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State’s Top Arts Award Recognizes Belcourt As National Leader Among Arthouse Theaters

By • Dec 22, 2016
Cindy Wall

The Belcourt Theatre has received the state’s highest honor in the arts.

Nashville’s only arthouse movie theater, which underwent a massive remodeling this year, is one of ten recipients from across Tennessee to be presented with a 2017 Governor’s Arts Award.

Bus Contractor Gives Emotional Apology For Chattanooga Crash

By & • Nov 23, 2016
courtesy NTSB

In a YouTube video posted Wednesday afternoon from Chattanooga, the head of the company that employed the driver of Monday’s fatal school bus crash said he was “deeply sorry.” Five students died in the crash. Six children are still in the intensive care unit at Erlanger hospital.

Officials Say Wildfire Arsonists Could Have Any Number Of Motives

By • Nov 23, 2016
Tennessee Department of Agriculture

State officials suspect that nearly half of the 70 active wildfires burning across Tennessee were started on purpose. Ten of those broke out on one day this week. 

Dolly Parton’s Literacy Program Hits Million-Book Milestone

By • Nov 16, 2016
Courtesy Imagination Library

Dolly Parton’s literacy program has hit an impressive milestone. Founded two decades ago by the singer-songwriter in her native Sevier County, the Imagination Library started out sending 1,500 books a month. It’s now hit one million free books a month to children around the globe. 

Nashville Protesters Resist Mass Deportation And Discrimination

By • Nov 14, 2016
Natasha Senjanovic / WPLN

Protests continued this weekend in Nashville, including a unity gathering in Centennial Park on Saturday and a march down Nolensville Pike on Sunday afternoon, where some 300 people held signs supporting illegal immigrants and other minorities. 

Leading Nashville Women's Advocate Among CNN's Top 10 Heroes Of 2016

By • Oct 27, 2016
Kristin Sweeting

One of Nashville’s most prominent advocates for female survivors of sex trafficking and drug abuse has just been named a CNN Top 10 Hero of the year. An ordained minister, Becca Stevens founded a program that helps women get off the streets, as well as beauty and home care line Thistle Farms.

Thistle Farms Aims To Help Even More Women With National Whole Foods Deal

By • Sep 21, 2016
Jon Whittle

Thistle Farms, a prominent Nashville nonprofit that sells products made by survivors of prostitution and human trafficking, has signed a national distribution deal with Whole Foods. It is the company’s biggest expansion to date.  

'It' City Housing Demand Gives Rise To Online Rental Scams

By • Sep 20, 2016
Natasha Senjanovic


With thousands relocating to Nashville each year, the city’s real estate market is experiencing one of the most competitive booms in its history. And as housing demand has spiked, so have a few particular kinds of rental scams.

Middle Tennessee High School Musical Competition Sets Its Sights On Broadway

By • Sep 15, 2016
Chris Netterville

High school theater competition in Middle Tennessee has joined the major leagues. And students will now have a chance to compete nationally — on Broadway. 

Nashville's First Youth Poet Laureate Shortlisted For First National Title

By • Sep 9, 2016
Lagnajita Mukhopadhyay
Tony Gonzalez / WPLN

Nashville’s first Youth Poet Laureate visited the White House this week as one of five finalists vying for the National Youth Poet Laureate title.

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