Aug. 20: Metro Arts Commission Director; a Gun at East High School

The Metro Arts Commission voted 5-4 to permanently appoint Ashley Bachelder as director. Other major news included the arrest of an East High School student who was found with a loaded, stolen handgun. Separately, four people at Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown suffered serious medical complications after receiving potassium instead of bupivacaine anesthetic, leading to an investigation by TBI.