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Paige Pfleger

Paige Pfleger covers criminal justice for WPLN News. She has investigated guns and juvenile justice as a fellow with ProPublica's Local Reporting Network, and her investigation into domestic violence and firearms dispossession won a regional Edward R. Murrow award and was a finalist for an Investigative Reporters and Editors Award and a Livingston Award. She previously covered criminal justice and addiction in Ohio and was named the state's reporter of the year by the Associated Press. Her work has appeared nationally on NPR, The Washington Post, Marketplace, and PRI's The World, and she has worked in the newsrooms of The Tennessean, Michigan Radio, WHYY, Vox and NPR headquarters in DC.

With A New Building And A New Artist Incubator Program, Fort Houston Opens Its Doors For Gallery Show

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Fort Houston’s new home is a 23,000 square foot Frankenstein-type building — part historic façade, part warehouse.

‘A Complete Waste’: Middle Tennessee Veterans Grapple With U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan

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Timothy Griffin has been having a lot of long nights. “I probably have not slept since it happened,” Griffin says, “since I woke up and the headline was Afghan president flees the country, Taliban are in Kabul.”

Some White Evangelical Leaders Hesitate To Preach The Vaccine. Others Spread Misinformation Instead.

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Tennessee’s governor has encouraged residents to consult with clergy about the COVID-19 vaccine, but some who strongly favor vaccination are hesitant to evangelize it.

Nashville’s Independent Venues Band Together On New COVID Rules

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Some of Nashville’s most well-known independent music venues will require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test for entry.

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