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Behind the scenes: Finding the beauty in This Is Nashville’s Studio A

Behind the scenes: Finding the beauty in This Is Nashville’s Studio A

By Mikayla Elias

February 14, 2022

For our upcoming daily show, This Is Nashville, transparency is important. So, we want to take you behind the scenes as we build this show from the ground up. This is the fifth in a series of blog posts introducing our team and letting you in on the process.

Filed Under: Behind The Scenes

Republicans, Moms for Liberty push to give parents more power over what books their kids can read

By Blaise Gainey

February 14, 2022

MNPS board meeting

Groups that call themselves advocates for parental rights are attempting to have several novels they deem unfit banned from school curriculums and libraries in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: book bans, K-12, libraries

Who will fill three open seats on Nashville’s police oversight board? Here are the nominees.

By Samantha Max

February 14, 2022

Nashville’s Metro Council will vote Tuesday night to fill several open seats on the watchdog board that oversees the police department.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, Metro Nashville Police Department

Protected: This Is Nashville Community Focus Group

By Steve Haruch

February 11, 2022

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Filed Under: WPLN News

WPLN special series

Rethinking The Police Academy: As Nashville’s police academy grapples with high dropout rates, new leaders tone down the stress

By Samantha Max

February 11, 2022

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Nashville’s police academy has struggled to graduate women and people of color. But a new administration is making changes to try to attract and better prepare a more diverse set of officers.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Police Department, training academy

Five Questions For WPLN’s ‘This Is Nashville’ Senior Producer Steve Haruch

By WPLN Staff

February 11, 2022

Steve Haruch (he/him) is the newest member of WPLN News. As the senior producer of This Is Nashville, Steve is responsible for planning the show, booking guests and seeking out conversations that deepen our understanding of the city. Get to know him. 1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when […]

Filed Under: 5 Questions, WPLN News

School bus drivers are feeling left out of state’s education overhaul discussions

By Juliana Kim

February 11, 2022

Longtime school bus drivers like Eric Warfield can feel like an afterthought to education leaders. This school year so far, Metro Nashville Public Schools has lost 34 drivers, including 22 who resigned, 10 who retired and two who passed away, according to school officials.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Public Schools, Metro Nashville schools, Metro Schools, School Busing

From uranium to dry cleaner chemicals, Tennessee has lots of legacy pollution. A $40M grant might erase some of it.

By Caroline Eggers

February 11, 2022

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While a small piece of Gov. Bill Lee’s proposed $53 billion budget, the funds represent the largest single investment to clean up Superfund sites in Tennessee’s history.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: pollution, superfund, TDEC

In Tennessee, don’t expect any more COVID contact tracing calls — for now

By Blake Farmer

February 11, 2022

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The state is winding down its increasingly futile attempts to investigate positive COVID cases and alert those who’ve been exposed, which means Tennesseans are pretty much on their own with contact tracing at this point.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: contact tracing, Coronavirus In Tennessee, COVID-19, Leslie Waller, Lisa Piercey, Metro Public Health, Tennessee Department of Health

Mother of Waffle House shooting victim tries to find hope through her sorrow after the trial

By Paige Pfleger

February 11, 2022

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The jury’s decision to convict Travis Reinking of four counts of murder marked an end to a painful chapter. But for the families who lost loved ones, it isn’t over. It won’t ever really be. They still have to live with their grief.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: gun violence, nonnarrated storytelling, Waffle House shooting

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