A new 44-page report from Metro Nashville Police shows that the 2023 Covenant School assailant acted alone, obtained several guns legally and was driven by a desire for notoriety.
Suicide of Kentucky teen investigated as financial sextortion
In southern Kentucky, a community is grieving the death of a teen boy — and investigators are looking into what role a financial sextortion scheme played in the death.
A rural Tennessee county changed the way it separates guns from dangerous people. Now the rest of the state may follow suit.
Two Republican state lawmakers filed legislation that would change Tennessee’s firearms dispossession form, closing a loophole that experts say leaves domestic violence victims vulnerable.
Gun violence prevention, transit and housing: what Nashvillians want their city to fund
Nashvillians gathered this week before the Metro Council to request salary increases for Metro employees and more funding for the arts and affordable housing, among other causes.
Tennessee DA faces charge after firing at fugitive and hitting a home with family inside
A district attorney in Tennessee is facing a reckless endangerment charge after shooting at a fugitive several times and hitting a home that had a woman and her three children inside.
1 dead, 9 injured after an exchange of gunfire near TSU homecoming
Back-and-forth gunfire broke out near Tennessee State University’s homecoming celebration as it was winding down Saturday afternoon, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department.
How the ‘Tennessee 11’ found common ground on gun safety proposals when lawmakers couldn’t
Last year as lawmakers gathered at the capitol for a special session on guns, a group of 11 strangers came together to try and reach consensus on gun safety.
Tennessee politicians react to shooting at Trump rally. Some urge unity. Others push for a deeper divide.
A shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania injured former President Donald Trump and killed one spectator as of the time of publication. Some Tennessee politicians say it’s an example of political divisiveness in the country, while others took the opportunity to criticize President Joe Biden.
Nashville judge to rule on whether the Covenant School assailant’s journals go public
The judge had been prepared to release the ruling when a news outlet suing for the documents’ release published leaked pages of the assailant’s journal.
How a second leak of the Covenant School assailant’s journals impacts an ongoing court case
Conservative news site, The Tennessee Star, may be in legal trouble for publishing leaked pages of the Covenant School assailant’s journals. The Star is a plaintiff in an ongoing lawsuit to compel Nashville Police to release the writings.
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