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IKEA pilots first US pickup point in Nashville

IKEA pilots first US pickup point in Nashville

Paige Pfleger

January 6, 2022

The furniture company IKEA is piloting its first pick-up point in the nation right here in Nashville — on Spence Lane.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: IKEA

Investigators suspect arson in Knoxville Planned Parenthood fire

Julia Ritchey

January 6, 2022

Planned Parenthood of Knoxville

The fire that destroyed a Knoxville Planned Parenthood on New Year’s Eve was intentionally set. That’s the conclusion of an investigation by the Knoxville Fire Department.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, arson, Knoxville, Planned Parenthood

Middle Tennessee snow: How much fell, what it looked like and what’s next

Blake Farmer

January 6, 2022

snow sledding East Nashville

Within an hour Thursday morning, Middle Tennessee streets went from almost dry to absolutely dangerous. Snow was falling at more than an inch an hour, reaching 7 inches in some places and resulting in hundreds of traffic accidents.

Filed Under: Education, Environment, Science, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville schools, Metro Schools, MNPS, snow, traffic, Weather, winter weather

Watch live: White House and Congress mark one year since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol

NPR Staff

January 6, 2022

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and congressional Democrats commemorate the one-year anniversary of the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol. Supporters of then-President Trump stormed the building after a rally at the White House to protest the 2020 election certification.

Filed Under: WPLN News

Most Tennesseans arrested in the Capitol riot are still awaiting sentencing. Here’s who’s been charged.

Blaise Gainey

January 5, 2022

capitol demonstration
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Thursday marks one-year since a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The January 6 insurrection included at least 19 Tennesseans. Most of those are still awaiting sentencing. 

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Capitol Invasion, U.S. Capitol

Snow arrives in Middle Tennessee, with hazardous road conditions expected Thursday and Friday

Paige PflegerandAlexis Marshall

January 5, 2022

snow Nashville January 2022

Nashville should expect two to three inches of snow starting early Thursday morning. Areas further south, like Columbia and Tullahoma, will likely get sleet that will make roads icy, and snow will follow closely behind.

Filed Under: Science, WPLN News Tagged With: National Weather Service, snow, TDOT, Weather, winter weather

After pushback, Nashville council decides to spend city money, not federal dollars, on police Tasers

Ambriehl Crutchfield

January 5, 2022

A Metro Nashville police car

Nashville’s police department wanted almost $6 million for new Tasers and had requested it come from the federal COVID relief money the city had been allocated. But Metro Council got pushback from the community and within its chambers on what the city’s priorities are for the pandemic money.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro Tagged With: Juneteenth, Knowles home, Metro Government, Metro Nashville Police Department, Metro Police, Nashville police, police, Tasers

Tennessee COVID hospitalizations are spiking, but here’s why the numbers are a little misleading

Blake Farmer

January 5, 2022

VUMC ED

As COVID cases spike faster than ever before, hospitalizations are also surging, surpassing 2,000 statewide on Tuesday. But one of Tennessee’s largest hospitals says the patient counts may be a little misleading due to a rising number of “incidental” cases.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: COVID, COVID-19, omicron, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Black investors launch hospice agencies focused on end-of-life disparities

Blake Farmer

January 5, 2022

Willie and Mary Murphy
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National data shows Black Medicare patients and their families are not making the move to comfort care as often as white patients.

Filed Under: Health Care, The Cost of Dying Tagged With: health disparities, Heart and Soul Hospice, hospice

Nashville ditches vehicle emissions test, streamlining car tag renewal process for drivers

Ambriehl Crutchfield

January 4, 2022

Nashville drivers will not need an emissions test to renew their vehicle tags starting Feb. 4. The Metro Council made the decision during Tuesday night’s council meeting.

Filed Under: Metro, Science Tagged With: Car Emissions, emissions

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