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Metro Schools Quickly Admits Mistake For Not Canceling Classes

Metro Schools Quickly Admits Mistake For Not Canceling Classes

By Blake Farmer

January 6, 2017

Administrators in Nashville wasted no time apologizing for not cancelling classes sooner Friday morning.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education

Tennessee Regulators Get Firm With TVA To Release Unfavorable Contamination Results

By Blake Farmer

January 6, 2017

Listen The latest skirmish about contamination near a coal-fired power plant in Gallatin involves a disagreement over raw ground water testing data.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: MPX Local Stories, News

Drug Dependent Babies Are More Common In Rural America, Vanderbilt Study Finds

By Blake Farmer

January 6, 2017

Listen New public health research confirms what Tennessee has known for years: The number of drug-dependent newborns is growing fastest in rural areas.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: MPX Local Stories, News

Who’s George Washington? What’s Congress? Now, Tennessee High School Grads Have To Show They Know

By Chas Sisk

January 6, 2017

Listen They’re the basics of American history and government. So we went out to the State Capitol to see if Tennesseans actually know them. Name the U.S. war between the North and the South. Ethan Millsap was ready.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Politics

A Prehistoric Village In Nashville Will Become A Park – With A Name Meant To Honor And Intrigue

By Tony Gonzalez

January 5, 2017

A new name has been chosen for an archaeological site near the border between Nashville and Brentwood. The prehistoric village that has been referred to…

Filed Under: History

Retired Nashville Zoo Elephants Die Days Apart At Hohenwald Sanctuary

By Blake Farmer

January 5, 2017

Two African elephants who recently retired from the Nashville Zoo have died within days of each other at the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: News

After A Year, Blackburn-Led Investigation Into Fetal Tissue Donations Wraps Up

By Chas Sisk

January 4, 2017

Listen A Congressional panel has completed its yearlong investigation into donations of fetal tissue. Tennessee Congressman Marsha Blackburn led the committee, which released its final report Wednesday. Another Tennessee representative, Diane Black, was also on the panel.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: MPX Local Stories, Politics

Groups That Support Obamacare Urge Tennessee Senators To Replace If They Repeal

By Emily Siner

January 4, 2017

Lamar Alexander

Listen Now that the new Congress is poised to repeal the Affordable Care Act, groups that favor it are trying to rally public support with more urgency. The Tennessee Justice Center is helping people organize letter writing campaigns to the state’s Republican senators, according to the organization’s director. It also worked with the national advocacy […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: News

Diverse Crop Of Nashville Police Recruits Enter Academy

By Tony Gonzalez

January 4, 2017

Nashville police are hopeful that they’ll add 62 new officers and diversify the department.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: News

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