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Travis Loller, AP

Judge says Nashville school shooter’s writings can’t be released as victims’ families have copyright

Travis Loller, AP

July 5, 2024

The withholding of the writings has been particularly controversial because some people see the shooting as a hate crime against Christians and believe the journals will prove it.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Covenant School, I'Ashea Myles, open government, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government

Federal judge sentences 4 anti-abortion activists for a 2021 Tennessee clinic blockade

Travis Loller, AP

July 5, 2024

All four were convicted of serious felony conspiracy charges, leading to sentences that were below what prosecutors requested. Six co-defendants have yet to be sentenced.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, carafem

For the endangered Nashville crayfish, its rebound is both good and bad news

Kristin M. Hall, APandTravis Loller, AP

June 22, 2024

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering removing the Nashville crayfish from the endangered species list.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: crayfish, environment, wildlife

The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says

Christopher Weber, AP, Travis Loller, APandAdrian Sainz, AP

June 10, 2024

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The Rev. James Lawson Jr., has died. His family said Monday that Lawson died peacefully on Sunday.

Filed Under: History, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, civil rights, civil rights movement, James Lawson, obituary

Transgender Tennesseans want state’s refusal to amend birth certificates declared unconstitutional

Travis Loller, AP

May 4, 2024

The fate of a decades-old Tennessee policy that does not allow transgender people to change the sex designation on their birth certificates is in the hands of a federal appeals court. A group of four transgender women born in Tennessee wants the policy declared unconstitutional. A federal judge dismissed their case last year.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: transgender

In rural Tennessee, the National Teacher of the Year helps diverse students and their families thrive

Travis Loller, AP

April 3, 2024

Officials announced Wednesday that Missy Testerman has been named the 2024 National Teacher of the Year. Those who know Testerman say that’s no wonder, having become familiar with the kind of magic she works in the classroom each day.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Jill Biden, rural Tennessee, teachers

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