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WILSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WTVF) Wilson County Schools is facing a bus driver shortage, leaving some routes unable to reliably run and forcing parents to find alternative ways to get their children to school. Bart Barker with Wilson County Schools said the district is down as many as ...
What This Story Is About High school football playoffs begin this week Why It Matters WSMV4’s Touchdown Friday Night will showcase post-season games from across the mid-state What Happens Next Games kickoff at 7pm Friday For Context WSMV4’s high school football coverage goes into...
Frances Interior Ministry said more than 600,000 people rallied Thursday across France, including in Paris, to demand higher wages and support the student protest movement, piling fresh pressure on the beleaguered government. After more than a month of large, recurring protests a...
Dealing with a loved one who has Alzheimer's can be hard to navigate, and the Alzheimer's Foundation of America is bringing resources right here to Nashville. The organization will host a free Alzheimer's & Caregiving Educational Conference on Wednesday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to 1...
According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, 23rd Judicial District Attorney General Ray Crouch requested special agents investigate Kenneth Howard, 49, on June 5....
A former school resource officer in Dickson was charged with theft after the TBI said he logged dozens of hours that he did did not work. DICKSON, Tenn. (WSMV) - A former school resource officer in Dickson was charged with theft after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) s...
Grundy County Schools will switch to virtual learning next week due to an increase in illness among students and staff, the district announced Wednesday.Student...
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Ray Freeman, who aged out of foster care, opened One Club Jiu Jitsu in Wyandotte County six years ago. He teaches kids and adults jiu jitsu as a way to work through trauma, depression, ADHD, and behavioral struggles. His own son, Jory, is among his students...
Several school districts are either on or preparing for fall break, which means families have vacations planned along the Gulf Coast.
What This Story Is About Brentwood Academy hosts Briarcrest this week on the high school football field. Why It Matters It’s Week 8 of the regular high school football season in Tennessee. What Happens Next Game will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Brentwood Academy. For Context The Eagle...
What This Story Is About Touchdown Friday Night on WSMV rolls on in Week 8 Why It Matters The high school football season continues in Middle Tennessee. What Happens Next WSMV will cover many HS football games across the Midstate. For Context Check out Touchdown Friday Night on W...
The University of Arizona has suspended activities at its fraternities following persistent reports of misconduct, including assault, hazing, and drug and alcohol-related behavior, a university official said. Just seven weeks into the fall semester, the university's Dean of Stude...
Integrity continues to be questioned across high school sports in Tennessee as football programs opt for independent schedules next season. The Tennessee Second...
Stardust Drive-In Theatre is the Nashville Scene’s 2026 Writers’ Choice for Best Old-School Drive-In in Nashville for bringing us back to the heyday of the classic drive-in....
ALABASTER, Ala. ( WBRC /Gray News) - An older brother’s bone marrow donation will offer a second chance at life for his 9-year-old sister, who has sickle cell disease. Alexa Turner, a 9-year-old student at Thompson Intermediate School, is dealing with more than homework. She has ...
Sergeant Dan Goodwin, a longtime Rutherford County law enforcement leader who helped solve cold cases, is being remembered after his passing.
ST. CROIX COUNTY, Wis. ( WEAU /Gray News) - A man is accused of sexually assaulting two students he met while working as a school employee in Minnesota. Derrick Pfeffer, 42, is charged with 10 felonies in St. Croix County, Wisconsin: Repeated sexual assault of the same child (at ...
What This Story Is About Thousands of Nashville students, parents and teachers participated in Walk Bike Nashville’s annual Walk to School Day, with more than 45 schools registered. Why It Matters Organizers say the event is designed not only to make walking to school fun, but al...
What This Story Is About A Nashville mother is speaking out about coming face-to-face with the four teenagers charged in the shooting death of her son, 16-year-old Cameron Frierson, outside Pearl-Cohn High School in August. Why It Matters The case raises concerns about guns in th...
