Category: NASHVILLE

Nashville Council to Vote on Reinstating Expelled Democrat Lawmaker

Nashville officials are set to vote Monday on a possible reinstatement of a Democrat Tennessee lawmaker who was expelled last week after protesting gun laws. Former Tennessee state Reps. Justin Jones and James Pearson, both Democrats, were expelled from the Republican-controlled state Legislature on Thursday over their participation in a rule-breaking protest on the House…


Nashville Council to Vote on Reinstating Expelled Democrat Lawmaker—Here’s What We Know

Nashville officials are set to vote Monday on a possible reinstatement of a Democrat Tennessee lawmaker who was expelled last week after protesting gun laws. Former Tennessee state Reps. Justin Jones and James Pearson, both Democrats, were expelled from the Republican-controlled state Legislature on Thursday over their participation in a rule-breaking protest on the House…


Nashville Residents Urge Officials to Not Let Nashville Become a ‘Colony’ of State Legislature

Nashville has days left to begin voting on new council districts as citizens voiced their opposition to any action being taken by the city council at a hearing this week–as lawsuits questioning the legality of the legislation are also being heard in courts. The Republican-led Tennessee General Assembly passed legislation last month that will force…


Where’s the Manifesto?

Commentary My home city of Nashville has been in a virtual non-stop uproar since the tragic murders of six people, three of them 9-year-old children, at The Covenant School on March 27. This has been ineffably sad for the family and friends of the victims, who are victims themselves, their grief often overwhelmed in a…


Country Music Awards Show Criticized for Celebrating Drag and Transgenders In Show Dedicated to Tennessee Victims

CMT’s country music awards show in Austin, Texas, on April 2 was dedicated to the Nashville transgender shooter’s six victims. But, the show also loudly paid tribute to transgender activists, drawing backlash across social media. “On March 27, 2023, three 9-year-olds—Evelyn Dieckhaus, William Kenney, and Hallie Scruggs, along with Dr. Katerine Koonce, Cynthia Peak, and…


Nashville Police: School Shooter Planned Attack for Months

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Police said the person who killed six people, including three 9-year-old children, at a school shooting in Nashville last week, had been planning the attack for months. Police have not established a motive for the shootings at The Covenant School, a small Christian elementary school where the 28-year-old shooter was once a student, according…


Police Reveal New Details About Nashville School Assailant Audrey Hale

Audrey Hale planned her attack on The Covenant Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, for months before it occurred on March 27, police said on Monday. “In the collective writings by Hale found in her vehicle in the school parking lot, and others later found in the bedroom of her home, she documented, in journals, her planning…


Mourners Gather for First Nashville School Shooting Funeral

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her Friday as a “shining light” and said farewell to a girl who loved art, music, animals, and snuggling with her older sister on the couch. The funeral at the Woodmont Christian…


Trump’s Indictment Took the Nashville Murders Off the Front Page

Commentary NASHVILLE—Not much more than 48 hours before the news of the indictment dropped, Politico—a media outlet that makes its reputation by having the “inside dope”—was telling us that a grand jury indictment of former President Donald Trump had been pushed off for a month at least. Their Erica Orden wrote on March 27: “The…


‘Please Hurry’: 911 Calls Released From Those Inside Nashville School During Massacre

Harrowing recordings of 911 calls paint a disturbing picture of the distress and fear felt by those inside Nashville’s Covenant School on Monday as an attacker went on a killing spree that left six people dead. The audio of about two-dozen emergency calls, released Thursday by the Metro Nashville Police Department, unveiled more details about…