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Country Music Hall of Fame inducts June Carter Cash, Kenny Chesney and Tony Brown

Country Music Hall of Fame inducts June Carter Cash, Kenny Chesney and Tony Brown

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March 26, 2025

The newest Country Music Hall of Fame inductees — June Carter Cash, Kenny Chesney and Tony Brown — represent wildly different approaches to country music.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Country Music Hall of Fame, June Carter Cash, Kenny Chesney, Tony Brown

NashVillager Podcast: From Nashville to the Wild West

Nina Cardona

March 26, 2025

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What did Frank and Jesse James have to do with Nashville? Plus, the local news for March 26, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

As West Tennessee community pressures Ford for promises, lawmakers curb ‘community benefits agreements’

Cynthia Abrams

March 25, 2025

The Tennessee legislature is looking to curb “community benefits agreements” — binding contracts in which corporations work with neighboring residents to address community concerns.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Blue Oval City, Charlane Oliver, Ford Motor Company, Nashville SC, Page Walley, Stand Up Nashville, Tennessee Legislature, tennessee state legislature

NashVillager Podcast: Education for all

Nina Cardona

March 25, 2025

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Is Tennessee backing away from the long-standing trend of expanding educational access to kids who live here? Plus, the local news for March 25, 2025.

Filed Under: Education, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Education

Suicide of Kentucky teen investigated as financial sextortion

Lisa Autry, WKU Public Media

March 25, 2025

In southern Kentucky, a community is grieving the death of a teen boy — and investigators are looking into what role a financial sextortion scheme played in the death.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, gun violence, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, suicide

Fossils of chipmunk shark, an ancient species with an adorable name, found in Mammoth Cave

Derek Parham, WKU Public Radio

March 25, 2025

Researchers at Mammoth Cave National Park have unearthed a new-to-science ancient shark species that they say was hiding in plain sight.

Filed Under: Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Mammoth Cave

‘Like having a newborn at home’: Caring for Nashville Zoo’s new clouded leopard cub requires all hands on deck

Catherine Sweeney

March 25, 2025

Abby Sigward, a licensed veterinary technician at Nashville Zoo, shows the yet-to-be-named clouded leopard cub to spectators outside of the veterinary hospital viewing window.

One of the Nashville Zoo’s most high-profile conservation efforts involves big cats who are notoriously hard to breed: clouded leopards. The veterinary staff is currently caring for the 44th cub born at the facility.

Filed Under: Business, Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville Zoo

NashVillager Podcast: Calling the shots in schools

Nina Cardona

March 24, 2025

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Who makes the lesson plans for Tennessee’s classrooms? Plus, the local news for March 24, 2025.

Filed Under: Education, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Department of Education, Education

A new anti-transgender bathroom bill in Tennessee is headed to the governor’s desk

Kimberlee Kruesi, AP

March 24, 2025

Tennessee’s Republican governor may sign a proposal that would require educational institutions that house students overnight to separate bathrooms “by immutable biological sex.” The Republican-dominant Senate easily cleared the legislation last week over objections of LGBTQ+ activists and the chamber’s handful of Democratic members.

Filed Under: Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: anti-lgbt legislaton, Gino Bulso, Heidi Campbell, lgbtq, transgender

Angie K blends her El Salvadoran roots and Nashville savvy in her new EP and the Country Latin Association

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March 24, 2025

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El Salvadoran-born, Nashville-based country artist Angie K’s new EP reflects the multicultural artistic identity she’s refined over the years. And she’s just launched a campaign to turn Nashville’s attention to her fellow Latin country artists all over the world.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Angie K, Country Latin Association, Equal Access, Grand Ole Opry

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