
Levi Ismail
Reporter at WTVF-TV (Nashville,TN)
Reporter at Talk of the Town
Investigative Journalist @NC5 || Nashville News on TikTok: https://t.co/rOBJFmTHsU || #SouthSudanese🇸🇸 TN livin MN native || [email protected]
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Nov 22, 2024 |
newschannel5.com | Levi Ismail |Emily West
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Amid a financial cliff at her former school, former Tennessee State University president Glenda Glover clarified Friday she had two separate contracts to leave the university. One of those contracts was around $800,000 to retire. Another was to buy out her remaining contract as the president of the historically Black college in Nashville. Those contracts total up to $1.7 million.
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Nov 20, 2024 |
newschannel5.com | Levi Ismail |Emily West
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Former Tennessee State University president Glenda Glover is talking for the first time since she said she was forced to step down over the summer. Glover wasted no time blaming state lawmakers for creating a public relations crisis for the school by vacating the university's board in early 2024. Glover said that caused a drop in enrollment, which in turn created even bigger financial problems.
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Nov 12, 2024 |
newschannel5.com | Levi Ismail
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — What happened in the Cordell Hull building Tuesday morning mirrored much of what we saw in the four-hour court hearing just down the road earlier this summer. This time instead of a six-judge panel asking questions, we heard from Tennessee lawmakers who were just as confused by how many things went wrong with Bricen Rivers’ release.
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Nov 7, 2024 |
newschannel5.com | Levi Ismail
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Newly obtained recordings take us into the interview room with the parents of The Covenant School shooter. This was only hours after the shooting, but it was the first opportunity for Metro Nashville Police Department detectives to understand why Audrey Hale was compelled to commit one of the worst school shootings in state history. Covenant School students Evelyn Dieckhaus, Hallie Scruggs, and William Kinney, were all killed in the shooting.
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Oct 31, 2024 |
newschannel5.com | Levi Ismail |Forrest Sanders
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Staying in on Halloween night? Then check out these scary classics picked out by our own expert on all movies. Forrest explains why these are his favorite in the player above.
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