Evan Mealins

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The U.S. Supreme Court in a 6-3 decision upheld Tennessee's ban on gender transition treatments for transgender minors in a case brought by a Nashville family. The ruling comes six months after the high court heard arguments in the case that will likely have broad ripple effects for transgender youth across the nation, not just for the family who initially challenged the state in 2023.

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A man in a yellow shirt runs into the street toward the blue sedan. The car speeds toward a three-way intersection. He holds a handgun up and aims it at the vehicle. In a park across the street, a young woman is walking. The man fires. The young woman falls. The car turns right. She doesn’t move. The man runs out of the street. Jillian Ludwig, an 18-year-old freshman student studying music business at Belmont University, was killed Nov.

1 week ago | tennessean.com | Evan Mealins

Whether former Belmont University student Jillian Ludwig’s accused killer faces the murder charge against him depends on the outcome of a hearing this week. The competency hearing that began June 16 is especially charged since the suspect, 30-year-old Shaquille Taylor, had been found incompetent to stand trial on charges several times before Ludwig’s death. Taylor is charged with felony murder and evidence tampering related to Ludwig's death.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Evan Mealins

A man shot and killed his wife before shooting and killing himself in their condominium in West End the morning of June 15, Nashville police said. The woman, Amina "Anna" Darbashi Pierce, was a beloved biology teacher and tennis coach at Hunters Lane High School, Metro Nashville Public Schools said. The Metro Nashville Police Department said Steven Pierce, 46, shot and killed her around 8:30 a.m. before shooting and killing himself.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Evan Mealins

After a man shot a Maury County deputy, deputies returned gunfire outside a gas station, fatally shooting him early morning June 15, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation. The man who died was 25-year-old Clayton Tyler Dodson, according to the news release from the TBI. One deputy was struck by Dodson's gunfire and suffered minor injuries, TBI said. This is the second time this weekend TBI has been asked to investigate a shooting by an officer.