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2020 was a year of nonstop crises for the WPLN Newsroom. Deadly tornadoes hit Nashville the morning of the Super Tuesday primaries, March 3; the pandemic swept through just as recovery was underway; protests lasted for several weeks over the summer; a presidential debate took place; and a man blew up part of downtown on […]

Just three weeks after the first coronavirus case was detected in Tennessee, WPLN News reporter Blake Farmer reported from the scene as patients of a nearby nursing home were evacuated amid one of the state’s first coronavirus outbreaks. But that was just the beginning of his reporting on the Gallatin Center for Rehabilitation and Healing. […]

Nine months before Nashville Officer Andrew Delke shot and killed Daniel Hambrick, he was criticized by his supervisors. But not for use of force. It was a night when Delke didn’t pull his gun. Records uncovered by WPLN News provide a rare glimpse into the mind of police officer struggling to make sense of when to […]

March 3, 2020, was a day of never-ending breaking news. It began with a tornado that swept through Middle Tennessee in the early morning and ended with Tennesseans casting their ballots in Super Tuesday elections. WPLN News host Rachel Iacovone laid out the extent of the tragedy while keeping voters informed in her 1:04 p.m. […]