A Nashville man faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to making online threats against law enforcement officers. Robert Ellis Waddey was indicted earlier this year for posting menacing pictures on Instagram. One was of him holding a pistol with a state trooper’s car in the background. Others were of police […]
An Adventurer Philanthropist Wants States To Follow Tennessee’s Lead On Medical Volunteers
Listen In the Cookeville High School gym earlier this year, a man massages his wife’s legs as she gets several teeth pulled. Tyson Jones says they arrived the night before, to line up in the school parking lot. They slept in their car.
Tennessee Prisons Will Serve As A Guinea Pig For On-Site Cell Phone Forensics
Listen Tennessee prisons will lead the way an effort to clamp down on one of the most common contraband items nationwide. The state will soon begin on-site forensic analysis of smuggled cell phones.
Vanderbilt Launches First Network Of ICU Recovery Clinics In The U.S.
Listen Nashville is a leader in a field that may seem obvious, but is just emerging: making sure patients get proper care after they leave the ICU. That’s thanks to Vanderbilt Medical Center, which has now launched one of the world’s first networks of post-intensive care clinics. One reason post-intensive care is so new, says […]
Why Tennessee Law Enforcement Now Describes Prostitution As Trafficking
Listen Law enforcement in Tennessee has altered the way it describes prostitution. Now the preferred language is “sex trafficking” or even “human trafficking” — a term that also refers to modern-day slavery. But the big human trafficking busts that have made headlines in the state have yielded few trafficking charges. So what’s behind the change […]
Murfreesboro Leaders Want Landlords Near MTSU To Boot Tenants Who Get Arrested
Listen Murfreesboro leaders have initiated a plan to increase police patrols and landlord accountability around MTSU. In the past six months, apartment buildings near the campus have seen a spike in gun-related incidents. City officials say one complex is responsible for more than 200 police calls in four months.
Kids With Down Syndrome Strut Custom-Designed Couture In Franklin Fashion Show
Listen Kids with Down Syndrome don’t usually get to star in a fashion show. But today they do, at the O’More College of Design in Franklin — where the junior fashion design students were paired up with children with special needs, who could request anything their hearts desired from their personal stylists.
Hepatitis C Rates Are High In Tennessee, As Are The Costs Of ‘Game-Changing’ Cure
Listen Tennessee has one of the highest rates in the nation of hepatitis C, an infectious disease that predominantly affects the liver and is killing far more Americans than any other. A new interactive map shows that 2.5% of all Tennesseans had or currently have HCV, as it’s known, which is twice the national average.
How Tennessee Congressmen Voted On Obamacare Repeal
Tennessee’s Republican congressmen all supported the repeal and replacement of Obamacare, which passed the U.S. House Thursday.
Nashville-Based HCA Buys More Hospitals Despite Healthcare Uncertainties
The nation’s largest hospital chain, based in Nashville, is making a big play in Texas, despite uncertainties in the healthcare market.
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