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ICE arrests drivers in South Nashville, sparking outrage from local officials

Marianna Bacallao

May 4, 2025

Several drivers in South Nashville were taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Saturday night, sparking outrage from activists and politicians.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 287(g), Aftyn Behn, Don Aaron, East Nashville, Freddie O'Connell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD, Nashville police, raid, sean parker, Tennessee Highway Patrol

Metro Council introduces a plan to reconstruct Nashville’s Community Oversight Board after state’s effort to abolish it

Rose Gilbert

June 9, 2023

Five Metro Council members have introduced a plan to reconstruct Nashville’s Community Oversight Board in the wake of a new law to abolish such boards as they currently exist in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: Burkley Allen, community oversight board, Delishia Porterfield, Jeff Syracuse, Nashville Metro Council, sean parker, Zulfat Suara

Wanted: Roommates, and more of them. Nashville’s Metro Council raises antiquated occupancy limit.

Rose Gilbert

May 17, 2023

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Metro Council just raised the limit on the number of unrelated people who can live together in the same home. 

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: affordable housing, Brett Withers, Nashville Metro Council, sean parker

Riverchase Apartments are gone. Now the Metro Council clears the way for a mixed-use development to be built.

Ambriehl Crutchfield

November 16, 2022

A Texas-based developer will build a mixed-use development where an East Nashville apartment complex once stood. It will include housing, retail space and changes to the street connections.

Filed Under: Metro Tagged With: CREA, East Bank, McFerrin Park, Riverchase, sean parker

Displaced: Riverchase residents feel tension as community groups split on their demands of developer

Ambriehl Crutchfield

June 2, 2022

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On a sweaty Friday morning in April, three P.A.T.H.E. workers and a volunteer are coordinating moves for Riverchase families. One family needs a huge bean bag brought to them in the motel or their storage unit — depending on logistics.

Filed Under: Metro, Politics, Race & Equity Tagged With: CREA LLC, displacement, Housing, Jackie Sims, McFerrin Park, Melissa Cherry, Oracle, P.A.T.H.E, Riverchase apartments, sean parker, Stand Up Nashville

Dickerson Pike Mobile Home Residents, Facing Displacement, Try To Negotiate Compensation From The Landowner

Ambriehl Crutchfield

October 8, 2021

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Nashville’s city council is buying more time for mobile home owners on Dickerson Pike.

Filed Under: Business, Metro, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Dickerson Pike, sean parker, workers' dignity

Nashville Mobile Home Owners Want Extension Before Land Is Sold

Ambriehl Crutchfield

July 14, 2021

Residents of a Dickerson Pike mobile home community are asking for more time to find a place to move after around 50 families received notice that they needed to be out by the end of August, as the owner of the property is trying to sell the land under their homes.

Filed Under: Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Dickerson Pike, sean parker, workers' dignity

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