WPLN News

State officials announced today they’re spending over half-a-billion dollars on the new Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga.

The announcement of Alaska governor Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate is getting favorable reaction from Tennessee conservatives.

It’s commonplace for election commissions across Middle Tennessee to run voter registration drives in high schools. But Blackman High School in Murfreesboro set itself apart today.

As Tennessee democrats return from their National Convention in Denver, many of the state’s republicans are getting ready to leave for theirs, which starts Monday.

Cumberland Caverns lie just about an hour’s drive southeast from Nashville, and they’re like many caves in the region: deep and dark. But unlike the others, one room of this expansive cave system seems to be an acoustical oddity that has audiences flocking to hear its very special sound. WPLN’s Todd Jarrell traveled out to Warren County to listen.

A death-penalty study committee is considering how the state should ensure defendants in capital cases get a good lawyer.

Proponents of an ‘English Only’ charter amendment have filed a lawsuit, charging the Metro Legal Department and the Election Commission of unfairly ruling against them.

Car sharing is making a debut in Nashville. Starting today, the company Zipcar will begin offering service on the campuses of Belmont and Vanderbilt universities.

The state’s Meth Task Force says the seizure of make-shift drug labs is up 17-percent over last year. It’s the first up-tick for meth since the agency was established in 2005.

The Hermitage Hotel in downtown Nashville earned some bragging rights today…for keeping a tidy toilet.