About this episode

The episode discusses the unique stance of Metro's sheriff regarding federal immigration coordination and includes local news updates and an investigation into a typo.

Tennessee now requires county sheriffs to coordinate with federal immigration agencies. Metro’s sheriff says he’s the one exception. Plus the local news for July 9, 2026 and a Curious Nashville investigation of a microscopic typo. Credits: This is a production of Nashville Public Radio Host/producer: Nina Cardona Editor: LaTonya Turner Additional support: Mack Linebaugh, Tony Gonzalez, Megan Jones and the staff of WPLN and WNXP

People in this episode

Host: Nina Cardona

Topics covered

• sheriff
• immigration
• local news
• investigation
• typo

Keywords

• DCSO
• sheriffs
• federal immigration
• Curious Nashville
• typo
• local news
• Tennessee

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tennessee, Metro, WPLN, WNXP

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