Tennessee Schools Set to Enforce New Statewide Cell Phone Rules This July

A new law, HB 932/SB 897, will take effect in Tennessee on July 1, introducing statewide regulations on student cell phone use during instructional time. The legislation mandates that every public school district, including charter schools, develop a formal policy consistent with state law. Its primary aim is to restrict the use of cell phones and other wireless…

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Teen Shot at Cumberland View Apartments Has Died After Months in Critical Care

Seantrez Smith, 19, passed away on June 18, 2025, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, following a near six‑month battle with injuries sustained in a shooting at Cumberland View Apartments on December 22, 2024. According to the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department, Smith was walking out of an apartment when three masked gunmen emerged from a breezeway,…

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Nashville Court Continues Competency Hearing for Shaquille Taylor

The second day of competency hearings began Tuesday for 30‑year‑old Shaquille Taylor, accused of fatally shooting 18‑year‑old Belmont University student Jillian Ludwig during a jog in the Edgehill neighborhood in November 2023. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says Taylor was firing at a car near the Edgehill MDHA housing complex when a bullet struck Ludwig….

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