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These books top PEN America's list of the books most often challenged and banned from school classrooms in the U.S. during the 2024-2025 school year.

PEN America warns of rise in books ‘systematically removed from school libraries’

A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen exponentially in the past two years. <em>A Clockwork Orange</em> tops their list.

NashVillager Podcast: First Women’s Bank

Why are there so few female CEOs in the banking world? Plus, the local news for Oct. 6, 2025.

Bestselling author Jen Hatmaker says she’s no longer worried about saving Christianity

Bestselling Christian author Jen Hatmaker has released a new memoir, "Awake." Hatmaker says she has shifted away from the conservative Christianity she was raised in over the years and no longer feels the need to save Christianity from the religious right.

A man wearing a hat and glasses holds a fish above his head.

Teacher turns invasive carp into food for injured birds of prey

Carp have increasingly become a nuisance in waterways across the country. A Kentucky high school teacher and his students are using the invasive fish to feed injured raptors, like bald eagles, vultures and hawks.

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The Roundabout: government shutdown, a special election, BNA traffic

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Dark money groups outspend Tennessee congressional candidates, oppose Republican Jody Barrett

A deer crosses Atlantic Drive inside the Sandy Hook unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in Highlands, New Jersey, on January 3, 2019.

The federal government has shut down. Here’s what will be affected across the country

Latinos in Memphis worry about possible immigration crackdown by Trump’s crime task force

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Teacher turns invasive carp into food for injured birds of prey

A barn containing farm equipment on John Hilemon II’s Erwin, Tennessee farm as seen on Wednesday, October 16, 2024 just weeks after record rainfall from Hurricane Helene led to severe flooding in rural East Tennessee.

Farmers are recovering after Helene – with help from UT Ag researchers

Water rushes over the top of a low-head dam.

Low-head dams pose risks in Appalachia, but some people aren’t ready to see them go

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Plants, pollinators and people: The push to restore the Ohio River Basin

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Tennessee Supreme Court schedules four executions for 2026

Shuttered rural hospital reopens in Tennessee

State incentives help draw Japanese medical device maker to Nashville

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Tennessee adds new work requirements for food stamps. What enrollees need to know.

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Tennessee Supreme Court schedules four executions for 2026

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