Robert Sory prepares to feed meat to a bobcat at his home in Thompson's Station, Tennessee. Blake farmer WPLN It’s feeding time for the animals on this property outside Nashville, Tennessee. An albino ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with WPLN. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Judges across Tennessee are now ...

These highlights were written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. On Oct. 7, 2019, a 30-year-old beautician named Temptress Peebles called the Nashville probation office begging for ...

The Tennessee Valley Authority, which is a major utility serving more than 10 million people in the Southeast, is facing criticism after data revealed its nuclear reactors shut down unexpectedly 12 ...

The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center was run for decades by Richard Bean. Bean was ousted after he fired an employee who raised concerns about "archaic" practices. Knox County officials ...

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This article was produced by WPLN/Nashville Public Radio, a 2023 ProPublica Local Reporting Network partner. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Richard L. Bean, the ...

Richard Bean, superintendent of Knox County's juvenile detention center, announced May 30 his retirement. Bean said his decision was accelerated by the lack of confidence expressed in his leadership ...

Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs is demanding the county commission shift control of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center from an appointed board of trustees to the sheriff's office. Jacobs ...

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Nashville Public Radio has hired its next President/CEO, and it is a woman who will replace the retiring Steve Swenson at the NPR spoken word station serving the market and its Adult Alternative ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center has eliminated an unspecified number of positions and paused hiring for “most research and administrative positions” as part of a broader ...