The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of a Sumner County jail inmate who died earlier this month. The investigation comes after a new state law requires an outside agency to review the deaths of inmates. Keith Baskerville,…
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‘ACLU vs America’ Comes to Sumner County Schools
The ACLU has filed a federal complaint over Sumner County Schools’ transgender bathroom policy. The complaint was filed Thursday with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. The district’s policy prohibits transgender students from using the restrooms that…
Read MoreImmigration Irony: Sumner County’s First Baby of 2016 is Latino
Sumner County’s first baby of the new year, Anthony Balderas Vasquez, was born at 10:22 p.m. on Jan. 1, 2016, at TriStar Hendersonville Medical Center in Hendersonville. Anthony is a healthy baby boy weighing 7 lbs. and 7 oz. He…
Read MoreSumner County Thinks Algebra Is Too Hard for 8th Graders
Sumner County schools may replace Algebra I with other mathematics classes to help close knowledge gaps starting in 2015-16. Although a letter sent Saturday to parents from Hawkins Middle School Principal Mitch Flood says Algebra I will no longer be…
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