Listen Nashville authorities — especially the police and those overseeing public housing — have steadily increased the use of surveillance cameras to monitor for crime, or try to deter it. Now a new proposal could rein in Metro’s use of such technology.
Nashville Has Added Surveillance Cameras, But That May Slow With Council Oversight
Rattled By Shooting, McFerrin Park Neighbors Charge Ahead
Listen The McFerrin Park Community Center is still patched with plywood after bullets shattered the front doors and various windows. A week ago, two teens were shot and injured outside the center when a group of masked men drove up, aimed, and fired a flurry of bullets toward the front door, forcing the kids inside […]
Patients Wait Overnight In Cookeville When A Medical Clinic Returns To Town
Listen Hundreds of Tennesseans spent Friday night in the Cookeville High School parking lot. They were lined up to get into a free, traveling clinic this weekend, which for some has become a primary source of healthcare.
Early ‘Spring’ And Cold Nights Remind Tennessee Farmers Of Killer Freeze Of ’07
Listen This year saw an unusually warm winter for Middle Tennessee. That meant flowers blooming and plants beginning to bud in February. The few March nights of freezing temperatures that followed sent farmers and gardeners scrambling and reminded some of a similar, but far more catastrophic, year. Research farmer Adam Turtle of Summertown remembers the […]
Tennessee Debates How Much Time Schoolkids Should Get For Fun And Games
Listen Many have fond memories of recess, those breaks in the school day when they could get up and move around. But in an era of regular testing and crowded schedules, schools in Tennessee have been struggling to figure out how to work recess into the day. At many schools, kids have been spending less […]
Capitol Hill Conversation: The View Of The GOP Health Care Plan From Tennessee
Listen The Republican rework of Obamacare is forcing states to figure out what it means for them. And so far, they’re not cheering in the Tennessee legislature. WPLN’s Chas Sisk joins us to explain how the health care plan is playing here.
Vanderbilt Doctors Make Progress On Diagnosing Rare Mystery Diseases
Listen Over the past year and a half, doctors and researchers in Nashville have diagnosed eight of the rarest genetic diseases. One doctor on the team at Vanderbilt University Medical Center says its progress is now speeding up.
Police Chief Asks Mayor For $50 Million To Outfit Dept. With Body Cameras
Listen It’s going to cost significantly more than expected to outfit the Metro Police Department with body cameras. But Chief Steve Anderson says the hefty price tag is the cost of transparency. Anderson says it’s the most expensive request he’s ever made: $50 million to deploy body cameras to the force’s 1400 officers and their […]
Nashville Growth Fuels Big Funding Requests, But Has The Boom Peaked?
A thread weaves through this week’s Metro government budget hearings: that the growth of Nashville has department leaders scrambling to keep up. And they’re asking for more funding to do that.
Nashville Police Academy Will Stop Using Racially Charged Textbook
Listen The Nashville police department is getting rid of a 31-year-old, racially charged textbook that is issued to every academy recruit. The decision comes after WPLN pressed the police department on its use of Tactical Edge, a book covering high risk patrol, in a story that aired Monday. In a budget hearing on Thursday, Mayor […]
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