Professors and staff at Cornell University grilled administration officials Tuesday as outrage builds over the alleged gang rape of a former student at a fraternity house in 2024, with questions raised about how the school and law enforcement responded. University officials confi...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. ( Aging Untold ) — A harpist is offering quiet comfort to patients and families at McLeod Seacoast Hospital, playing every Thursday, the hospital’s busiest day for same-day surgery. Peg Mann is part of the hospital’s volunteer and student services program. She ...
Some of the students outraged by Cornell University's handling of an alleged fraternity house gang rape are directing their ire at the schools president, a longtime molecular physiology professor who has faced several crises since taking the top job. Michael Kotlikoff was Cornell...
The Education Department has extended its offer for a 1% interest rate reduction on student loan balance for certain borrowers who qualify. Borrowers have from now until the end of the year to sign up for auto pay and get the benefit. Once approved, they will keep that reduced ra...
Are non-athlete students unknowingly bankrolling massive college athletics programs? In this episode of Following Leads: The Podcast , InvestigateTV national reporter Chris Nakamoto breaks down a nationwide investigation into the explosive financial reality of college sports. Out...
TUCSON, Ariz. ( KPHO /Gray News) — The University of Arizona has hit pause on all fraternity activities amid a wave of misconduct investigations. In an internal university memo, Chrissy Lieberman, the dean of students, said her office is investigating multiple reports of miscondu...
A federal judge dismissed claims against Gov. Bill Lee and several top state officials in a lawsuit challenging the state’s planned oversight of Memphis schools...
Nearly 12,000 bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to a new study from PEN America, the highest total since the free expression organization began tracking removals five years ago. For the second straight year, Stephen King was the author most likely to...
A four-year college degree may no longer be the career requirement it once was. As companies struggle to fill jobs and industries evolve faster than traditional education systems can keep up, more employers are shifting toward skills-based hiring focusing on experience, certifica...
GREENVILLE, S.C. ( Aging Untold ) — A new program in South Carolina is offering support to women during the postpartum period, connecting them with experts and other mothers navigating early motherhood. Nicole Parmelee, who has two children, started the New Moms School after her ...
FARIBAULT, Minn. ( InvestigateTV ) – Minnesota’s only all-deaf high school cheerleading team became the first in its school history to perform in a hearing competition. In January, the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (MSAD) Trojan cheer team competed in their first cheerlead...
BATON ROUGE, La. ( InvestigateTV ) - A New Orleans teenager has converted a used bus into a traveling clothing boutique, taking his business on the road across the Gulf South. Valen Purvis, a student at Rummel High School in New Orleans, operates a mobile clothing store called Tr...
Ten Tennessee early childhood educators were given a special surprise to honor their impact on the state's youngest students.Tennesseans for Quality Early Educa...
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, Mo. ( KMOV /Gray News) - An investigation is underway in Missouri as loved ones mourn a 16-year-old girl who died after she was hit by a deputy’s car while lying on the road. The community held a candlelight vigil Monday night for 16-year-old Persephone Berge...
Lisa Travis, a school administrator from Salt Lake City, claims the incident happened after she was booked into the facility on a trespassing during a trip to Nashville in October 2025. According to the lawsuit, the charge was later dismissed....
Let's get weird. There's this bit of local folklore that Michele Mazzu and Maggie Sidlinger have told to a student at the Academy of Make-Up and Arts, Kathleen Carter. We have to start with this question. What's a Knoblin? Mazzu and Sidlinger said this folklore is based around Do...
Cornell students thronged a campus plaza to protest the university's response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house, and the school's main administration building was splashed with graffiti and damaged overnight. At a demonstration that overflowed the large space...
What This Story Is About The Nashville Early Education Coalition (NEEC) announced a new scholarship program aimed at helping early childhood educators afford childcare for their own families. Why It Matters The idea is to help childcare centers retain teachers who may choose to l...
