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Mt. Juliet

Trains are back in service after a freight derailment in Mt. Juliet

Samantha Max

March 22, 2022

The WeGo Star train is operating on a normal schedule after a freight derailment paused service Monday.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Mt. Juliet, transit, WeGo, Wilson County, Wilson County Schools

Two years later, a small fraction of tornado survivors are still rebuilding

Tony Gonzalez

March 3, 2022

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Two years since the Super Tuesday tornadoes, many hard-hit communities have been almost fully rebuilt. Yet work continues for some survivors of the storm that killed 25 people and damaged more than 4,000 buildings.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Cookeville, FEMA, Mt. Juliet, Super Tuesday Tornado

‘He was crying out for help’: Landon Eastep’s widow questions law enforcement after 9 officers shot her husband on the side of a Nashville interstate

Samantha Max

January 28, 2022

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Once again, investigations are underway, body camera footage is circulating, loved ones are grieving and a city is left to wonder: Why have so many recent encounters with police turned violent?

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: davidson county district attorney, Metro Nashville Police Department, Mt. Juliet, officer involved shooting, TBI, Tennessee Highway Patrol

Updates: Tens of thousands are still without power in Tennessee after damaging storms

Juliana Kim, Tony GonzalezandRachel Iacovone

December 11, 2021

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Strong storms and apparent tornadoes tore across several states late Friday and into Saturday morning and have caused three deaths in Tennessee.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Cheatham County, Dickson County, Mt. Juliet, severe weather, Tennessee Tornadoes, tornado, utilities

Walking Outside Won’t Get You Arrested — Governor Clears Up Confusion About Safer At Home Order

Samantha Max

April 15, 2020

Tennessee’s Safer at Home orders have raised some questions in recent days, prompting Gov. Bill Lee to pen a clarifying letter this week to the state’s local law enforcement agencies. In the letter, Lee says “many questions have arisen over what is, should, or should not be covered in the list of Essential Activities and […]

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, Criminal Justice Tagged With: Bill Lee, Coronavirus In Tennessee, law enforcement, Mt. Juliet

How A Mt. Juliet Warehouse Keeps Your Unwanted Christmas Gifts Out Of The Landfill

Julieta Martinelli

January 2, 2018

Listen As the holiday shopping season ends and return season begins, customers might not realize that many of those items they send back could end up in landfills across the country. Tobin Moore is one of the founders of Optoro, a D.C.-based startup that, since 2010, has been helping retailers process returns more effectively using […]

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Manufacturing, Mt. Juliet

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