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Cynthia Abrams

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.

Walk-up songs, big cheers and no strikeouts: Miracle Fields offer a new kind of baseball

By Cynthia Abrams

May 7, 2026

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Miracle Fields are a kind of accessible baseball diamond growing in popularity that can accommodate players with disabilities.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Angie Keating, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, baseball, Cedar Hill Park, David Price, McKnight Park, Miracle Fields, Miracle League, Murfreesboro, Stephanie Davis

Here are the winners for Nashville clerk, school board and judge roles

By Cynthia Abrams

May 5, 2026

Nashville voters chose Democrats for an array of local positions Tuesday.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Berthena Nabaa-McKinney, Cheryl Mayes, Dawn Deaner, Elections 2026, primary elections, Sharon Hurt

After last year’s property tax increase, Nashville mayor plans to hold city spending at $3.8B

By Cynthia Abrams

May 4, 2026

Mayor O’Connell identified his budget priorities as a grocery tax reduction, local business support and affordable housing investment.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Barnes Housing Trust Fund, Davidson County Sheriff's Office, Eviction Right to Counsel, Freddie O'Connell, Housing, Mental Health Cooperative, Metro budget, Nashville Children's Alliance, Unified Housing Strategy

Metro takes legal action against Tennessee prisons over inmate custody

By Cynthia Abrams

May 1, 2026

Metro claims it’s been subsidizing the state by more than $5 million a year by continuing to house inmates who have been sentenced to state custody.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County Sheriff's Office, Freddie O'Connell, metro legal, TDOC, Tennessee Department of Correction, Wally Dietz

Nashville’s May 5 primary will be decisive without Republicans on the ballot

By Cynthia Abrams

May 1, 2026

Nashville voters will be deciding on positions like the school board, judges, court and county clerks and internal Democratic Party roles.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: election day, Elections 2026, primary elections

‘The world is hard right now.’ Nashville mayor addresses affordability in State of Metro speech

By Cynthia Abrams

April 29, 2026

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Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell outlines his priorities at the State of Metro, including a reduction to the local grocery tax and new programs for affordable housing and local businesses.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Barnes Housing Trust Fund, Freddie O'Connell, grocery tax, Housing, Nashville Organized for Action and Hope, Nissan Stadium, Stand Up Nashville, State of Metro

Curious Nashville: What would it take to bury the power lines in Nashville?

By Cynthia Abrams

April 25, 2026

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What would it take to bury the power lines in Nashville? Hint: A lot of money.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, WPLN News Tagged With: Curious Nashville, electricity, Housing, Nashville Electric Service, utilities

In Tennessee, you can’t kill to protect property. Now, lawmakers say you can.

By Cynthia Abrams

April 23, 2026

In Tennessee, you’re allowed to protect against theft or trespassing on your property. A new proposal would allow deadly force to prevent a property crime.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, deadly force, homelessness, Rep. Kip Capley, Stephen Crump, Tracy Beard

Scrapyard greenlit for redevelopment, advancing a key piece of massive East Bank overhaul

By Cynthia Abrams

April 22, 2026

The former PSC Metals scrapyard has been cleared for redevelopment after the property sold last summer for $245 million.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: David Byerley, East Bank, East Bank Development, Housing, Jacob Kupin, Jim Hoobler, Nashville Metro Council, PSC Metals

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