Listen As Hurricane Dorian threatened the Florida coast, top officials at HCA spent Labor Day weekend wringing their hands, pulling all-nighters in a Nashville command center. It almost didn’t matter where the storm hits; HCA Healthcare’s hospitals were going to be affected. With dozens of hospitals on Florida’s east and west coasts, the for-profit hospital […]
HCA Can’t Hide From Hurricanes With 45 Hospitals In Florida, So It Preps Like It’s The Apocalyps
New Deal Ends Decades-Long Legal Process In Nashville Death Penalty Case
Listen Shawanna Norman was just 9 when Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman stormed into her house in February 1986. She trembled in a bedroom with her sister Katrina, who was 8, hearing everything as their mother and her boyfriend were attacked. The sisters were spared. Three decades later, so has the life of Abdur’Rahman. Last week, a judge […]
Nashville Police Will Finally Get Body Cameras After Years Of Delays
Listen After a string of delays, Metro Nashville police officers will finally start wearing body cameras this fall. The department signed a contract Thursday and will begin rolling out the new technology as early as next month.
Decision Time Nashville: Hear The Exclusive Show Tuesday Night
In one-on-one conversations with WPLN’s Tony Gonzalez, Mayor David Briley and Councilman John Cooper share their thoughts on the big issues facing Nashville this election season — including policing, transportation and managing the city’s growth. And you’ll hear analysis from Tony Gonzalez and reporter Meribah Knight.
Deep Into The Campaign, Nashville Mayoral Candidates Are Still Jousting Over Taxation
Listen Nashville’s mayoral finalists have both opposed a property tax increase the past two years. But now, late in the campaign, Mayor David Briley has started to share a scenario in which he might be willing to make that move.
After A Decade Of Aggressive Panhandling, A Notorious Nashville Scammer Sits In Jail
Listen A notorious Nashville scammer who’s been arrested more than 100 times is going to jail. Multiple local Facebook groups with thousands of members have spent the past three months tracking Paul Aniel around town, in the hope he’d be rearrested and put behind bars.
Officer Andrew Delke Wants His Murder Trial Moved Out Of Nashville
A Metro Nashville police officer who shot a young black man last summer wants his murder trial moved out of Davidson County. Andrew Delke could plead…
To Prevent Suicides, Emergency Phones Installed At Natchez Trace Bridge
Listen Each end of the iconic Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge in Williamson County now has a solar-powered emergency phone. The boxes, installed by the National Park Service and unveiled Wednesday, are one of several planned safety features meant to stop frequent suicide attempts.
Nashville Prosecutors Reconsider Death Penalty For Condemned Man
Listen A Nashville death row inmate scheduled for execution next April might be spared. District Attorney Glenn Funk is offering Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman a new sentence of life in prison. Now, it’s up to a judge to decide if he’ll allow the deal to go through.
Belle Meade Plantation Hires A Black Historian, Giving Voice To Long-Silenced Slaves
Listen Plantations across the South offer tours telling stories about the white families who lived there, but the stories of enslaved African Americans on those lands are often either absent or barely researched. Now, one woman at a historic plantation in Nashville is using her position to uncover and share the experience of slavery.
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