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The youth poetry performance brought out more than a dozen residents.
The mayor’s office is now accepting applications for a $1.5 million grant to prevent violence in North Nashville in a major leap from the first round of $5,000 grants last year.
Here is a non-exhaustive list of organizations that are asking for assistance. Donations can be made through the links to their websites or social media pages.
As a cross country trucker, Harris Wade could live just about anywhere. He chose York, Alabama, a town of 2,500 near the Mississippi border. He says it’s quiet, hardly has any crime and is a welcoming place where “people know each other.” He does have one big complaint – York doesn’t have a grocery store. […]
Barring any last-minute changes, the lion’s share of legislation has now been unveiled, including a near buzzer-beater in the form of Gov. Bill Lee’s new education funding formula.
President Biden will deliver remarks on his nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. Jackson has served as a federal trial court judge for eight years and was confirmed for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia last year. The President is scheduled to speak at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time (1:00 Central) on Friday, February 25. Watch live here.
Tasha A.F. Lemley (she/her/hers) is the newest member of WPLN News. As This Is Nashville‘s Multimedia Producer, Tasha is actively involved in connecting with the community, story scouting, pitching and producing show episodes, features and segments. Get to know her. 1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew […]
Anyone found guilty of first-degree murder must serve a minimum of 51 years in Tennessee — even if they were juveniles at the time. Now, justices are considering whether that mandatory minimum sentence violates adolescents’ constitutional rights.
Metro Nashville has hired additional help to pick up trash due to the city’s ongoing struggles with its current waste contractor, Red River Waste Solutions.
One of the oldest recordings of the Fisk Jubilee Quartet recently resurfaced, underlining the group’s historic importance to the Black community.
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