Metro Schools is one of only a few Tennessee districts with a universal masking policy. But a sharp decline in COVID infections has officials weighing whether to end it.
Nashville schools may soon lift their mask mandate
Rethinking The Police Academy: Nashville’s police department wants to diversify, but its training program has failed many women and people of color
About 1,000 police recruits didn’t complete in recent years. Despite the department’s desire to diversify the force, women and people of color dropped out at the highest rates.
Certification costs stand between some rural students and a career in healthcare. Now there’s a grant for that.
At Jackson State Community College, students are completing the four-month EKG program, but not everyone is taking the certification test. It costs about $100, and financial aid doesn’t cover it.
Fort Campbell flies Black Hawk helicopters — without pilots — for the first time
The Army’s first automated flight of an unmanned and unarmed Black Hawk helicopter took place at Fort Campbell over the weekend. The system known as ALIAS flew for a half hour while navigating the imaginary towers of downtown Manhattan.
Out of shared pain, joy and loneliness, Asian Americans in Nashville are determined to come together
The pandemic has shown Nashville’s small Asian population that it is stronger together, banding groups like the Greater Nashville Chinese Association, India Association of Nashville, API Middle Tennessee and the Tennessee chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals together.
A Nashville writer’s debut novel explores how Black women with albinism navigate life in the South
Ahead of the release of her debut novel, “Nobody’s Magic,” poet Destiny Birdsong spoke with WPLN News about the “messy” ways society approaches race and beauty. Her story follows three Black women with albinism navigating love and grief in the South.
Under new maps, a thousand more Nashville homes are officially in the flood plain
A thousand homeowners in Davidson County will receive a letter this week informing them of unwelcome — but not unexpected — news: Your house is in the 100-year flood plain.
Nashville rents have jumped 19%. Here are some leads to find affordable housing.
WPLN News has an interactive map of housing options and resources, along with tips for your search from Metro Reporter Ambriehl Crutchfield.
Four years after a man opened fire at a Nashville Waffle House, his trial ends with a life sentence
On Saturday, District Attorney Glenn Funk said the life sentence for 33-year-old Travis Reinking can’t bring the victims back to life or erase the families’ grief, but he believes the conviction and life sentence will deter future shootings.
It’s not too late for Tennesseans to claim child tax credits and stimulus payments — and there’s free help
There were three rounds of stimulus checks and monthly advance payments of the Child Tax Credit for residents with children under 18.
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