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Meribah Knight

Dispatches From Quarantine: A Teen Reflects On Life At A Distance

By Meribah Knight

April 10, 2020

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As coronavirus continues to impact and alter all of our daily lives, we’ve been asking listeners to send us their musings, their thoughts on life in this current moment.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, Dispatches From Quarantine

Nashville Inmate Tests Positive For Coronavirus

By Meribah Knight

April 6, 2020

The Davidson County jail has confirmed its first case of an inmate with COVID-19, the sheriff’s office said in a statement. The individual is now in quarantine and his symptoms are described as “mild.”

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates

City Closes 6 Businesses After Violating Stay At Home Orders

By Meribah Knight

April 6, 2020

Four locations of two competing crafts stores and a vape shop are among those businesses closed after violating the Safer At Home order, city officials said Monday.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates

Gov. Lee Announces $10M In Support For Rural Hospitals

By Meribah Knight

April 6, 2020

Gov. Bill Lee is earmarking $10 million in grants for small and rural hospitals, his office announced Monday.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, WPLN News

Nashville Officials Don Masks As County COVID Cases Exceed 1,000

By Meribah Knight

April 6, 2020

Nashville now has 1,034 confirmed cases of COVID-19, an increase of 110 in the past day, officials said at a daily briefing Monday. And there have been 6 deaths linked to the virus.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates

A Nashville Testimonial And The Surge In Unemployment  

By Meribah Knight

March 26, 2020

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Andrea Howat works as a tour manager in Nashville. As part of our new series “Dispatches from Quarantine,” Howat sent WPLN News a voice message about losing work and trying to find some sanity amidst the stress of coronavirus.  

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, Dispatches From Quarantine

When The Winds Came: A Nashville Reporter In The Middle Of The Tornado

By Meribah Knight

March 17, 2020

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The winds came with little warning in the early hours of March 3 — Super Tuesday.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: first person, personal essay, Super Tuesday Tornado, WPLN

In Search Of Cheaper Rent, Residents In One Rural Community Find They’ve Left Protections Behind

By Meribah Knight

January 27, 2020

In 2016, after being priced out of Nashville, Nicole Burgeson and her family moved into a house in Shelbyville, a city in Bedford County. “It was an older home, we thought, you know all it needed was a slap of paint, the carpets cleaned and it would be all right,” she says. She soon discovered […]

Filed Under: WPLN News

Teaching Students To ‘Stop And Breathe’ Is Transforming One East Nashville Elementary School

By Meribah Knight

January 8, 2020

It starts first thing in the morning, when the principal of Warner Arts Magnet Elementary School, Ricki Gibbs, comes over the loudspeaker.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Education, mindfulness, Warner Elementary

Many Nashville Children Feel A Lack Of Trust In Their Neighborhoods, New Study Shows

By Meribah Knight

December 23, 2019

An ambitious, years-long study conducted by Vanderbilt University is tracking public school children across Nashville, asking them about life in their neighborhoods. The first year revealed that many do not feel their neighbors trust, or support one another.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS, Vanderbilt, youth violence

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