A longtime colleague at WPLN passed away over the weekend.

Services for Rebecca will begin at noon Thursday at Downtown Presbyterian Church in Nashville, 154 5th Ave. North

When Israel temporarily postponed its planned incursion into the northern Gaza strip yesterday, to allow negotiations to continue over the fate of a kidnapped soldier, it was in response to an appeal from Egypt to let diplomacy run its course. According to Egypt’s ambassador to the United States, diplomacy is one of the many roles Egypt plays in the Middle East. WPLN’s Rebecca Bain reports.

It’s lights, cameras and action this morning for the fourth graders at Buena Vista Elementary School. Since January, they’ve been researching the two hundred year history of their North Nashville neighborhood; today, the History Channel’s in town to film what they’ve learned. WPLN’s Rebecca Bain reports.

Tuning a concert hall is a lot like playing a violin well – it’s not enough to hit the right notes. The sound must have clarity and resonance and warmth. Which is why the acousticians who designed the new concert hall at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center have been dashing from seat to seat since last week, making sure the hall’s sound is as perfect as promised. WPLN’s Rebecca Bain reports.

The ancient Egyptians created huge pyramids, countless statues and priceless pieces of art to ensure they would not be forgotten. Today, King Tut, Amenhotep, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra are familiar names thousands of years after they walked the earth. But a less familiar, though equally important pharaoh has center stage at the new Egpytian exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts. WPLN’s Rebecca Bain reports.

In the past fifteen years, there’s been a tremendous influx of people from different countries to Music City. And while immigrants often stay largely within their own ethnic communities, there’s one place people of all races and religions can be seen commingling – in Nashville’s restaurants. WPLN’s Rebecca Bain reports.

     One of middle Tennessee’s most famous legends goes nationwide today as the movie, “American Haunting” opens in theaters around the country.      It’s based on the legend of the Bell Witch, a ghostly spirit which began tormenting John Bell and his family in the early part of the 19th century.  However the apparition’s fame […]

The Georgia O’Keeffe Foundation is challenging Fisk University’s decision to sell the two most valuable paintings from its famous Steiglitz Collection – O’Keeffe’s “Radiator Building” and Marsden Hartley’s “Painting Number Three.”

Metro Nashville School officials want input from parents on whether or not to adopt a balanced calendar for the 2007-2008 school year; and they’re providing an online survey form to get it.

Eleven million Americans with food allergies, thousands of whom live in Tennessee, will soon have an easier time determining which processed foods contain substances they can’t eat.