Author: Ashley Benkarski

NASHVILLE, TN– Cyntoia Brown was released from the Tennessee Prison for Women Wednesday after serving 15 years of a life sentence for the 2004 shooting death of Nashville realtor Johnny Allen. Court documents state Brown was 16 at the time and living with boyfriend Gary McGlothen, nicknamed “Cut Throat,” who she said often abused her physically and sexually. The night she met Allen, Brown said, McGlothen hit her and sent her out to make money. The two crossed paths at a Sonic where Allen bought her food before taking her to his home. Brown told the court that Allen had…

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NASHVILLE,TN—SAG Funeral Home owner Steve Ganaway is a man dedicated to giving back to his community. He grew up on Arthur St. in North Nashville in a little enclave of houses and small businesses. As a kid, he says, he’d help neighbors carry groceries and mow lawns, never asking for money but not turning it down when it was offered. He was raised that way. Now, he owns the funeral home at the corner of Buchanan and 16th Ave., the same bit of land he’d mow as a boy. Formerly McGavok and Martin Brothers Funeral Home, his is the only…

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