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Titans rookie QB Cam Ward will get much of the work with the 1st-team offense in camp

Teresa M. Walker, AP

July 26, 2025

The Tennessee Titans will give rookie quarterback Cam Ward most of the work running the first-team offense in training camp even as they hold off announcing the No. 1 overall draft pick their starter.

Filed Under: Sports, WPLN News Tagged With: Cam Ward, Tennessee Titans

What to know about Tennessee’s scheduled execution of Byron Black

Catherine Sweeney

July 25, 2025

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There are several unknowns about Byron Black’s scheduled execution — including about his developmental disability and the ongoing legal fight about his heart defibrillator implant.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Byron Black, death penalty, executions, lethal injection, Tennessee Department of Correction

Nashville Public Radio receives record-breaking donations after federal funding cuts

Tony Gonzalez

July 25, 2025

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Nashville Public Radio has met — and surpassed — an emergency fundraising goal. WPLN and WNXP raised more than $500,000 this week in response to a congressional clawback of federal funds for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: media, Nashville Public Radio, nonprofits

Margo Price makes her defiant return to Nashville on ‘Hard Headed Woman’

Stephen Kallao|Miguel Perez

July 25, 2025

The alt-country star’s upcoming album, out Aug. 29, is the first record that Price has made in Music City, her home for more than 20 years.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Nashville

NashVillager Podcast: Eliminating cruel punishment

Nina Cardona

July 25, 2025

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How have we evolved on what is and isn’t allowed in the criminal justice system? Plus, the local news for July 25, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

NashVillager Podcast: Downstream problems

Nina Cardona

July 24, 2025

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Should we dam the Duck River? Plus, the local news for July 24, 2025.

Filed Under: Environment, History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Duck River

Will TVA be privatized? Trump’s efforts to control the utility, fire CEO spark speculation

Caroline Eggers

July 23, 2025

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TVA tensions have culminated in a cancelled gas project, a threat to fire TVA’s new CEO, and speculations that President Donald Trump may privatize — or seize control of — the nation’s oldest and largest public utility.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: fossil fuels, nuclear, Tennessee Valley Authority, Trump Administration

NashVillager Podcast: Spotlight on China

Nina Cardona

July 23, 2025

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Why did UT drop out of a scholarship program for Chinese students? Plus, the local news for July 23, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News

New album honors the National Symphony Orchestra, snubs Trump’s Kennedy Center changes

Justin Barney

July 23, 2025

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Pop pianist Ben Folds’ new record is a celebration of the National Symphony Orchestra, and a protest against President Trump’s changes at the Kennedy Center.

Filed Under: Arts, Culture & Music, WPLN News Tagged With: Ben Folds, Kennedy Center, music

TDOC pushback on execution court order amounts to ‘passive aggression,’ judge says

Catherine Sweeney

July 22, 2025

It appeared the intense debate was over when a judge ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to disable a death row inmate’s heart implant before his execution. But now, the department is arguing it can’t comply.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Byron Black, death penalty, lethal injection, lethal injection protocol

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