WPLN’s StoryCorps: A Father’s Legacy

Listen Now: Andy Downs loves airplanes. He’s a licensed pilot and even owned a charter service at one point. It’s a love he inherited from his father, who he never got to know.

Scientists in Tennessee are working to keep an invasive insect in check, as it gnaws through ash trees in the Smokies. The weapon of choice against the Emerald Ash Borer? It’s actually more bugs.

Scientists in Tennessee are working to keep an invasive insect in check, as it gnaws through ash trees in the Smokies. The weapon of choice against the Emerald Ash Borer? It’s actually more bugs.

According to a recent survey, companies admit military-related skills are good for their bottom line, yet the unemployment rate of veterans is above the national rate of 8-percent.

Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services is trying to take stock of how much work is left to meet the terms of a decade-old settlement agreement. A report out earlier this week says right now the state is having a hard time even tracking its progress.

State Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey says the Tennessee Firearms Association’s involvement in GOP primaries may hurt future chances for a compromise on the so-called “guns in parking lots” bill.

Nine years after Vanderbilt University garnered national headlines for essentially disbanding its athletic department, the job description for the man in charge of the school’s sports teams is taking a step back towards a more traditional model.

Tennessee’s Department of Children’s Services is trying to take stock of how much work is left to meet the terms of a decade-old settlement agreement. A report out earlier this week says right now the state is having a hard time even tracking its progress.