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Housing · NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As plans to upgrade transportation across Music City move forward, the question of affordable housing and how to make sure it's accessible lingers. It's on the top of mind for WeGo Public Transit and a Nashville nonprofit. Brent Elrod is the managing director at Urban Housing Solutions, a nonprofit that develops and manages affordable housing for those in the low income, homeless, and workforce populations in Nashville.…See the Story
WeGo leaders working with nonprofit, city leaders to make affordable housing more accessible
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Justin Jones · NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - State Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) will remain on the ballot after a Republican candidate challenged the validity of the signatures on his qualifying petition to run again for the Tennessee General Assembly. Republican candidate for District 52, Laura Nelson, led the push to have Jones removed.
DEA proposal to reclassify marijuana could impact Tennesseans, lawmaker says Tennessee law requires candidates up f…See the Story
Rep. Justin Jones to stay on ballot after Republican candidate challenges validity of his qualifying petition
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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleMURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) -- The destination for most of Rutherford and Davidson County's trash is trying to find more space for waste, but state and city leaders are challenging the latest effort. Middle Point Landfill in Rutherford County is expected to be at capacity in the next five years. To accept more trash without adding more acres to their facility, Middle Point has requested a permit change from the Tennessee Department of Environment…See the Story
Murfreesboro leaders challenge Middle Point Landfill’s permit change request
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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - You may know her best for her hit Delta Dawn. Now 50 years later, Tanya Tucker is joining the likes of a number of stars with bars on Lower Broadway. "It was always the boys down here on Broadway and there is another half to country music - us girls," Tanya laughed, calling it a long-time dream. The Country Music Hall of Famer kicked off the opening of Tanya Tucker's Tequila Cantina Thursday afternoon by making a one o…See the Story
‘It was always the boys down here’: Tanya Tucker joins long list of stars with bars on Broadway
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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nearly four months following a major winter storm that swept across Middle Tennessee, local auto engineers said vehicle repairs have not quite finished. This comes as Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) crews announced new funding aimed at helping them fill what's left. Brent Ferguson, the manager of Hillsboro Village Auto Service in Nashville, told News 2 that 90% of the repairs they serviced in the first cou…See the Story
Additional funding set to help TDOT with resurfacing projects, filling remaining potholes
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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleGOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - For better or for worse, Rivergate Mall is a iconic landmark in Goodlettsville. The mall has stood tall since 1978, and after a downfall of loosing stores and revenue, a new proposed project has arrived.
PREVIOUS: Rivergate Mall business weighs in on building being put up for sale The proposal will demolish the old Macy's building and create hundreds of residential units, a hotel, green space, and much mor…See the Story
City of Goodlettsville releases proposed Rivergate Mall concept images
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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Just $98.4 million of the $140 million provided by the state last summer to put an armed school resource officer in every school in Tennessee has been used, a state report shows, mainly due to staffing problems, according to one lawmaker. Last summer following the Covenant School shooting, the General Assembly allotted $140 million so every school in the state could have an armed SRO as a part of a school safety initiat…See the Story
More than 500 Tennessee schools without SROs despite state funding available
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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleLAWRENCE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) -- Tension filled a Lawrence County store Wednesday morning after an armed man asked a teenage store clerk to marry him. When she turned him down, he allegedly made serious threats. The 911 call came in on Wednesday, May 1 from frightened clerks at the Bonnertown Store near the Alabama state line in the southern part of Lawrence County. Members of the Loretto Police Department were first on the scene and took Dustin…See the Story
Man accused of threatening to kill Lawrence County store clerk who refused his marriage proposal
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