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NashVillager Podcast: Pencil City

By Nina Cardona

April 2, 2025

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How did a native tree bring an industry to Shelbyville? Plus, the local news for April 2, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: shelbyville

NashVillager Podcast: A 19th century gun battle

By Nina Cardona

January 2, 2025

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What happened in Shelbyville in 1869? Plus, the local news for January 2, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: shelbyville

Legislation to protect Tennessee Walking Horses passes the U.S. House, but Senate approval unlikely

By Blake Farmer

November 15, 2022

Walking Horse

Legislation intended to stop abuse of Tennessee Walking Horses was approved Monday by the U.S. House in a bipartisan vote, over opposition of several Tennessee Republicans.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: shelbyville, Tennessee Walking Horse

Shelbyville Residents Report More KKK Activity

By Blake Farmer

October 9, 2020

Shelbyville residents are seeing more Ku Klux Klan propaganda appearing around town. 

Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: KKK, shelbyville

Tyson Plant In Goodlettsville Has Nearly 100 COVID-19 Cases

By Samantha Max

April 18, 2020

A cluster of COVID-19 cases has cropped up at a Tyson Foods plant in Goodlettsville. The Metro Public Health Department estimates that 60 employees who live in Davidson County and 30 who live outside the county have tested positive for the coronavirus.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates Tagged With: Coronavirus In Tennessee, Goodlettsville, shelbyville, Tyson Foods

The Company That Turned a Small Tennessee Town Into ‘Pencil City’ Still Holds On

By Steve Haruch

March 29, 2018

Listen In the 1950s, the small town of Shelbyville, Tenn., was home to a half-dozen pencil manufacturers, prompting then-Gov. Buford Ellington to declare it “Pencil City.” The nickname has stuck, but for the most part, the industry has not. Today, the last business standing is Musgrave Pencil Company, which has found a way to adapt […]

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Business, shelbyville

Shelbyville And Murfreesboro Businesses Close Up Shop For ‘White Lives Matter’ Protest

By Julieta Martinelli

October 24, 2017

  Listen Many of the businesses in the area where two white nationalist rallies are expected to happen next Saturday will be closing their doors. Most of the establishments affected are small, private businesses, like hair salons and real estate offices.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Murfreesboro, shelbyville

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