There are about 1,000 COVID-19 patients currently in Tennessee hospitals, a key marker closely watched by healthcare leaders and state government. Vanderbilt health policy professor John Graves helped the state predict when it would hit that benchmark and prepare for it, but he says future projections are getting harder to make.
Vanderbilt COVID Modeler Says Testing Delays Means Vision Of Virus Is Receding In Rearview Mirror
Proposed Rule Would Require Nashville Restaurants And Places Serving Alcohol To Close By 10 p.m.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper says his administration will draft a new ordinance that will require restaurants to close by 10 p.m. He points to recent videos circulated on social media that show crowded sidewalks outside the honky-tonks on Broadway.
Curious Nashville: How A Handmade Sign On A Dead-End Road Had Us Searching For A Tennessee Cult
Last year, a Curious Nashville reader noticed an unusual sign on the side of the road. Like many of the most intriguing questions we receive, answering it demanded a visit to the site. WPLN News contributor Tasha Lemley took up the search.
Tennessee Election Officials Always Worry About Lack Of Poll Workers. Teenagers Are Making It Better.
Tennessee has launched a campaign to help counties recruit poll workers amid the coronavirus pandemic. About 3,000 have signed up through this initiative. Many of them are teenagers.
Nashville’s COVID-19 Response Fund Is Depleted
Nashville’s COVID-19 Response Fund — which funnels money to nonprofits helping people in need — is essentially depleted. That’s after the latest round of grants, totaling $1.3 million.
A Former Public Defender And A Business Owner Try To Unseat U.S. Rep. Cooper
For the first election in a decade, Nashville Congressman Jim Cooper is facing a primary. This time, two people are trying to unseat the 15-term incumbent. A former public defender and a small business owner are part of a new wave of candidates trying to change the Democratic Party.
Here’s Where Masks Are Mandated In Middle Tennessee
This post has been updated on July 20. As Tennessee has started allowing local governments to mandate masks, WPLN News has compiled some of the latest rules to go into effect.
Court Orders Nashville Bar To Close After Refusing To Comply With Health Department Order
Nashville has had fairly good compliance with the order to re-close bars for the month of July. But a biker bar in Old Hickory refused to comply, even after a visit from health inspectors on Friday. So on Sunday, they returned with a court order to close Full Throttle Bar and Grill.
Weekend Update: Nashville Daily Case Counts Remain High, Statewide Hospitalizations Continue Surging
Over the weekend, more than 400 new coronavirus cases were reported in Davidson County on both Saturday and Sunday. Nashville has averaged that many cases a day for nearly a week.
‘We Have To Keep Going’: Nashville Activists Mourn The Deaths Of Civil Rights Leaders
Heartbreaking. Sad. Painful. Those are some of the words used by Nashville social justice activists to describe the deaths of Congressman John Lewis and Minister C.T. Vivian, two civil rights icons who passed way on Friday.
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