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Scott County

A County’s Move to Protect Domestic Violence Victims Is Spreading Across Tennessee After Legislative Delay

By Paige Pfleger

December 20, 2025

A courtroom scene in which three women and one man stand facing a judge. The judge is gesturing with her hand as she speaks to the group. The three women are on one side of the room, and the man is on the other.

Judges across Tennessee are demanding more accountability from domestic abusers who have been ordered to give up their guns. It’s an effort to strengthen protections for survivors.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: domestic violence, gun dispossession, guns, Scott County

For the locals, their fight against a proposed landfill is more than ‘a local matter’

By Pierce Gentry, WUOT

September 7, 2025

Scott County residents Lisa Wojcik (left) and Cody Cox (right) as seen at the Oneida City Park on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. Together, the two attend government meetings and file public records requests that they post online, as part of a movement to unite Scott County, Tennessee and McCreary County, Kentucky they call the ‘Transparent Bridge Initiative.’

Grassroots activism is on the rise in Scott County, where a new landfill could have devastating effects on the environment. Despite strong community opposition, some state legislators say they don’t want to get involved.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: landfill, Scott County, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, waste

Theater of War: Rural Tennesseans, Hollywood actors and a live studio audience

By Mary Mancini

June 11, 2025

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Last month, rural Tennesseans, Hollywood actors and a live studio audience in New York City came together. On the agenda were issues that bind us.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: domestic violence, Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, Scott County, Theater of War

Unemployment Drops in Most Counties, Holds Steady in Davidson

By Bradley George

September 28, 2012

Overall, the state’s Department of Workforce Development says unemployment dropped in 90 counties.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County, Lincoln County, Scott County, unemployment

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