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Community push to get fans in the stands for final day of Special Olympics spring games

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — There's a huge community push today to get fans in the stands for the final day of the Special Olympics spring games in Murfreesboro!

The games started yesterday at the Dean Hayes Track and Soccer Stadium at MTSU, with elementary and middle schoolers taking the field.

Today, high schoolers and adults get their chance to compete!

The games will kick off at 10 a.m.

Meet Trashley! New commercial pays tribute to 1970s Tennessee anti-litter ad

You'll love her and you'll love to hate her! Meet Trashley: the bad girl of Nashville littering. She stars in a new campaign that's a throwback to an anti-litter movement from years past. Her role has been reimagined by NDOT as a fast-paced, Dukes of Hazzard-style wrecking ball of a lady. You'll find yourself cracking up as you meet the actress behind Trashley and hear how she landed the role of Queen of Trash.

-Rebecca Schleicher