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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - We share them from time to time - sketches from police. They're often detailed images of suspects or victims that police need help identifying. You may have seen it on TV or in movies, as a witness sits with the sketch artist and describes everything they can remember, but how does it work in real life? They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. However, in Glen Glenn's case, a drawing is worth closure on a police case.…See the Story
Behind the sketch: TBI sketch artist gives behind the scenes look into how drawings of suspects are created
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Celebrity · NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A beloved mentor, friend, and rapper is dead after a shooting in Midtown over the weekend. Police identified the victim as Christopher Cheeks. His stage name is Chris King. Police said a group of robbers approached him and his friends early Saturday morning in Midtown Nashville, shooting and killing him. One of his friends was injured.
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‘This one hurts’: Celebrities and friends mourn the life of rapper killed in Nashville; MNPD identify suspect
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Soccer · NashvilleASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Cheatham County soccer coach is arrested at the soccer fields at River Bluff Park in front of kids and families. According to an Ashland City Police report, on Saturday morning, April 13, Jesse Daniels, then 39 years old, was coming to the soccer fields with his young son. According to body cam obtained by News 2, Daniels, who turned 40 on the 18th, told officers he was late for picture day with his team.
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Ashland City police arrest soccer coach with long arrest history
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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - A deadly shooting in Bellevue has residents along Highway 70 saying enough is enough. Metro police said 37-year-old Dorsey Moorlet was shot and killed outside his Forest Park apartment on Friday, April 19. "I heard three gunshots," said Rob Thomas, who lives nearby in the Coronado neighborhood.
PREVIOUS: Man dead after shooting outside Bellevue apartment complex He said it's a sound that's becoming all too fami…See the Story
Bellevue residents upset about frequent crime in light of recent deadly shooting
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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Mayor Freddie O'Connell recently unveiled a massive transit plan and the details of it also highlight significant changes to the way people drive on Murfreesboro Pike. WeGo Public Transit officials told News 2 Bus Route 55 in Antioch is one of the city's most popular, with nearly 5,000 thousand riders every day. That's part of the reason it is a prioritized area in the mayor's transit plan.
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Nashville transit plan includes upgrades in busy Antioch area
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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Gov. Bill Lee expressed disappointment after announcing Monday his school voucher program died following the House and Senate not being able to reconcile differences over the bill. “There is broad agreement that this needs to be done; I feel confident it will be, but we couldn't put the final pieces together this year,” Lee said. School boards across the state called for lawmakers to block Lee’s school voucher program…See the Story
School voucher bill dead…for now
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Nashville, Tennessee · NashvilleA controversial bill that would allow the state to seek the death penalty for those convicted of rape of a child passed the House of Representatives Monday, clearing the final legislative hurdle before becoming law in Tennessee.See the Story
Death penalty for child rapists clears final legislative hurdle, heads to governor’s desk
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Property · Grants PassNASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The country's highest court heard arguments Monday on whether fining and arresting people who sleep on public property is considered cruel and unusual punishment, and the ruling could have a significant impact on Tennessee where camping on public property is a felony. The case originated in Grants Pass, Oregon where three unhoused people sued the city after it passed a law banning camping on public property. According t…See the Story
‘Parks would become tent cities’: Hermitage neighbors worried SCOTUS will uphold case allowing unhoused to sleep on public property
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