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Governor-Elect Lee Celebrates Win To Shouts Of ‘Amen’

Governor-Elect Lee Celebrates Win To Shouts Of ‘Amen’

Blake Farmer

November 7, 2018

Listen Tennessee’s next governor celebrated Tuesday night to shouts of “amen” and by pledging to follow the “Golden Rule.” Republican Bill Lee won in a lopsided victory with nearly 60 percent of the vote but struck a tone of humility.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, elections 2018

NPR’s National Election Night Live Blog

WPLN Staff

November 6, 2018

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Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Elections, elections 2018

Elections 2018 Live Blog: Blackburn Beats Bredesen In Widely Watched Race

Mack Linebaugh

November 6, 2018

Updated at 9:15 p.m. Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn has defeated her Democratic rival Phil Bredesen in a hard-fought race. The contest became a focal point of the national political map as Democrats sought to flip control of the Senate. Blackburn and Bredesen have each addressed their supporters.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: elections 2018, News

Why Some Officials Have Questioned Martha O’Bryan’s New Charter School In East Nashville

Jason Moon Wilkins, Meribah KnightandNate Rau - The Tennessean

November 6, 2018

The Martha O’Bryan Center is known throughout Nashville for its work with low-income residents and has been embedded in East Nashville’s James Cayce homes for decades. As Cayce is being overhauled into mixed-income housing, the nonprofit is about to move one of its charter schools into that complex. But the new school building has received […]

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: charter schools, Martha O'Bryan Center

Drug Charges Dropped Against Medical Marijuana Activist In Marshall County

Blake Farmer

November 5, 2018

Updated with response from TBI. Melody Cashion won’t have to convince jurors that she’s innocent of drug possession because marijuana is a medical…

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News

Wilson County Voters Divided On Raising Sales Tax For More Schools — Even Among Educators

Natasha Senjanovic

November 5, 2018

Wilson County leaders are hoping voters will approve a proposed sales tax hike of half a cent. The additional money earned would go towards building more schools in one of Middle Tennessee’s fastest-growing areas.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: News

Tennessee Makes Plans To Handle Possible Onslaught Of Attention On Election Night

Chas Sisk

November 5, 2018

Listen The hotly contested Senate race between Marsha Blackburn and Phil Bredesen will be closely watched Tuesday night — and not just by people in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: elections 2018, Phil Bredesen

Martha O’Bryan Center Builds School In Nashville’s Cayce Homes, But Some Residents Feel Forgotten

Meribah Knight

November 4, 2018

Listen Editor’s note: This story was reported in partnership with Nate Rau of the Tennessean. The Martha O’Bryan Center surprised the East Nashville public housing project that it has served for 70 years in June 2017, when it decided to shutter its longtime preschool and day care program for low-income children.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: charter schools, Martha O'Bryan Center

Movers & Thinkers #18: Inside The Mind Of A Cold Case Detective

Emily Siner

November 2, 2018

Listen

How does a cold case homicide detective maintain faith in humanity? What makes him so sure that he’s going after the right bad guy? And how can a case with no known suspects be solved? For more than 25 years, retired police detective Pat Postiglione solved some of the most gruesome murder cases in Nashville. […]

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Movers & Thinkers, WPLN News Tagged With: Arts, law enforcement

Rare Execution By Electric Chair Carried Out In Tennessee

Blake FarmerandShalina Chatlani

November 2, 2018

Listen Tennessee’s first execution by the electric chair in more than a decade was carried out Thursday night as planned. Edmund Zagorski was put to death at Riverbend Maximum Security Prison for a drug-related double murder in the mid-1980s. The rarely used electric chair appeared to function properly. There had been some concern about the […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: death penalty, Edmund Zagorski

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