Nashville officers stripped of police powers after breaking in door of innocent family’s home

Interim MNPD chief John Drake made a swift policy change and decommissioned three officers after the search warrant was executed at an Edgehill home.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Tennessee town stuck at an impasse of mask mandates and ‘freedom’

In Spring Hill, a Tennessee town that straddles two counties, a nationwide debate on masks has become a street-by-street struggle.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

‘Be a good boy’ and vote for suffrage: How a mother’s note carried the 19th Amendment

A letter from Rep. Harry Burn’s mother convinced him to vote in favor of suffrage. The letter is stored in Knoxville, Tennessee.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Titans, Nashville SC support no fans at Nissan – today. We’ll see about tomorrow | Estes

It’s important that Mayor John Cooper left the door open on a decision to not allow fans for pro sports through “at least” the end of September.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Tennessee suffragists changed history ‘without firing a shot’

“They persisted and preserved with a nonviolent revolution. This was the greatest nonviolent revolution in the history of our country.”         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

If this college football season actually happens, all players will deserve a ring | Estes

The return of students to campuses will bring social temptations that you can’t expect college football players to universally navigate to perfection.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Some districts allowing teachers to come to school even if they have been exposed to COVID-19

Some school districts are deeming teachers and staff essential employees amid the coronavirus pandemic.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Mayor John Cooper’s new $1.5 billion transportation plan advances

The preliminary Metro Nashville Transportation Plan comes two years after voters shot down a $9 billion proposal for light rail and rapid bus transit connected by a 1.8-mile tunnel.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

How should districts notify parents about confirmed COVID-19 cases in their child’s school?

The Tennessee Department of Education’s guidance doesn’t specify how schools could communicate cases to the wider community.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

‘A part of your American duty’: Tennessee women on why voting is important to them

In 1920 Tennessee ratified the 19th Amendment, giving women the right to vote. 100 years later, Tennessee women speak out on that legacy and voting today.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Tennessee’s anti-suffragists wooed and boozed lawmakers in a secret ‘Jack Daniel’s Suite’

Frustrated by obnoxious behavior at the hotel, national suffragist leader Carrie Chapman Catt asked if every legislator in Tennessee was drunk.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

LifeWay survey: Coronavirus tensions a growing pressure point for Protestant pastors

Twenty-seven percent of pastors cited disunity as their top pressure point during the COVID-19 crisis.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

We ranked the 2020 Nashville area high school football teams from 1-131

We ranked the 131 high school football teams in the Nashville area. Seriously.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Giles County juries deliberate in a room dedicated to the Confederacy. A Black man says there’s no justice for him in that courthouse.

A man says Confederate memorabilia in the Giles County courthouse could have influenced what became a guilty verdict in his case.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

What it’s like to get your first high school football head coaching job during a pandemic

Twelve of the 21 new high school football coaches in the Nashville area are in their first year as a coach. And they do it during COVID-19.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Mayor John Cooper announces sweeping review of Nashville police

The Policing Policy Commission will consider nearly every aspect of policing in Nashville.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Matthew Hill and Micah Van Huss were high-profile GOP legislators. Why did their community oust them?

The two men were well known in the legislature and drew headlines.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Country music legend Dolly Parton among inspiring Women of the Century on Tennessee list

As America celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, here’s a look at 10 women who made their mark in Tennessee history.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Gov. Bill Lee planned for criminal justice reform. Now, he’ll sign a bill going against those principles.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has long talked about the need to enact meaningful criminal justice reform.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Facing protests, legislature concludes three-day special session

For the most part, lawmakers stuck to the agenda as laid out when Gov. Bill Lee ordered the legislature’s return.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Where are the kindergartners? Nearly 2,000 less kindergartners enrolled in Metro Schools despite steady enrollment this school year

Though overall enrollment is steady, Metro Nashville Public Schools has reported a decline in kindergarten enrollment.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

Tennessee legislature cracks down on protesters, making it a felony to camp overnight outside Capitol

Protesters have set up outside the Tennessee Capitol for more than two months.         Top Featured Tags: – Tennessee News Press Release Distribution Service

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