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Local News In the wake of the Covenant School shooting, Tennessee Sen. Mark Pody of Lebanon has filed a school safety bill he says “can save lives.” The bill would allow schools to purchase a “wearable emergency alert system” for teachers using funding from the school safety grants passed by the General Assembly earlier this year. Pody says each lanyard would be equipped with GPS tracking, audio and recording transmitting, […]

Local News To combat increasing anxiety, depression, and substance abuse among children, a new role has been created within the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.  Beth Goodner was named as the first-ever assistant commissioner focused on mental health services for children and youth.  The former CEO of TrustPoint Hospital in Murfreesboro will lead a team within the department to oversee the spending of the more than […]

Local News Goodlettsville police said there was “no active shooter” at Rivergate Mall Monday night.  Even though multiple pages reported an active shooter at Rivergate Mall police say it was a hoax.  . Police secured g the area and checked vehicles bit the report was false. The Tennessee Disability Coalition’s annual scorecard gave the state a D for the support offered to persons with disabilities living in the state. Among […]

Local News A new Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury report on the Tennessee Department of Transportation found the main solution to addressing congestion will require “extensive planning and oversight to respond to new risks.” Gov. Bill Lee’s Transportation Modernization Act into law to reduce traffic in the state is the creation of what the governor calls “choice lanes.”  They have added lanes to state highways that drivers can use for […]