WPLN News has hired LaTonya Turner as the newsroom’s Morning News Editor and Julia Ritchey as Afternoon News Editor. Their first day at the station will be Dec. 13.
WPLN News announces two new editors
Why a small team of citizen weather reporters have gained the trust of thousands in Nashville
When Hermitage resident Vesia Hawkins woke up at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, she opened Twitter and started following along with an account that had kept her company during storms past. @NashSevereWx, run by three men for whom weather is a passion but not a full-time job, has now been sharing tweet-sized weather updates for more than […]
Tennessee state senators to consider redistricting proposals
Federal law requires that legislative maps disperse population evenly after every census. State legislators must vote on the final plan during the upcoming session.
Tennessee storm update: 7 tornadoes confirmed; some Nashville power outages could last days
Updated at 9:20 p.m. Sunday. Authorities say at least a half-dozen tornadoes touched down in Tennessee during the weekend’s intense storms and that damage assessments are ongoing in 20 counties.
After early-morning tornadoes whipped through parts of Middle Tennessee, residents assessed the damage
While the worst of the weather hit neighboring Kentucky, a small town west of Nashville was among the hardest hit by Saturday morning’s severe storms and tornadoes in Middle Tennessee.
At least 70 killed in tornadoes in central U.S.; Biden declares emergency in Kentucky
A severe storm system caused scores of deaths and injuries and significant damage at a Kentucky candle factory, an Amazon facility in Illinois, a nursing home in Arkansas and many homes and buildings.
Updates: Tens of thousands are still without power in Tennessee after damaging storms
Strong storms and apparent tornadoes tore across several states late Friday and into Saturday morning and have caused three deaths in Tennessee.
A new website will soon let people track road-related deaths in Nashville neighborhoods
The new website will give people access to hit-and-run data, crash findings and whether their neighborhood is particularly vulnerable for a collision.
Bobcat — with bobkittens! — spotted in a Nashville park
Between 1 million and 3.5 million bobcats are estimated to reside in the U.S., living everywhere from deserts to swamps and urban forests. But sightings in Nashville are rare.
WPLN News series ‘Breaking Points’ wins station’s first NABJ award
WPLN’s special series Breaking Points by Ambriehl Crutchfield has won the National Association of Black Journalists’ Salute to Excellence Award in the News: Series category.
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