A group of citizens who have advocated for a community oversight board to review claims of police misconduct will file an official ethics complaint later today against Mayor Megan Barry. The complaint questions the potential repercussions of the mayor’s extramarital relationship with a police officer, Sgt. Rob Forrest, including her ability to act as an […]
TBI To Investigate Mayor Megan Barry’s Affair For Potential Misuse Of Funds
Listen The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will look into Nashville Mayor Megan Barry’s extramarital affair with the head of her security detail. This morning the city’s top prosecutor, District Attorney Glenn Funk, asked the state agency to find out whether any laws were broken by the illicit relationship, including misappropriation of public funds and official […]
Federal Prosecutor Refuses To Drop Case Against Freed Nashville Man Facing Another Decade In Prison
Listen A Nashville man facing another decade in prison, a year and a half after his release, will not receive leniency from the federal prosecutor’s office. This morning, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Donald Cochran, officially declined to modify the government’s position on Matthew Charles’ resentencing.
Council Kills Plans For Citizen Oversight of Nashville Police, Activists Say They’ll Keep Pressing
Listen Nashville has spent 20 years mulling the idea of a civilian review board to investigate complaints against police officers. It’s most recent attempt made it farther than any other, but it collapsed on Tuesday when the Metro Council voted it down 25 to 5. But for advocates, the idea is still very much […]
New ‘Court Kiosks’ Will Help Guide Tennesseans Without Lawyers Through The Legal System
Some courthouses in Tennessee will soon have a special laptop computer and printer in their lobbies, called “court kiosks.” They’re designed to help those who can’t afford — or choose not to hire — a lawyer, and are representing themselves in civil cases.
Metro Schools Asked Every Teacher And Student How They’re Doing. Here Are The Results
While most Metro Nashville teachers believe their schools have high academic expectations for students, more than half of them also believe it’s difficult for students to get extra support when they need it. Those are some of the results from the largest internal survey ever conducted by the district, which polled teachers, students […]
Fisk University’s On A Mission To Diversify The Next Generation of Fine Art Curators
Listen Nashville’s Fisk University has joined a national effort to double the number of minorities in leadership positions at art museums. Right now only 16 percent of those jobs are held by minorities.
How A Mt. Juliet Warehouse Keeps Your Unwanted Christmas Gifts Out Of The Landfill
Listen As the holiday shopping season ends and return season begins, customers might not realize that many of those items they send back could end up in landfills across the country. Tobin Moore is one of the founders of Optoro, a D.C.-based startup that, since 2010, has been helping retailers process returns more effectively using […]
Judge Postpones Sentencing For Nashville Man Facing Another Decade In Prison
A Nashville man facing another decade in prison, a year and a half after his release, may be able to continue his life on the outside. Late Friday, hours after WPLN reported on Matthew Charles’ upcoming hearing that would overturn his previously reduced sentence, U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger filed an order making a rare […]
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