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Antioch

Nashville’s immigrant students fear going to school as ICE raids continue

Camellia Burris

May 20, 2025

Empty desks in a classroom

The recent ICE raids in Nashville have left many families afraid to leave the house for even basic necessities, like taking their kids to school.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Conexión Américas, food insecurity, ICE, immigrant, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Public Schools, MNPS

First came the warning signs. Then a teen opened fire on a Nashville school.

Paige PflegerandAliyya Swaby, ProPublica

February 8, 2025

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Tennessee authorities were alerted to Solomon Henderson’s threatening and violent behavior long before he brought a gun to Antioch High School. It’s unclear how many red flags were heeded.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Antioch High School, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, ProPublica, school shooting, shooting

Tennessee passes sweeping immigration law to support Trump’s mass deportations

Marianna Bacallao

January 30, 2025

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Gov. Bill Lee wants to create a new state division to enforce immigration laws, mirroring a push from President Donald Trump to expel migrants.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, 287(g), Antioch, Antioch High School, Bill Lee, Gabby Salinas, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, school shooting, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol, Todd Gardenhire

What we know about the Antioch High School shooting

WPLN Staff

January 24, 2025

Nashville is reeling after the shooting at Antioch High School on Wednesday. Metro Nashville police are investigating the attack.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Antioch High School, school shooting, shooting

Josselin Corea Escalante, a ‘bright and compassionate young woman,’ dreamed of being a doctor

Caroline Eggers

January 23, 2025

The 16-year-old was a daughter, sister and niece. She played soccer and hoped to one day become a doctor. She lost her life on Wednesday after a shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Antioch High School, obituary, school shooting

NashVillager Podcast: Dead mall, new neighborhood

Nina Cardona

September 13, 2024

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How does a dead mall transform into a new kind of neighborhood center? Plus the local news for September 13, 2024.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Hickory Hollow Mall

Weekend Adventure: Taming high-flying kites at Mill Ridge Park

Tony Gonzalez

October 6, 2022

kite fest Mill Ridge Park
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This Nashville park is still being built, but yoga, movie nights and nature hikes have already begun. This audio postcard features wind gusts and chasing down a rogue kite.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Metro Parks, Mill Ridge Park

Nashville neighborhood associations — their successes and struggles

Tony Gonzalez

September 21, 2022

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Their work can be subtle and unseen, but neighborhood associations often play a key role in building connections among neighbors and setting the vision for a community. But running an association is no small job.

Tagged With: Antioch, Nashville neighborhoods, North Nashville, South Nashville

Curious Nashville: Will traffic ever improve at Bell Road, one of Nashville’s most baffling interstate exits?

Hallie Graham

April 6, 2022

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Traffic is not really a new story in Nashville, but Rusti Keen says Exit 59 on Interstate 24 is “particularly insane.” So, she came to Curious Nashville with a question.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville, Features, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Curious Nashville, transportation

Nashville To Provide Hotel Rooms And Cash In Effort To Halt Coronavirus Hotspots In Immigrant Communities

Blake Farmer

July 1, 2020

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Nashville’s health department is focusing its coronavirus response on hot spots among immigrant communities in Antioch and Madison. A key part of a new plan described Tuesday will provide hotel rooms to isolate positive patients.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Health Care, Race & Equity Tagged With: Antioch, Coronavirus In Tennessee, immigrants, Leslie Waller

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