Opening statements began Monday in the trial of a man charged with fatally shooting four people and injuring others at a Nashville Waffle House nearly four years ago. Travis Reinking, 32, faces multiple murder charges in the April 22, 2018 early morning shooting at the restaurant in Antioch. Reinking, who has been in custody since his April 23,… Continue reading Waffle House trial day 1: Opening statements, first witnesses called in Travis Reinking’s murder case
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Nashville cop stripped of authority after interstate police killing of Landon Eastep
A Metro Nashville Police Department officer who shot a man along Interstate 65 has been stripped of his police authority, the agency announced Friday. Officer Brian Murphy, a 25-year MNPD veteran, is one of nine officers who fatally opened fire on a 37-year-old man Thursday as he stood in the middle of Interstate 65 holding a box… Continue reading Nashville cop stripped of authority after interstate police killing of Landon Eastep
‘He didn’t deserve this’: Landon Eastep’s wife speaks out after Nashville man killed by police
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One candidate so far jumps into race for Rutherford County’s added state lawmaker seat
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Nashville’s police oversight agency says an officer who shot and injured a man in 2020 violated policy |
Oversight investigators believe a Nashville officer who shot an injured a man in 2020 violated department policy. Tony GonzalezWPLN News (File) The civilian-run agency that oversees the Metro Nashville Police Department has completed its first investigation into a police shooting and is weighing punishment for the officer who fired. The Community Oversight Board will discuss… Continue reading Nashville’s police oversight agency says an officer who shot and injured a man in 2020 violated policy |
Ethics office says Reps. Newman, Lamborn may have broken law
VOL. 46 | NO. 3 | Friday, January 21, 2022 WASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional ethics watchdog has concluded that U.S. Reps. Marie Newman of Illinois and Doug Lamborn of Colorado may have violated federal law, prompting reviews from the House Ethics Committee. Separate investigative reports from the Office of Congressional Ethics released Monday detailed… Continue reading Ethics office says Reps. Newman, Lamborn may have broken law
Tennessee was ‘ground zero’ for coal ash pollution. Now, EPA is promising cleanups. |
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s Gallatin Fossil Plant, which is about 30 miles east of Nashville, has an unlined coal ash pit. This site had 16 pollutants, including heavy metals like arsenic and cobalt, in nearby groundwater above EPA maximum levels in 2018. Courtesy Southern Environmental Law Center In 2008, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil… Continue reading Tennessee was ‘ground zero’ for coal ash pollution. Now, EPA is promising cleanups. |
Merritt, Franklin native and circuit court judge, dies
Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., 86, a father, grandfather, friend and federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Court for 44 years, died on Monday. It was his 86th birthday, and the cause of death was prostate cancer. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated Merritt, who had served as U.S.… Continue reading Merritt, Franklin native and circuit court judge, dies
Obituary: Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.
Judge Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. Submitted Gilbert S. Merritt Jr., 86, a father, grandfather, friend and federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Court for 44 years, died on Monday. It was his 86th birthday, and the cause of death was prostate cancer. In 1977, President Jimmy Carter nominated… Continue reading Obituary: Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.
Historians say an unsuccessful protest in Georgia helped Martin Luther King Jr. become a national leader
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