City leaders in policing and public services are all turning to community outreach in hopes of slowing the tide of homicides, assaults and other violent crimes.
City Leaders Turn To Community Engagement To Prevent Violent Crimes In Nashville
‘We Don’t Look Back, We Look Forward’: A Syrian Family Rebuilds Their Life In Murfreesboro
This year marks a decade since the start of the Syrian civil war that has caused more than 6.5 million people to seek refuge around the world, including Kinan Alrifai and her family in Middle Tennessee. The John Overton High School science teacher spoke with WPLN News about the challenges and triumphs of rebuilding their lives here.
A Race For One Open ECMO Machine Explains Nashville’s Dire Hospital Capacity Shortage
There’s now a waiting line in Nashville for the highest level of COVID care. And that line includes people from around the Southeast as the Delta variant is sending more unvaccinated people to the hospital.
She’s Tennessee’s Ousted Vaccine Chief. He’s A School Board Member. Here’s Why They’re Leaving The State.
The former top vaccine official in Tennessee and her husband, a school board member in Williamson County, say they are moving to northern Virginia in the fall, amid heightening tension over measures to fight COVID.
Tennessee Governor’s Next Challenge: Stomping Out COVID Conspiracy Theories
Misinformation is spreading among Tennessee Republican lawmakers, like that the governor is planning for “quarantine camps.” So his office is trying to cut off the “conspiracy theories unfortunately being shared as fact.”
Textbooks And Childcare Costs Are Eligible For New Grants From Tennessee Community Colleges
The Tennessee Board of Regents has received $130,000 in grant funding from the AT&T Foundation to divvy up among the state’s 13 community colleges. Each institution was given $10,000.
Tennessee House Speaker Backs Away From Overturning Masks In Schools, But Says Parents Need Options
The comments come after House Republicans called for a special session to deal with mask mandates. But Sexton, who has spearheaded the effort, claims it’s not meant to override school boards requiring masks.
Nashville’s Massive Roost Of Purple Martins Is Inspiring New Research This Year
Local bird researchers have ramped up their efforts to learn from one of the area’s most amazing showcases of the natural world, as more than 100,000 purple martins fly in to roost each night in the trees surrounding the Nashville Symphony this month.
Tennessee House Speaker Asks Governor For Special Session To Roll Back Local COVID Rules
In a letter to Gov. Bill Lee, Cameron Sexton says, “There is a need to curtail the overreach by independent health boards and officials” and “protect all Tennesseans from misdirected mandates.” The request is signed by almost all House Republicans.
Update: Nashville Police Release Body Cam Footage In Fatal Shooting
The three Metro police officers involved in a fatal shooting near the West Precinct Wednesday morning have been identified. And the man who was killed is tentatively ID’d as a 31-year-old from outside Birmingham.
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