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June 12, 2025: Southern Baptists on gay marriage (again)
The Nashville-based SBC voted this week to go on the offensive against laws the church considers immoral. Plus, the local news for June 12, 2025, and…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 11, 2025: Hendersonville’s incorporation
Some communities naturally evolve into towns or cities along a clear, straight path. And some put up a fight. Plus, the local news for June 11, 2025,…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 10, 2025: Law and disorder
There’s trouble again at one Core Civic prison in Tennessee, as the Brentwood company attempts to reopen several others around the nation to handle I…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 9, 2024: Dutchman’s Curve
In 1918, scores of people died in a train wreck. Many of them might have lived if the railroad hadn’t put profit over safety. Plus, the local news fo…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 6, 2025: Rites of passage
Some stories stick with you. For WPLN’s Char Daston, the story of Don Srisuriyo, a Murfreesboro man who became a Buddhist monk, was one of them. Plus…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 5, 2025: Opry and the Ryman
The Grand Ole Opry and the Ryman Auditorium weren’t always connected. We take a look at how they became forever linked. Plus, the local news for June…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 4, 2025: Wild animals in the Volunteer State
The meme-worthy escape of a Rutherford County zebra raises all kinds of questions about laws pertaining to animals. Plus the local news for June 4, 2…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 3, 2025: River of plastic
Tennessee’s water is remarkably full of an invisible pollutant that sticks around in our bodies. Plus, the local news for June 3, 2025, and a look at…
1 year, 4 months ago
June 2, 2025: Right to work
The South is famously averse to unions. These days, that’s especially true in Nashville. Plus the local news for June 2, 2025, and TVA’s coal about-f…
1 year, 5 months ago
Trailer: The Country in Our Hearts
The story of how Nashville became home to the largest Kurdish diaspora in America is an epic one. A tale of bloody genocide, of freedom fighters, of …
1 year, 5 months ago