Nashville Coverage

A month after suspension started, Nashville chief of police resigns

John Winstead resigned as Nashville chief of police on Oct. 30. Matt Joyner was terminated from his position as the town's director of human resources on Oct. 20.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Nashville HR director terminated

Nashville HR Director Matt Joyner was terminated on Friday. Joyner said that he did not get formal notice of why.

Nashville HR director fired, town police chief still suspended

Nashville's Human Resources director has been terminated after being suspended with pay for several weeks.

Keenan Willard, WRAL eastern North Carolina reporter

Nashville police chief, HR director suspended

Several Nashville officials are either suspended or under investigation by the SBI.

Nashville HR director, police chief suspended during investigation

Matt Joyner, director of human resources for Nashville, N.C., told WRAL News that he and the town's police chief were both suspended from their jobs after he filed a complaint.

Keenan Willard, WRAL reporter

Possible pipe bomb found in Nashville

The pipe bomb was removed and detonated by the North Carolina SBI. Authorities had a shelter-in-place order while they investigated.

Pipe bomb removed, safely detonated by SBI in Nash County

Authorities said they were unsure how the bomb got in the residential area of Nashville, but said no one was injured.

Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporter

1 injured, 1 dead after series of reported shootings in Nash County

Two separate shootings are under investigation in Nash County this weekend. One of them was deadly.

Nashville Town Council votes to approve youth curfew

Nashville town leaders voted to implement a curfew for children Tuesday night.

Over two dozen cars broken into in Rocky Mount Tuesday; two juveniles arrested

Police determined the suspects broke into 28 cars Tuesday night after receiving a report of car robberies in the northwestern area of Rocky Mount.

Black lawmaker who was expelled to return to Tennessee House

One of the two Black Democrats who were expelled last week from the GOP-led Tennessee House has been reinstated. Nashville's governing council voted Monday to send Justin Jones straight back to the Legislature.

By JONATHAN MATTISE and TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press

Police: Teens fire shots during Nashville's annual Blooming Festival, no one hurt

The Nashville Police Department said teenagers fired shots Friday night during an annual music festival in downtown Nashville .

Hear the story behind country hits

At Nashville Songwriters at DPAC, the writers behind dozens of country hits bring their songs and stories to DPAC to help benefit three local organizations. Founder and songwriter Jeff Outlaw talks with WRAL lifestyle editor Kathy Hanrahan about this year's show, planned for Feb. 11, 2022.

Get the story behind hit country songs at Nashville Songwriters show

On Feb. 11, the 20th annual Nashville Songwriters show will take place at Durham Performing Arts Center.

Kathy Hanrahan, WRAL lifestyle editor

Nashville bombing victims allowed to collect items from homes

Families affected by the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville were allowed to go back to their homes briefly over the weekend to retrieve some items.

Section of Nashville street reopens after bombing

Police say 2nd Avenue North, between Broadway and Commerce Street, are open to foot traffic.

Nashville bombing spotlights vulnerable voice, data networks

The Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville led to phone and data service outages and disruptions over hundreds of miles in the southern U.S., raising new concerns about the vulnerability of U.S. communications.

Fact check: 3 conspiracy theories about the Nashville bombing

Social media is home to several conspiracy theories about the explosion in Nashville on Christmas Day.

Samantha Putterman and Daniel Funke, PolitiFact reporters

Home searched in connection with Nashville explosion

Investigators have begun focusing their search around a home about an hour from the site of the bombing in Nashville on Christmas. Tips called in from neighbors said the RV seen in explosion footage matched the description of the RV parked outside that home for years.

Authorities identify 'person of interest' in Nashville bombing, believe him to possibly be dead

Officials have previously said they have recovered human remains at the scene of the bombing in downtown Nashville and an FBI official on Saturday said agents are not looking for another suspect.

Hollie Silverman, Eric Levenson and Dakin Andone, CNN

Raw: Law enforcement search Nashville home in connection to explosion

Law enforcement spent Saturday morning searching a home in Antioch, Tenn. in connection to the downtown Nashville explosion on Christmas Day.

Nashville police release photos of RV that exploded downtown

Nashville police release images of the RV that exploded in downtown Nashville, injuring three.

NC entrepreneur reignites her family business, a candy factory

A candy factory in Nashville, NC has been "disappearing from candy jars since 1924."

Nashville man traces family's lost military history

WRAL's Tar Heel Traveler Scott Mason travels to a cemetery in Nashville to talk with a man who has traced his family's military history back to the Revolutionary War.

Death toll rises to 6 after tornadoes rip through downtown Nashville, surrounding areas

Crews are still searching for injured people after at least two tornadoes ripped through downtown Nashville and surrounding areas, killing at least six people and collapsing at least 40 buildings.