Scott Couch

Nashville

News Anchor at WZTV-TV (Nashville, TN)

Husband, father, son, Emmy award winning #NewsAnchor in #Nashville. All thoughts and opinions are mine alone.

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Tennessee Senate approves contentious student citizenship verification bill amid debate

2 weeks ago | fox17.com | Scott Couch

The Tenn. Senate passed a controversial bill requiring local school districts to verify students' citizenship status, despite opposition from several high-profile Republicans who joined Democrats in dissent. The bill, which has been fast-tracked, contrasts with a House version that only gives districts the option to verify citizenship. Bill sponsor Sen.
Congressman John Rose announces he's running for Governor

1 month ago | fox17.com | Scott Couch

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Sixth District Congressman John Rose says he’s running for the Republican nomination for Governor. The four-term congressman, who lives in Cookeville, made the announcement today during a speech to a group of Republican women in Williamson County. The location of Rose’s announcement is worth noting because it’s the home of Tennessee U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, the only other announced GOP candidate in the governor’s race.
Nashville In Focus

2 months ago | fox17.com | Scott Couch

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — FOX 17 News anchor Scott Couch hosts a political roundtable with a panel of guests to discuss the biggest topics affecting Music City. Nashville in Focus airs at 6:30 a.m. on Sundays on FOX 17.
Nashville in Focus: June 16, 2024

Jun 14, 2024 | fox17.com | Scott Couch

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Looking ahead to Sunday and this week's addition of Nashville in Focus. Topics for our panel include the increasing divide between Nashville's Community Review Board, the police department and Metro legal. The latest salvo has the review board asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate claims high-ranking Metro officers worked with the state legislature to pass a law removing most of the board's authority.
Nashville in Focus: June 9, 2024

Jun 7, 2024 | fox17.com | Scott Couch

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Looking ahead to Sunday and Nashville in Focus. This week our panel is talking about the raises Metro employees are likely to get in a tight budget year and a big money payout for a suspended city department head. The Metro Arts Commission Executive Director Daniel Singh is now officially off the city payroll. He was suspended with pay in February while city leaders looked into allegations of workplace misconduct.
Nashville in Focus: June 2, 2024

May 31, 2024 | fox17.com | Scott Couch

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Looking ahead to Sunday and Nashville in Focus. Topics for our panel include allegations Metro Police higher-ups lobbied state lawmakers to defang what is now Nashville's Community Review Board. If you have nothing to hide, let them look. That has always been the framework that I operate in when it comes to policing, when it comes to our MNPD," said Democratic Strategist and former Community Oversight Board member Makayla McCree.
Nashville in Focus: May 26, 2024

May 28, 2024 | fox17.com | Scott Couch

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — On Sunday on Nashville in Focus topics for our bipartisan panel include the Metro Council decision to refuse to allow country star Morgan Wallen to have a sign hanging o0ver the sidewalk at his new downtown bar. They're punishing Wallen for a recent arrest after he allegedly tossed a chair off the roof of another downtown bar. It landed three feet from a group of Metro Police officers. Wallen is facing a series of charges and has since apologized for his behavior.
More than just shoes: Local partnership uplifts homeless children in Nashville

May 21, 2024 | fox17.com | Scott Couch

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A partnership paying dividends for children whose families are experiencing homelessness. The numbers in Nashville alone are staggering. However, thanks to Metro Schools and Soles4Souls, another group of homeless children has shoes for the summer. Doris Monger and her daughters went shopping for essentials. It's not a department store, but it kind of looks like one.
Nashville in Focus: May 19, 2024

May 19, 2024 | fox17.com | Scott Couch

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Looking ahead to Sunday and Nashville in Focus. Topics for our panel include the mayor's state of the Metro address and efforts to remove charter protections for car racing at the fairgrounds. As it stands, the Metro Charter says an auto racing track will be maintained at the fairgrounds, which now also includes a soccer stadium.
Nashville in Focus: May 12, 2024

May 10, 2024 | fox17.com | Scott Couch

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Looking ahead to Sunday morning and Nashville in focus when topics for our panel include an increasing focus on Mayor Freddie O'Connell's proposed transit referendum. In November, Nashville residents will be asked to sign off on a half cent sales tax increase to pay for road, sidewalk and traffic light improvements. "He's got two hurdles ahead of him. One, an increase in sales tax and that's gonna be a hard hill to take. The second one is the expectation level.

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