Steven Hale

2 weeks ago | timesfreepress.com | Steven Hale

On the afternoon of Feb. 5, the parents of students at Inglewood's Dan Mills Elementary received an email to inform them of "a situation that occurred at school today.""A student made a threatening statement, and we immediately followed district protocols, including notifying law enforcement," Executive Principal Robby Yates wrote. "Metro Nashville Police responded to the school and have been actively investigating the matter.

3 weeks ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steven Hale

On the afternoon of February 5, the parents of students at Inglewood’s Dan Mills Elementary received an email to inform them of “a situation that occurred at school today.” “A student made a threatening statement, and we immediately followed district protocols, including notifying law enforcement,” Executive Principal Robby Yates wrote. “Metro Nashville Police responded to the school and have been actively investigating the matter.

4 weeks ago | tullahomanews.com | Steven Hale

Oscar Franklin Smith was executed by the state Thursday, May 22, nearly 35 years after a Nashville jury convicted him for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judy Smith, and her two teenage sons, Chad and Jason Burnett. His execution by lethal injection marks the return of Tennessee’s death penalty after more than five years. It was also the first to be carried out with pentobarbital under the state’s new single-drug lethal injection protocol.

4 weeks ago | nashvillebanner.com | Steven Hale

If Metro Council approval for the deployment of license plate readers around Nashville already looked like a long shot, it’s only more so now after a member of the body invoked the technology while defending recent immigration sweeps alongside a Donald Trump ally. The Memorial Day press conference headlined by U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles primarily served as a stage for the Republican congressman to train his ire on Mayor Freddie O’Connell.

1 month ago | themoorecountynews.com | Steven Hale

Oscar Franklin Smith was executed by the state Thursday, May 22, nearly 35 years after a Nashville jury convicted him for the 1989 murders of his estranged wife, Judy Smith, and her two teenage sons, Chad and Jason Burnett. His execution by lethal injection marks the return of Tennessee’s death penalty after more than five years. It was also the first to be carried out with pentobarbital under the state’s new single-drug lethal injection protocol.