Listen On any given afternoon, the Nashville Zoo’s lorikeet habitat is a symphony of chirps and squawks. The green, blue and red parrots zip around their enclosure, looking for visitors to perch on. But on August 21st, at 1:27 p.m., bird keeper Ashley Gwaltney isn’t quite sure what they’ll sound like.
The Nightmare Of A Single Murder, And How It Haunts One Nashville Community
Listen When 19-year-old Vastoria Lucas was shot multiple times next to a playground in an East Nashville public housing complex, her murder shocked the neighborhood. She was a high school senior, a dedicated basketball player — an all-around good kid. And the brazenness of the killing, on a beautiful day with kids playing all around, […]
Home Prices In Nashville Just Took A $33K Jump Over Last Year, The Largest Ever
These numbers are starting to sound like more of the same, but this is beyond the consistent uptick in home prices over the past several years. Home prices in Nashville just made their biggest annual leap in recorded history. That’s because inventory is low and buyers are willing to pay for the property they really […]
Nashville DA Defends His Role In State Investigation Of Police Shooting
Listen District Attorney Glenn Funk is defending state investigators’ decision not to re-interview a key witness in the fatal shooting of Jocques Clemmons by a city police officer. Funk said the investigation’s mission was to gather the facts independently, and he trusted state agents to do just that.
TBI Did Not Interview Key Witness In Fatal Police Shooting, Records Show
Listen The state’s top law enforcement agency promised a complete and thorough investigation into the fatal shooting of a Nashville man by a city police officer. But a WPLN examination of a 600-page case file casts doubt on the thoroughness of the probe, and it reveals discrepancies between how the case was investigated and how […]
As Homicides Spike In An East Nashville Precinct, Its Commander Looks For Answers
Listen Summer usually means an uptick in crime. But across Nashville, shootings and homicides have already been going up for months. In one precinct, in East Nashville, murders are on pace to double.
In Fatal Police Shooting, State Investigators Cite Concerns Over Handling Of Gun
Listen The complete investigation file on the fatal shooting of a black man by a white metro police officer was released today. Among the 615 pages of material, is concern over how the man’s gun was handled at the scene and a single witness who claims the officer used a racial slur just moments after […]
In Fatal Police Shooting, State Investigators Cite Concerns Over Handling Of Gun
The complete investigation file on the fatal shooting of a black man by a white metro police officer was released today. Among the 615 pages of material…
Vandy Adjuncts And Lecturers Vote On Forming A Union, But Elections Results Are Murky
Whether or not Vanderbilt’s lecturers and adjunct faculty will form a union is still very much in flux. And the results won’t be known for weeks or even months. That’s because significant numbers of the ballots are being challenged.
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