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Sumner County

How Nashville’s wild housing market is causing a ‘second displacement’ for some immigrants

By Alexis Marshall

May 3, 2022

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As Nashville wrestles with a lack of affordable housing, many families have found themselves moving outside of the city for options. This affordability crisis also affects immigrants, pushing them farther away from the services and community they rely on.

Filed Under: Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: American Muslim Advisory Council, Elmahaba Center, Housing, immigrants, Neighborhood Health, Sumner County

Gallatin Residents Call On Council To Make Upgrades To Clearview Park

By Damon Mitchell

June 22, 2021

Residents in Gallatin’s Clearview community are calling on city leaders to make investments in their neighborhood recreation center.

Filed Under: Environment Tagged With: Gallatin, Sumner County

Why The Sumner County Homicide Suspect Was Released On Probation, Despite Criminal History

By Meribah Knight

May 2, 2019

Listen Among the questions that emerged after seven bodies were discovered in Sumner County on Saturday was why the suspect wasn’t already in custody. Michael Lee Cummins had a long criminal history and was on probation for another crime at the time of the murders.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: crime, Sumner County

A Crime Scene So ‘Gruesome’ In Sumner County That TBI Fears For Its Forensic Scientists

By Blake Farmer

April 30, 2019

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Listen We still don’t know how seven victims in Sumner County died over the weekend. But law enforcement used words like “gruesome,” so the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is worried about the mental health of first responders.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Health Care, Sumner County

What We Know So Far About The 7 Sumner County Homicides

By Meribah Knight, Tony GonzalezandEmily Siner

April 29, 2019

The seven people found dead in Sumner County over the weekend include the father, mother and uncle of the suspect. The other four victims’ relationship to the suspect is still unclear, authorities said at a press conference Monday morning. The suspect, 25-year-old Michael Cummins, remains in custody.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: crime, Sumner County

Sumner Ed Tax Splits School Mothers

By Blake Farmer

October 31, 2012

Proposed taxes are drawing voters to the polls in several Tennessee counties, including Sumner, where a budget battle delayed the start of school by nearly two weeks. A $25 increase in car registrations is splitting voters who consider themselves conservative.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: 2012citycounty, 2012election, Education, Sumner County, wheel tax

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