Retail, restaurants and research labs are coming to the parking lots around Vanderbilt University.
Cynthia Abrams
Cindy Abrams is WPLN’s metro reporter. She grew up in Eugene and Portland, Oregon and moved east after graduating from Whitman College. Cindy comes to Nashville from central Virginia, where she covered the courts at Rappahannock News. She was WPLN’s digital news intern in 2021 before joining the station full-time as a newscast and digital producer last year. She started covering the Metro government in the fall of 2023.
WeGo ridership steadily increases as Nashville ramps up transit investments
WeGo’s latest ridership numbers come close to the all-time ridership high set in 2015.
Dolly Parton’s legacy transcends music, from books to scholarships to vaccines
Dolly Parton’s death Tuesday marked the loss of not only an American country music legend, but, also, a major philanthropist.
No right on red? Pedestrian deaths have Nashville pursuing intersection safety measure
The idea is that right-on-red turns would be banned in much of downtown, school zones and at some high traffic intersections.
‘Significant shortfalls’ in Nashville storm response — report zeroes in on NES, OEM
Nashville’s emergency response to January’s devastating ice storm “illuminated significant shortfalls in both planning and execution” even as other parts of the city’s systems worked as intended, a new report says.
Nashville sues over Trump administration’s withheld anti-terrorism grants
DHS is requiring that states comply with new election procedures to receive complete funding through the Homeland Security Grant Program. Some localities argue that is a constitutional violation.
Tennessee mounds, churches and courthouses get federal preservation boost
More than two dozen Tennessee projects will share in $1 million in federal funds for historic preservation.
In 4th District — now including South Nashville — incumbent Rep. DesJarlais will face Victoria Broderick
In Tennessee’s redrawn 4th District — where some South Nashvillians have found themselves after redistricting — incumbent Rep. Scott DesJarlais is now set to face off against Fayetteville’s Victoria Broderick.
In the 6th District, State Rep. Johnny Garrett will face Democrat Mike Croley
State Rep. Johnny Garrett will face Democrat Mike Croley in the midterm election for Tennessee’s 6th District congressional seat.
On Air - 90.3 WPLN-FM