Ft. Campbell Solider Killed in Afghanistan

A solider from the 101st Airborne at Ft. Campbell has been killed in Afghanistan. Sergeant James M. Darrough died of wounds suffered when Afghan insurgents attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device. Three other soldiers died in the attack, which took place Saturday in Kabul Province. Darrough is survived by his wife and four […]

Tuesday night, about 100 people turned out for Occupy Nashville’s General Assembly at Legislative Plaza. It’s where the protestors discuss ways to grow their movement.

Yesterday all 95 counties in Tennessee held meetings to educate voters on new photo ID requirements. WPLN’s Daniel Potter went to one in north Nashville, where only about a dozen people turned out, largely members of interested groups.

Republican state lawmakers are suggesting tweaks to a new teacher evaluation system that has drawn a flood of criticism from educators. Democrats say it could be too flawed to fix.

A schoolyard fight over vouchers is taking shape in the state legislature. A Republican proposal would give low-income students more than $5,000 to use toward private school tuition. The House Education Committee started work on the bill Tuesday.

Tennessee’s new teachers are catching up to classroom veterans, according to a new report from the state. That’s considered a sign that efforts to train better teachers are headed in the right direction.

Governor Bill Haslam is deflecting legal questions over last week’s arrest of some 50 Occupy Nashville protestors. Today he stood by a curfew for the state’s Legislative Plaza, even though lawyers for the state backed off that curfew in court yesterday.

Local journalists are speaking out about the arrest of a reporter at the Occupy Nashville demonstration this weekend.

Attorneys representing the state of Tennessee quickly backed down from a curfew around the state capitol in federal court this afternoon. The judge said she would have made them anyway.

After getting an earful from teachers, principals and school boards from across the state, Education Commissioner Kevin Huffman is making some tweaks to a new teacher evaluation system. He’s granting more flexibility to administrators.