Mar 31 Funerals set for the Nashville school shooting victims By Travis Loller, Adrian Sainz, Associated Press The grieving city is mourning the victims of the horrific attack that transformed what should have been a normal day of school on a bright, sunny morning into wrenching tragedy. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 8:30 Deadly shooting at private school in Nashville prompts grief, calls for action By Stephanie Sy, Maea Lenei Buhre, Layla Quran, Courtney Norris An attack on a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee has left the shooter and six people dead, including three children. Police say the suspected shooter was a 28-year-old woman who was a former student at the school. Stephanie Sy… Continue watching
Mar 27 Nashville shooter had surveilled school, drawn maps By Jonathan Mattise, Travis Loller, Associated Press Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake did not give a specific motive when asked by reporters but gave chilling examples of the shooter's prior planning for the targeted attack. Continue reading
Mar 27 3 children, 3 adults killed in shooting at Nashville private school By Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press A female shooter wielded two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol at a private Christian school in Nashville on Monday. Continue reading
Nov 07 Nashville finds 430 voters cast ballots in wrong race By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jonathan Mattise, Associated Press The amount is a stark jump from the initial number that the Davidson County Election Commission provided last week, when officials said the problem was contained to just 212 miscast ballots. Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch 6:14 How a historic Nashville hotel played a key role in women’s suffrage By Cat Wise, Claire Mufson Nashville, Tennessee has a historic connection to the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote in 1920. Special correspondent Cat Wise visited the Hermitage Hotel, built in 1910 just steps from the state Capitol, where a hard-fought battle… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 3:24 Loretta Lynn, boundary-breaking country music icon, dies at 90 By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Legendary country singer Loretta Lynn died Tuesday at age 90, leaving a legacy of more than six decades of boundary-breaking music. In 2019, several generations of Nashville stars came out for a concert celebrating Lynn on her birthday. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 2:27 A Brief But Spectacular take on Indigenous cultures and struggles By Melissa Williams, Moe Sattar Albert Bender is a writer, activist and attorney of Cherokee descent. Currently based in Tennessee, he has long been an advocate for Native American cultural preservation and justice. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take on Indigenous cultures and struggles. Continue watching
Dec 08 Watch 3:37 A preacher and caregiver’s Brief But Spectacular take on helping people By Lindsay Blatt Terrell Scruggs is a Tennessee native with a strong sense of his “life’s calling.” He is a preacher and caregiver, providing services to seniors in his Nashville community — even throughout the pandemic. He shares his Brief But Spectacular take… Continue watching
Mar 15 FBI says Nashville bomber driven by conspiracies, paranoia By Eric Tucker, Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The man who blew himself up inside his recreational vehicle in a Christmas Day bombing in Nashville was grappling with paranoia and eccentric conspiracy theories, but there are no indications he was motivated by social or political ideology. Continue reading