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West Tennessee

Tennessee sheriff indicted for profiting from inmate labor, misusing funds

Adrian Sainz, AP

June 15, 2024

Officials say the sheriff of a rural Tennessee county illegally profited from the work of jail and prison inmates under his care and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without permission.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, police, rural Tennessee, sheriff, West Tennessee

Study being done to search for gravesite at site of Ford’s Blue Oval City

Blaise Gainey

November 29, 2022

The Memphis Corps of Engineers is looking into what may be a former gravesite on part of the mega site of Ford’s Blue Oval City in West Tennessee. 

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Blue Oval City, Economic Development, electric vehicle, EVs, ford megasite, memphis corps of engineers, West Tennessee

With rural hospitals in financial straits, some Tennessee communities are selling theirs for $1

Blake Farmer

April 3, 2022

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A Florida-based company called Braden Health is snapping up closed and distressed hospitals in West Tennessee that few others seem to want.

Filed Under: Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Braden Health, hospitals, rural health, rural hospitals, West Tennessee

State comptroller poised to take over finances in Mason, Tennessee

This Is Nashville

March 18, 2022

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As West Tennessee prepares to welcome Ford Motor Company’s new electric truck and battery plant in Staton, there’s a small town about 10 miles away that may soon lose its financial independence.

Filed Under: News Hits, WPLN News Tagged With: comptroller, Ford Motor Company, Mason, Tennessee, West Tennessee

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