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The average Tennesseean has 16 prescriptions. That’s the second highest in the nation after West Virginia, but it’s also a slight decline from 18 prescriptions per person just three years ago.

Now that Tennessee’s new census numbers are out, counties will soon begin preparing for changes within their borders.

Nashville airport officials say Sunday, December 26th, will be the busiest day of the holiday travel week. Airport spokeswoman Emily Richard says they’re expecting 12,000 passengers to come through Nashville the day after Christmas.

The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia, START, is on track for ratification with more Republicans on board, including Tennessee’s Senators Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker.

Federal stimulus money meant to help poor people weatherize their homes is being mismanaged.

Launched last year by the popular oral history project, StoryCorps, the National Day of Listening this year is November 26th, the day after Thanksgiving. WPLN’s Anita Bugg recalls the day she lost her favorite toy, Marvel the Mustang.

As families travel to be together this Thanksgiving holiday, stories will be shared – some well known, others never before heard. At WPLN, we turned the mics on our staff and their families. WPLN’s local host of All Things Considered, Nina Cardona, talked to her dad, Frank Couch.

As families travel to be together this Thanksgiving holiday, stories will be shared – some well known, others never before heard. At WPLN, we turned the mics on station reporter Blake Farmer, local host of All Things Considered Nina Cardona, and news director Anita Bugg to get their own family stories on tape.

When Pearl Harbor was bombed, Harold Mason was 21-year old mapmaker working for the Army Corps of Engineers in Memphis. He was quickly drafted into the Army and went from mapping the Mississippi River to mapping the beaches of Normandy and other Allied targets. One of the maps he drew was for his own unit’s invasion of Italy in 1943.