🚗 Our abysmal hit-and-run arrest rate

🏞️ Inside Radnor Lake’s Expansion

Radnor Lake State Park has so much happening right now: A baby eagle is about to take flight, trails are being renovated to make them accessible for everyone, and the park is being expanded to include more butterfly-friendly grassland. On today’s City Cast Nashville podcast, Park Manager Steve Ward takes us inside the spectacular 1,400-acre natural area that’s right outside our back doors. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🎆 Fireworks Show Displaces Unhoused Community

Metro officials are scrambling to close a homeless encampment along the Cumberland River ahead of our Fourth of July fireworks show. It’s uncertain whether the camp’s 50-60 unhoused residents will be relocated permanently or allowed to return after the holiday. The area might be sprayed with flame-retardant chemicals, which would make it unsafe for people to return. [Nashville Banner]

• The Office of Homeless Services has been criticized for its handling of the Old Tent City encampment’s closure. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🚗 Understaffed Police Struggle To Investigate Hit-and-Runs

Only two full-time Metro Nashville Police Department detectives investigate the nearly 8,000 hit-and-run accidents that happen in Nashville every year, with just .5% leading to an arrest. Police say additional staff and license plate readers would help with their investigations. [Nashville Banner]

📰 ICE Detains Couples Interviewing for Citizenship

Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently detained multiple people at Nashville’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office, where they were being interviewed as part of the process of becoming a citizen. [WKRN]

• Councilmember Sandra Sepulveda on recent ICE enforcement [🎧 City Cast Nashville]