Cumberland Caverns lie just about an hour’s drive southeast from Nashville, and they’re like many caves in the region: deep and dark. But unlike the others, one room of this expansive cave system seems to be an acoustical oddity that has audiences flocking to hear its very special sound. WPLN’s Todd Jarrell traveled out [...]

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Last year’s record-setting drought strained water systems throughout the state, in some cases, to the breaking point. A few cities in the Southeast were living off bottled water. Even in Nashville, where city leaders have long-flaunted a bottomless supply of water from the Cumberland River, big users were asked to cut back. Pumps throughout [...]

A Republican majority in the state Senate may finally be within reach. WPLN’s Jacqueline Fellows and state capitol correspondent Joe White discuss which seats Democrats are fighting hard to keep.Listen Now:

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Rutherford County Senator tries to keep his district Republican while Democrats vie for the open seat left open [...]

The city banned practices at new soccer fields at Warner Park.
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Around Nashville and pretty much everywhere else, Jerry Douglas’s name is synonymous with the Dobro. The acoustic guitar has a distinctive look – almost like a large steel plate on the front where a the sound hole would be on regular guitar; and a distinctive way of being played, lying flat in the lap [...]

Officials from LP Field say the 10-year-old facility is in need of repairs and is pushing the Nashville Sports Authority for funding.
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(8/13/08) - Vanderbilt football player George Smith is sidelined with an injury, but overcoming tough breaks is nothing new for the sixth year player.
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For more than a century, a small but dedicated group of oilmen have drilled in Tennessee. By scale, Texas produces a thousand times more oil than the Volunteer State. But high oil prices have spurred a recent resurgence of Tennessee oil. Producers are returning to wells shut in decades ago when crude prices tanked. [...]