TUNNEL DOUBLE: The Boring Company is preparing to double down beneath Nashville. In a blog post this week, the company said that a second boring machine, Prufrock-MB2, is in the final phase of testing and calibration before it is put into service, expected later this month as work on the Music City Loop continues. Additionally, a second vertical cassette is being commissioned to provide continuous rock removal as the second boring machine advances. Prufrock-MB1 has been at work for a little more than two months and, according to the post, has been made faster and more reliable as employees on site have reported on its operation, according to Boring. A third, Prufrock-MB3, is being built. No word yet on when that one will be put in action. — David Boclair
PEDESTRIAN KILLED, DRIVER CHARGED: A 62-year-old Nashville man walking on the sidewalk along Woodland Street was killed Tuesday afternoon when he was hit by a pickup truck driven by an allegedly intoxicated man. Police said the truck swerved into oncoming traffic and jumped the curb before striking the pedestrian and then crashing through a fence and into four parked vehicles. The man who was killed has not yet been identified, but the driver, 45-year-old Antwaine McBee, was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide by intoxication and driving on a suspended license. — Steven Hale
THE SABAN EFFECT: Nick Saban was not on the dais when the Nashville Predators introduced their new general manager, Chris MacFarland, on Wednesday. The legendary college football coach who became part of the team’s ownership group last December was, however, front and center with the search committee that ultimately settled on MacFarland. “The presence that he has and the way he evaluates things, it changed the entire interview process for us,” Predators CEO Sean Henry said. “There were times we were looking at him [and thought], ‘I wish I had asked that,’ or ‘I wish I saw it that way.’ … I think it made the entire committee a little better in how we approached it, how we evaluated it.” Henry also talked about how Saban analyzed each interview the team conducted and broke down not only what was said but what was not said. “It was incredible,” Henry said. — David Boclair
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