SWEET HOME, Ore. ( KPTV /Gray News) — A 15-year-old Oregon high school student who suffered a severe brain injury during a football game is preparing to donate his organs, his family said. Mason Flores was injured during a home game at Sweet Home High School on Monday. He had a s...
The Supreme Court is rebuffing an appeal from a Michigan woman fighting a school district's ban on shirts with the phrase "Let's Go Brandon," a jab at then-President Joe Biden with a coded reference to profanity. The mother of two boys says their First Amendment rights were viola...
ST. LOUIS, Mo. ( InvestigateTV ) - A Missouri six-year-old is reading more books than many people read in a lifetime. Pew Research in the past found that the average American reads about 12 books a year. An elementary student outside of St. Louis crushed this number by reading 1,...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. ( WMC /Gray News) - Authorities investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product. A new federal filing says a toxicology report on Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang found...
What This Story Is About The Nashville Christian football program is moving up one classification beginning next season. Why It Matters The Eagles have not lost a game in Division II-A since 2023. What Happens Next NCS will finish this season in DII-A and move up for the next two...
PETERSBURG, Va. ( Aging Untold ) — Richard Caple leads a line dancing class at Club 17 in Petersburg, and he also gives back to the community through scholarships and fundraisers. How the class started Caple said he did not initially want to lead the class. “So, a year ago, we ha...
CRANE, Mo. ( InvestigateTV ) - Inside of Crane High School, home of the Pirates, scavenging through decades of student pictures are Principal Tara Mease and science teacher Karen Faucett. Their own children, Brayden Faucett and Lorene Mease, are included on the wall of graduates....
A head-on collision involving a school bus left two students injured Friday morning in Madison, officials said.
A teacher’s assistant at Ripley Primary School was taken into custody Thursday on a child-abuse charge.
More than 500 people came together at Father Ryan High School's Relay For Life, helping the school raise over $70,000 for cancer research.
What is this story about Liberty Creek visits Springfield in Week 7of the high school football season. Why It Matters Both teams are 5-1 so far this season. What Happens Next The Yellow Jackets play the Wolves in a 4A Region 6 showdown. For Context The winner of this game keeps p...
What This Story Is About Multiple Region games will take place in Week 7 of the high school football season. Why It Matters The TSSAA is in the back half of the regular season. What Happens Next Teams in the state will compete this Friday night. For Context The HS football season...
OXFORD, Miss. ( WMC /Gray News) — Mississippi leaders and lawmakers are calling for a crackdown on kratom and kratom-like products after two Ole Miss students died last week. Toxicology tests are incomplete, and the autopsies on both young men are still pending. But court documen...
What This Story Is About A woman who ran a dance team for middle schoolers and reportedly exposed children to a pedophile was sentenced to more than a decade in prison. Why It Matters The woman knew her husband and then ex-husband had a history of sexual abuse when she invited th...
( InvestigateTV ) — Poor vision could be sabotaging young students as they learn to read. InvestigateTV+ looks at how a lack of access to screenings could play a part. Then, we take an in-depth look at plan to help protect innocent lives from dangerous decisions made on American ...
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. ( InvestigateTV ) - Outside of Kansas City, a high school para-athlete is pushing past expectations and capturing track championships. And Jeremiah Mangels is doing that while challenging himself and inspiring his team. “I’d say just whenever I’m on the track, a...
JACKSON, Miss. ( WLBT /Gray News) - A Mississippi family is grieving a loved one who they say died after he punched through a window and seriously injured himself, possibly out of grief. Jackson Public Schools says district law enforcement officers responded Sunday to the former ...
Brenna Kraus discovered alarming allegations from former MNPS special education teacher Amelia Cato that students in her son's classroom were being abused by paraprofessionals at Dodson Elementary School....
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Miss. ( WMC /Gray News) - Law enforcement in Mississippi is calling on state lawmakers to ban synthetic kratom. In a statement released Wednesday, Lafayette County Metro Narcotics discussed the drugs found at the scene of the deaths of two Ole Miss students last...
