The Metro Nashville Police Department ramped up public health enforcement on Lower Broadway this weekend after fielding widespread criticism for its soft approach in recent weeks. MNPD deployed 30 officers to the tourism district Friday and Saturday to monitor the crowds and stop any “transpotainment” vehicles breaking public health orders.
Metro Police Arrest 4 People Over Weekend In Crackdown On Mask Wearing
Maskless Political Events In Middle Tennessee Cause Angst, But No Fines
In the final weeks of the Republican primary, Bill Hagerty and Manny Sethi campaigned across the state, holding events that ignored the local mask mandates in place. However, local leaders in charge of the rules say they won’t do it all the time, showing a hesitancy from mayors to enforce the law at campaign events.
Nashville Limits Alcohol Sales And Consumption In Downtown And Midtown
Mayor Cooper has issued a new public health order that will prohibit downtown and Midtown restaurants and bars from selling alcohol to patrons who don’t intend on drinking inside their establishment or at home.
Nashville To Receive Vaccine Trials, But Distrust Remains Within Communities Of Color
Metro Nashville is bringing COVID-19 clinical research vaccine trials to local residents. The city is partnering with medical institutions including Vanderbilt, Clinical Research Associates and Meharry Medical College. The effort is part of Operation Warp Speed, a federal initiative to “deliver 300 million doses of a safe, effective vaccine for COVID-19 by January 2021.”
TVA Scraps Outsourcing Plans After Backlash From President Trump
The Tennessee Valley Authority has abandoned its plans to outsource information technology work to outside firms, after President Trump put the agency’s leaders in his crosshairs this week.
Processing Racism And Recent Protests By Examining Nashville’s ‘Breaking Points’
Some people have just started having conversations about how racism shapes our daily lives. But for many Black Nashvillians, that breaking point came long ago. So WPLN’s Ambriehl Crutchfield decided to ask people about the moments that caused them to think differently about race and whiteness — and what their visions are for the future — in our new series Breaking Points.
Tennessee Reports Deadliest Day Of Pandemic So Far
The previous record was 37 deaths on July 23. In the two weeks since then, the 14-day average has continued to climb and now stands at 19 per day.
Nashville Police Arrest Homeless Black Man In First Night Of Stricter Downtown Mask Enforcement
The Metro Nashville Police Department issued its first citation for a mask violation on Lower Broadway on Wednesday night. They cited and arrested a 61-year-old Black homeless man, promoting immediate criticism. The charge was later dropped.
Nashville Police Chief Leaving Post, Abruptly Accelerating His Planned Retirement
Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson is leaving his post at the end of the day, a sudden change on Thursday that rapidly accelerates his planned retirement.
Election 2020: Bill Hagerty, Marquita Bradshaw And Jim Cooper Win August Primaries
It looked like it was going to be close — but by 10 p.m., former economic commissioner Bill Hagerty was a double-digit winner over physician Manny Sethi in the Republican Senate primary.
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