How do you move from one stage to another? Plus, the local news for June 6, 2025.
NashVillager Podcast: Rites of passage
Judge blocks Tennessee-based CoreCivic from housing ICE detainees at shuttered center
A judge has blocked a Tennessee-based private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials.
Affordable housing, employee pay and youth safety: Nashvillians push to be included in a revised city budget
Nashville’s Metro Council is one step closer to finalizing the city budget, and heard from residents about items they would like to see prioritized.
NashVillager Podcast: Opry and the Ryman
How did the Ryman become the Mother Church of Country Music? Plus, the local news for June 5, 2025.
Where’s Marty McFly’s guitar? Search is on for ‘Back to the Future’ prop 4 decades later
Guitar maker Gibson has launched a search for the Cherry Red Gibson ES-345 from “Back to the Future.” The company is seeking the public’s help finding it.
Trump megabill could make Tennessee electricity prices surge as early as next year
Analysts say the “big beautiful bill” will raise energy costs in Tennessee, threaten manufacturing jobs and increase planet-warming pollution.
Safety net advocates want Tennessee’s senators to vote no on the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’
Local organizations are asking Tennessee’s U.S. Senators to vote against a proposal that would bring sweeping cuts to safety net programs.
NashVillager Podcast: Wild animals in the Volunteer State
Is it really legal to have a pet zebra in Tennessee? Plus, the local news for June 4, 2025.
Goodlettsville-based Dollar General posts record sales as bargain stores attract people anxious about the economy
Dollar General set a quarterly sales record of $10.44 billion and upgraded its annual profit and sales outlook as Americans tighten their budgets and spend more at bargain stores and off-price retailers amid economic uncertainty.
‘Where’s the meaning in everything?’ Lessons learned from a week as a Buddhist monk
For Don Srisuriyo, a Thai American from Murfreesboro, becoming a Buddhist monk was unexpectedly challenging, and changed his relationship to his heritage.