill Mortgage Local employees: 118 Merus Local employees: 39 Soundstripe Local employees: 63 Beazer Homes Local employees: 67 Puryear Farms Local employees: 85 Wayspring Local employees: 65 ProviderTrust Local employees: 104 R.C. Mathews Contractor Local employees: 94 Des-Case Corporation Local employees: 76 MVI Local employees: 46 Wil-Ro, Inc. Local employees: 40 Innovatis Group Local employees: 43 TFS Local employees: 103 FortyAU Local employees: 100 Aprio, LLP Local employees: 40 Power Design, Inc. Local employees: 73 KCH Transportation Local employees: 55 Central Research Local employees: 94 Loews Hotels & Co Local employees: 109 Legacy South Builders Local employees: 60 CGI Local employees: 120 Johnston & Associates Local employees: 103 Radiation Business Solutions Local employees: 83 Material Handling, Inc. Local employees: 45 Freeman Local employees: 83 Milosi Local employees: 64 CBIZ Local employees: 35 This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Meet Middle Tennessee's Top Workplaces in 2025: Survey results are in
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5 days ago
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First Farmers and Merchants Corporation Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend of $0.27 Per Share
COLUMBIA, Tenn., June 17, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--First Farmers and Merchants Corporation (OTC Pink: FFMH), the holding company for First Farmers and Merchants Bank, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared the Company's regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.27 per share, which will be paid on July 16, 2025, to shareholders of record as of July 1, 2025. The dividend represents a 12.5% increase compared with the cash dividend paid during the same period last year. About First Farmers and Merchants Corporation and First Farmers and Merchants Bank First Farmers and Merchants Corporation is the holding company for First Farmers and Merchants Bank, a community bank serving the Middle Tennessee area through 22 offices in seven Middle Tennessee counties. As of March 31, 2025, First Farmers reported total assets of approximately $1.8 billion, total shareholders' equity of approximately $148 million, and administered trust assets of $6.3 billion. For more information about First Farmers, visit us on the Web at under "Investor Relations." View source version on Contacts Jill A. Giles Chief Financial Officer (931) 380-8284
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15-06-2025
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1 arrested after causing ‘disruption' at ‘No Kings' protest in Gallatin, police say
GALLATIN, Tenn. (WKRN) — At least one person was taken into custody during the 'No Kings' protest that took place in Gallatin on Saturday. The Gallatin Police Department said the event was 'carried out peacefully,' with no significant incidents reported involving participants. 'No Kings' protests held across Middle Tennessee However, police said a 27-year-old man was arrested for disorderly conduct, failure to produce identification and seatbelt violation. Officials added he was not 'actively involved' in the protest, but was driving by the area and caused a disruption that caused police intervention. News 2 was at the scene as the 27-year-old was placed into custody and taken away in handcuffs. 'We are grateful for the support from the Sumner County Sheriff's Office, Sumner EMA, Sumner County EMS, Sumner County ECC, Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Department of Homeland Security, Hendersonville Police Department, Portland Police Department, Goodlettsville Police Department, White House Police Department, and IGY6 Ministries, all of who assisted in ensuring the safety and security of today's event,' stated Gallatin police. ⏩ Meanwhile, the 'No Kings' protest in Nashville also led to one arrest. According to authorities, a 19-year-old counter-protester from Murfreesboro got into heated arguments and spit at protesters before pulling out a gun and pointing it toward the ground. Booking records show the 19-year-old was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct is being held at Metro Jail on a $1,500 bond. No additional details about the separate arrests were immediately released. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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13-06-2025
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Advocacy organizations warn ‘we are all Kilmar'; pledge to fight for immigrant rights
Lydia Walther-Rodriguez, Chief of Organizing and Leadership Development for CASA Maryland, speaks during a press conference before Kilmar Abrego Garcia's arraignment and detention hearing in Nashville, Tenn. on June 13, 2025. (Photo: Cassandra Stephenson/Tennessee Lookout) Chants of 'Todos somos Kilmar' — 'we are all Kilmar' — punctuated a gathering of immigrant, labor, faith and civil rights organizations who gathered at a downtown Nashville church Friday ahead of Kilmar Abrego Garcia's arraignment. Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old Salvadoran native living in Maryland, was detained after a traffic stop in March and then deported to a Salvadoran prison under accusations of being a member of the MS-13 criminal gang. His deportation — which a Trump administration attorney admitted was done in error — has become a lightning rod for public opposition to the administration's immigration policies. 'Let's be clear: We are fighting because they are continuing to call this an administrative error, but there's nothing administrative about destroying a family, and this is not an error,' Lydia Walther-Rodriguez, a leader with immigrant advocacy group CASA Maryland, said. 'This is an intentional attack to Black and brown communities. Not just in Maryland, but all throughout this country, they are continuing to fight to erase us, and we must continue to stand up and resist,' she said. Abrego Garcia came to the United States illegally as a teenager. A 2019 immigration court order barred the government from sending him back to El Salvador, where he said he feared persecution. The El Salvador government returned Abrego Garcia to the United States in June to face human smuggling charges issued in a grand jury indictment in late May. The charges stem from a 2022 incident when the Tennessee Highway Patrol pulled over Abrego Garcia's SUV — which had nine Hispanic men inside — for speeding. