Eli Motycka

3 weeks ago | nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka

State troopers pulled out of the Tennessee Highway Patrol’s Ezell Pike headquarters around 9:45 p.m. on Friday, May 10. Unmarked cars tailed each black-and-tan SUV, heading west toward South Nashville’s busy state roads. While state troopers watched Nashville drivers on Antioch Pike and Harding Place, a volunteer team watched law enforcement from private vehicles. The loosely coordinated MigraWatch network has peer groups across the country.

1 month ago | nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka

Weeks into the new year, tragedy struck at Antioch High School. A 17-year-old student fired 10 shots in the school cafeteria, killing himself and a classmate and wounding another. Vigils across the city brought together students, families and community members in shared grief, particularly in the memory of 16-year-old victim Josselin Corea Escalante. Immediate law enforcement efforts traced the weapon — a 9 mm handgun — to a 2022 purchase in Arizona.

1 month ago | nashvillepost.com | Eli Motycka

On a rainy Thursday morning, hundreds filed into the Grand Reading Room of the Nashville Public Library downtown to hear the annual State of Metro address from Mayor Freddie O’Connell. High marble ceilings and wood paneling help the Church Street building exude a grandeur rarely felt in city facilities. All types of residents patronize the city’s flagship library.

1 month ago | nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka

A federal agent contacted Metro’s Department of Emergency Communications on May 1 to request additional MNPD patrols, giving the city more than two days’ advance notice about the detention and removal of immigrants by state troopers and ICE that took place across southeast Nashville over the weekend. The city faces intense scrutiny for its role in the joint operation between the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

1 month ago | nashvillescene.com | Eli Motycka

On a rainy Thursday morning, hundreds filed into the Grand Reading Room of the Nashville Public Library downtown to hear the annual State of Metro address from Mayor Freddie O’Connell. State of Metro speech emphasized day-to-day government services and previewed new property tax rate High marble ceilings and wood paneling help the Church Street building exude a grandeur rarely felt in city facilities. All types of residents patronize the city’s flagship library.