What happens when your earliest memory of a world event is actually something joyful?
A decade ago, Tennessee had more protections for abortion than much of the country. What changed?
Abortions in Tennessee are almost completely going away within the next month. But less than a decade ago, the state had more protections for abortion than the rest of the county.
The fastest supercomputer in the world resides, once again, in Tennessee
WPLN News Director Emily Siner and Justin Whitt, director of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility, discussed the Frontier supercomputer on This Is Nashville on June 7. You can listen to the full episode here. A new supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, called Frontier, has been crowned the fastest in the world — and […]
Four years after a man opened fire at a Nashville Waffle House, his trial ends with a life sentence
On Saturday, District Attorney Glenn Funk said the life sentence for 33-year-old Travis Reinking can’t bring the victims back to life or erase the families’ grief, but he believes the conviction and life sentence will deter future shootings.
City historians are on a mission to track down every cemetery in Davidson County
The Metro Historical Commission is trying to track down every historic cemetery in Davidson County, with the goal of protecting past generations from the rapid development of our current one.
21 stories that brought us joy in 2021, from the WPLN newsroom
In 2021, the WPLN newsroom investigated systemic wrongdoing and responded with care to the biggest local news events. But what follows is a list of the stories that uplifted us. We hope they’ll do the same for you.
Rutherford County will pay out $6M for illegally arresting and detaining hundreds of children
Hundreds of young people in Rutherford County will receive money in a settlement after the juvenile justice system there illegally arrested and jailed them. A federal judge has approved a final settlement of approximately $6 million.
The latest numbers on Tennessee’s storms: 23 tornadoes, 5 deaths
Five people died in the tornadoes on Dec. 10 and 11 in Tennessee, the state’s emergency management agency said Friday. That’s one more than the previous number of lives thought to be lost in the storms.
Why a small team of citizen weather reporters have gained the trust of thousands in Nashville
When Hermitage resident Vesia Hawkins woke up at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, she opened Twitter and started following along with an account that had kept her company during storms past. @NashSevereWx, run by three men for whom weather is a passion but not a full-time job, has now been sharing tweet-sized weather updates for more than […]
Rutherford County’s juvenile court judge is no longer an adjunct instructor at MTSU
Judge Donna Scott Davenport, who oversees Rutherford County’s juvenile court system, will no longer teach at Middle Tennessee State University, according to an email sent to faculty and staff Tuesday evening.
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