Gabrielle Chenault

2 days ago | tennessean.com | Gabrielle Chenault

As the school 2024-25 school year comes to a close, the latest installment of The Tennessean's Student of the Week contest celebrates seniors. The Tennessean asked Middle Tennessee schools to nominate seniors who have made fantastic contributions to their school community. After a weeklong nomination period, The Tennessean received five responses from guidance counselors, coaches, teachers and principals. Polls are open now and will close at noon on May 15.

5 days ago | tennessean.com | Gabrielle Chenault

An Iowa man whose DNA linked him to the murder of a pregnant Spring Hill woman has been convicted in Tennessee, but investigators believe he may be responsible for more deaths in other states. It took a Maury County jury four hours on May 2 to return a guilty verdict against Clark Baldwin, 63, in the 1991 deaths of Pamela "Rose" Aldridge McCall, 33, and her unborn child. He was given a life sentence. "This conviction helped bring some closure for Pamela’s brother and son.

1 week ago | usatoday.com | Gabrielle Chenault

Ryan Coogler’s new horror movie, "Sinners", focuses on a variety of issues that include ethnicity, Southern culture and the importance of protecting your art. But one of the most interesting topics the movie highlights is oppression and colonization through a lens of religion. When Coogler announced his fifth feature film, I was ecstatic. As someone who loves the horror genre and specifically Southern gothic horror, as my favorite Ayo Edebiri quote says, “I’m seated.

1 week ago | tennessean.com | Gabrielle Chenault

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a ... wasp!As temperatures in Middle Tennessee start to increase, the insect has decided to make its grand return with an extra bit of pizzazz. The common wasp, or vespula vulgaris, has been on Earth for millions of years. Its lineage dates back about 260 million to 270 million years to the Late Permian period. The oldest fossils are from 240 million years ago.

2 weeks ago | tennessean.com | Gabrielle Chenault

Williamson County has welcomed thousands of new residents during the last decade, causing a slew of new developments to pop up. In fact, the county has grown by 16%, or 128,134 residents to 238,412, over the past five years alone, according to statistics kept by Williamson Inc. The Tennessean decided to check on the status of the county's current neighborhood projects.