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment at a Nashville federal courthouse Friday. The group of organizations that met on the steps of the First Lutheran Church also included the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition (TIRRC), SEIU Local 205, Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee and The Equity Alliance. Vonda McDaniel, president of the Central Labor Council of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, demanded fair treatment for Abrego Garcia, saying his case will not 'disappear in the shadows of a courtroom.' She also questioned the legitimacy of the charges against him, which were filed after his deportation. 'This is a clear attempt to criminalize Kilmar retroactively in order to justify what they did to him illegally, and to intimidate other immigrants (and) workers who might dare to fight back when their rights are violated … Today, we stand before you to demand justice, not vengeance,' McDaniel said. TIRRC Executive Director Lisa Sherman Luna spoke of the Tennessee legislature's recent actions, including a law that created an immigration enforcement division that is exempt from public records and created criminal penalties for local elected officials who 'adopt sanctuary policies.' Another law created a new crime for harboring or hiding immigrants without legal immigration status 'for the purpose … of private financial gain.' 'What happened to Kilmar Garcia is a chilling example of what could happen to any one of us, because it's exactly what happens when those in power put themselves above the law, when court orders are ignored, when people are disappeared, when due process is erased,' she said. 'Right now, immigrants are being used as pawns in a broader assault on our democracy.' Sherman Luna said Nashville specifically has been under 'full-scale assault' since ICE detained around 200 people, most of whom had no criminal records, from the city's most diverse neighborhoods in May. U.S. 'border czar' Tom Homan, U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles, Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton and Trump administration officials have since denounced Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell for condemning the immigration detention sweep. 'There will be repercussions' Homeland Security official targets Nashville mayor over immigration After the detainments, O'Connell revised a 2019 executive order that requires some city employees to report interactions with federal immigration officials to the mayor's office, shortening the original 3-day timeframe to 24 hours. The mayor's office posted records of these reports, which inadvertently included the names of three federal immigration officials and one official's first name, according to O'Connell's administration. The posts were later removed. Tennessee GOP leaders have accused O'Connell of endangering immigration officials and interfering with immigration enforcement. O'Connell now faces an investigation by a U.S. Congressional committee, and Tennessee Republican state lawmakers have proposed legislation that would make it a felony for public officials to release immigration officers' names. The bill would also remove state and local officials from office. 'They criminalized the ability of local elected officials to protect immigrant residents, and now they're trying to make it a crime to even release the names of ICE officers, people with immense power operating without any public oversight,' Sherman Luna said. 'This is what governments do when they know they're acting outside of the law, when they're trampling on our rights (and) they want to do it with total impunity.' District 17 Metro Nashville Council member Terry Vo, who chairs the Immigrant Caucus, said the state legislature 'has already stripped Tennessee cities of the right to take care of our people, from banning sanctuary policies to restricting (minimum wage increases) and to blocking worker protections.' Cities in Tennessee and throughout the nation, she said, cannot 'comply in advance.' 'Let's not forget the freedoms we enjoy now were not gifted to us,' Vo said. 'They were fought for. They were sacrificed for.' Tequila Johnson, co-founder and vice president of The Equity Alliance, said it's the same system that 'locks up Black bodies' and 'is deporting immigrant families.' 'We owe it to our ancestors … to the people who died, who fought for these rights, to continue fighting,' Johnson said. 'Because just because hate isn't knocking at your door right now, doesn't mean it's not on your street.' Anita Wadhwani contributed. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
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12-06-2025
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Spring Hill officials change regulations on food trucks, pave way for expansion
SPRING HILL, Tenn. (WKRN) — Food trucks have grown in popularity across Middle Tennessee. Now, Spring Hill leaders are working to help them out. Spring Hill Mayor Matt Fitterer told News 2 that food trucks started gaining popularity around 2022 and the city started to get requests for more of them. Previously, Spring Hill regulations only allowed one food truck to operate in a given area. Neighborhood News: Stories impacting your community | Read More The Board of Mayor and Aldermen overhauled some zoning codes and ordinances, so now, two or more food trucks are allowed to create a sort of courtyard and allow residents to have multiple different dining experiences all in once place. The change has been a long time in the making; ordinances now also provide clarity on where food truck operators are allowed to serve food. Fitterer said that food trucks offer a unique dining experience and that the old regulations weren't accommodating what residents wanted. Spring Hill's new fire station approaches completion as population grows 'Our rules just didn't match what our customers — our citizens — were demanding,' Fritterer said. 'So really, we were just trying to modernize the code a little bit and be responsive to where that industry has kind of matured.' Fritterer wants small up-and-coming businesses to find a friend in the City of Spring Hill. He hopes the new rules will open opportunities for residents to try different eateries. Do you have news happening in your neighborhood? Let us know by sending an email to neighborhoodnews@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
