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Community informed journalist & storyteller. Managing editor @nashvillebanner.bsky.social. New podcast We Are North Nashville out on Apple & Spotify: wearenorthnashville.org
Past lives 📻🎙️ WPLN, This Is Nashville, America Amplified, KCUR, NPR and more.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialIn a stunning announcement Tuesday afternoon, Christa Pike’s attorneys said she is “conscious and speaking” almost a week after surviving Tennessee’s attempt to execute her.
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@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialIn the South, Black birth workers are fighting poor birthing outcomes to create a better maternal health ecosystem. ✍️ @ejturner02.bsky.social
@steveharuch.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialSome of you know I've been working on this for a while ... a new limited series from @nashvillebanner.bsky.social starts Oct. 11.
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@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialNEW: Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada has resigned as head of the state’s prison system after the state’s second botched execution of this year.
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@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialOn our latest podcast episode, Banner managing editor @andreatudhope.bsky.social talks to reporters @iamstevenhale.bsky.social and @mikeiereiland.bsky.social about covering the failed execution of Christa Pike from inside and outside the prison.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialChrista Pike’s attorneys said Thursday that prison staff struggled to establish IV lines for an hour before her failed lethal injection. She remains in critical condition and they called on Gov. Bill Lee to commute her sentence.
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@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialAt an ongoing press conference, Christa Pike’s attorneys say she is alive right now although they don’t know her prognosis. @nashvillebanner.bsky.social
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialOne last thing: Christa Pike surviving two lethal injections made us question (among many other things) the potentcy of the state’s drug supply. Before the Tony Carruthers execution in May (botched by failed IV access) TN refused to say if its drugs had expired: nashvillebanner.com/2026/05/19/t...
@bgrueskin.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialNashville Banner reporter Steven Hale, describing how prison officials kept drawing the curtain to hide how badly they were botching this: “A lot of this execution — or attempted execution, whatever it was — happened when we could not see what was going on.”
@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialI got back home a bit ago from Tennessee's execution of Christa Pike. We sat in the witness room for nearly 2 and a half hours as she received two rounds of pentobarbital. She was taken away in an ambulance shortly after that and I can't say for sure if she is dead or alive at this moment.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialChrista Pike, who was supposed to be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years, is still alive after the state tried and failed to execute her on Wednesday. TDOC officials refused to comment after the state’s second failed execution this year.
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@iamstevenhale.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialThe Tennessee Supreme Court denied a stay this evening for Christa Pike, the woman Tennessee is set to execute on Sept. 30. I wrote about her childhood, the murder that sent her to death row, and who she and her victim’s family are today: nashvillebanner.com/2026/09/14/c...
@spectrumnewsny1.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialThe last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialMNPS bus drivers say they are an essential part of how a school district functions and want to be treated with respect and fairness. The Banner spoke with a number of school bus drivers about issues like pay, bus maintenance and staffing shortages. ✍️ Lillian Avedian
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialEarlier this year, the community came together and helped local forest farmer Carol Batey-Prunty revive her homestead after a tornado left severe tree damage. ✍️ @ejturner02.bsky.social
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialOn our latest podcast episode, @iamstevenhale.bsky.social and @stelliott.bsky.social talk about what public records reveal about the business dealings of a former top Metro Water Services official and two Nashville businessmen who are being investigated by federal law enforcement.
@stelliott.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialIt all started with the breaking story that the FBI had executed a search warrant involving a Metro employee back in July. We identified that employee as John Honeysucker, a well-known senior official at Metro Water.
@nashvillebanner.bsky.socialReposted by @andreatudhope.bsky.socialAfter a white nationalist spouted anti-Muslim remarks outside the Islamic Center of Nashville, the surrounding community and neighbors responded in waves. The mosque has a long history as one of the neighborhood’s anchors. ✍️ @mikeiereiland.bsky.social and @andreatudhope.bsky.social
