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Advocacy walk for Mississippi teen Nolan Wells floods Jefferson Street
What This Story Is About The Nashville NAACP branch and other organizations held an advocacy walk on Jefferson Street to keep attention on the death of Mississippi teen Nolan Wells. Why It Matters Event organizer Denise Motes said it is very important to keep Wells’ name alive, r...
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O'Connell's PowerBack Nashville to lower energy bills for up to 100 low-income homes affected by Winter Storm Fern
According to the mayor's office, the program is called PowerBack Nashville. It's a partnership between Metro Nashville, CLEAResult, Tennessee Valley Authority, Rebuilding Together Nashville and United Way of Greater Nashville....
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Green Hill football team rallies around sophomore battling rare bone cancer
What This Story Is About Green Hill sophomore Alex Caskey, 16, is undergoing treatment for Ewing sarcoma, a rare cancer. Why It Matters His teammates, coaches and community members are helping support Alex and his family during treatment. What Happens Next Alex’s treatment plan i...
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Chaos continues at BNA as rental cars sell out, travelers scramble to get home
The nationwide ground stop may be over, but the travel nightmare is far from finished for passengers at Nashville International Airport.
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Man accused of handcuffing 2 children to bedframe, court records say
VANCE, Ala. ( WBRC /Gray News) - A Tuscaloosa County man is charged with child abuse, torture and aggravated child abuse. According to court records, David Philips handcuffed a boy and a girl to a bed frame and whipped at least one of the children after she told law enforcement a...
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Former Sumner County Schools employee arrested for child sex crimes
Shipley was reportedly over the Unity Program, an after school enrichment program, at Merrol Hyde Magnet School in Hendersonville until he resigned after the 2025-2026 school year....
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‘This is real bad’: Witness reacts to Mississippi River ship collision
BATON ROUGE, La. ( WAFB /Gray News) - Former Baton Rouge resident Devon Flanagan was working along the Mississippi River in New Orleans early Friday afternoon when a tanker reportedly struck the American Heritage river cruise paddleboat. RELATED: Tanker crashes into river cruiser...
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FAA issues nationwide ground stop for second time since 9/11. What to know
(Gray News) - The recent nationwide ground stop was only the second in the U.S. since the Sept. 11 attacks The last one happened in 2023, when an outage disrupted the Federal Aviation Administration system that sends safety messages to pilots. Friday’s ground stop followed “commu...
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All people accounted for following cruise ship collision in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS ( WVUE /Gray News) - A tanker lost its steering and slammed into a docked American Heritage river cruise paddleboat near the Port of New Orleans on Friday. Rescue efforts were underway immediately, with officials saying later in the day that all passengers were able t...
