Richland-West End Home Tour this weekend (May 5-6)

The annual Richland-West End home tour will be held this weekend, May 5 and 6, from 12 to 5 p.m. This year’s tour features nine houses, eight gardens and two artist’s studios.

A special treat this year is a “kit house” purchased from Sears Roebuck in the early 1900’s. The tour will also feature an artisan’s shop and a bake sale at the Concordia Lutheran Church. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children 12 and under. Tickets may be purchased at any participating house or garden. Tour guests can walk from home to home through the neighborhood or ride the trolley from house to house.

Directions (map): From Murphy Road and 37th Avenue, follow Murphy to Bowling Avenue. Turn right on Bowling and go three blocks to Richland Avenue. Turn left on Richland and go a half block to 3509 or 3510 Richland (both are houses on the tour) where you can purchase tickets.

MNPD apprehends Charlotte Pike ATM robbery suspects

From the Metro Nashville Police Department:

Thomas Gooch, 16, of Luann Court, and Larry Wade, 15, of Edgehill Avenue, were each charged in juvenile court with aggravated robbery and unlawful gun possession the robbery of a Nashville man at a US Bank branch ATM at 5711 Charlotte Pike Wednesday night.

The 27-year-old victim withdrew cash from the ATM at 9:10 p.m. and as he walked back to his car, Gooch approached him from behind and demanded his money at gunpoint. The victim complied. Gooch ran behind the bank where Wade was acting as a lookout.

West Precinct Officer Taylor Schmitz spotted the suspects sitting in a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am across the street from the bank at 9:40 p.m. They were taken into custody without incident. A handgun was found inside the vehicle along with the same amount of cash stolen in the robbery.