Daily Debrief for Oct. 27: Public safety, City Hall, Around town

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Public safety

• Nashville Fire Department to Break Ground on New Headquarters and Fire Station 2 October 23, 2026 (Nashville Fire Department)

City Hall

• Pedestrian Critically Injured in Hit & Run Crash Dies October 27, 2026 (City of Nashville)
• Persistent Thief Arrested In Milwaukee Following Ongoing Investigation October 27, 2026 (City of Nashville)
• Nashville Fire Department Provides Public Safety Update on Ongoing Carbon Monoxide and Methane Monitoring October 27, 2026 (City of Nashville)
• Majority of Guns Reported Stolen in Nashville Taken from Vehicles October 27, 2026 (City of Nashville)
• Public's Assistance Sought in Identifying Hit & Run Driver October 26, 2026 (City of Nashville)

Around town

• PHOTOS: 2026 Southern Festival of Books unites Vanderbilt, Nashville communities in celebration of the written word Celebrated authors and avid readers came together in downtown Nashville Oct. 17–18 for the 2026 Southern Festival of Books, presented by Vanderbilt University in collaboration with (Vanderbilt University)
• A college-readiness program offers promising results for Nashville students, Peabody research finds By Jennifer Kiilerich Access to college begins long before students fill out an application. The support they receive in high school can open doors that may have previously felt un (Vanderbilt University)
• From seizures to brain networks: Anas Reda’s award-winning epilepsy research During some seizures, a person remains aware; during others, consciousness disappears. Why? What changes in the brain, and could researchers intervene before consciousness is lost? (Vanderbilt University)
• $3.4 million NIH grant supports AI-driven approach to studying human emotion Ruogu Fang, a renowned AI researcher and the Flowers Family Dean’s Faculty Fellow in Engineering at Vanderbilt University, has received a $3.4 million R01 grant from the National I (Vanderbilt University)
• Vanderbilt chemists develop AI tool to convert human ingenuity into life-enhancing enzymes Many have voiced concerns that artificial intelligence will take jobs away from humans. But Assistant Professor of Chemistry Zhongyue (John) Yang, along with his former doctoral st (Vanderbilt University) The Daily Debrief is a daily digest of what Nashville’s public bodies published, linked to the original. Have something for tomorrow’s Notes? Send a news tip.