Evan Mealins

@EvanMealins

Justice reporter @tennessean | former @mgmadvertiser | @theauplainsman alum | send tips [email protected] | he/him

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Evan Mealins@EvanMealins · Sep 8, 2022

That’s me!

UUSA TODAY@USATODAY · Sep 8, 2022

In Thursday's paper: - Waterless Jackson, Miss., holds out hope for change - Monkeypox outbreak unnerves HIV/AIDS activists - Experts worry new COVID-19 booster may fuel mistakes - Biden and Obamas revive portrait unveiling tradition

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Talkin’ Baseball@TalkinBaseball_ · Jul 24

Braves folk hero Jesse Chavez is hanging ‘em up after 18 years in the big leagues

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Tennessean@Tennessean · Jul 24

ICE arrests Franklin man, tearing him away from path to citizenship, American wife, daughter tennessean.com/story/news/loc…

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Rachel Wegner@rachelannwegner · Jul 23

Metro Nashville Public Schools just rolled back its DEI policies to comply with a new Tennessee law. Board members expressed their frustration over it. "If not for state law, we would not be taking this action," Board Member Erin O'Hara Block said. tennessean.com/story/news/edu…

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Evan Mealins@EvanMealins · Jul 22

The state of Tennessee removed a woman from the sex offender registry nearly a decade after it had "falsely" placed her on it, according to a judge, but it has barred her from speaking to the media or other attorneys about her case. tennessean.com/story/news/202…

EvanMealins's tweet card. The woman had never been convicted of a sexual offense but was on the registry for nearly a decade.

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Evan Mealins@EvanMealins · Jul 21

Nashville Banner reports a pregnant Tennessee woman was denied prenatal care for being unmarried. nashvillebanner.com/2025/07/20/doc…

EvanMealins's tweet card. Denial of prenatal care to unmarried women in Tennessee raises concerns over the state's Medical Ethics Defense Act.

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Evan Mealins@EvanMealins · Jul 21

New today: Steven Piper, codefendant with Plaza Mariachi owner Mark Janbakhsh in the Auto Masters bank fraud case, pleaded guilty and is expected to testify for the government. tennessean.com/story/news/202…

EvanMealins's tweet card. Steven Piper is expected to testify against former Auto Masters owner and current Plaza Mariachi owner Mark Janbakhsh, court records show.

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evan loves worf@esjesjesj · Jul 20

The biggest problem with this debate in particular is this is not a debate at all. Fascists don’t debate. They use debate to launder their views so they can gain legitimacy, but when it comes down to it they simply want to kill people who aren’t them

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Mark Bowman@mlbbowman · Jul 19

This might be the most impressive throw I've seen.

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Tennessean@Tennessean · Jul 13

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar hosts town hall in Antioch with Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones tennessean.com/story/news/pol…

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Tennessean@Tennessean · Jul 11

Case against Whiskey Row security guards in 2021 death made public after years of secrecy tennessean.com/story/news/cri…

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Evan Mealins@EvanMealins · Jul 10

i love how much the simpsons writers hated police academy

CCriminalsimpsons@Criminalsimpson · Jul 10

When Marge told me she was going to the police academy I thought it would be fun and exciting, like that movie, Spaceballs! But instead it's been painful and disturbing like that movie Police Academy.

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Evan Mealins@EvanMealins · Jul 10

Two Tennessee members of Congress filed a bill to impose mandatory 15-year minimum sentences on people with three or more serious felony convictions who are found guilty of illegal firearm possession. tennessean.com/story/news/pol…

EvanMealins's tweet card. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. David Kustoff filed a bill reworking a 1984 law targeting people with multiple felony convictions.

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Melissa Brown@itsmelissabrown · Jul 10

Rep. Scott Cepicky pushed a bill this past year to force the Tennessee high school athletics governing body to change its bylaws to allow athletes one free transfer without eligibility restrictions. His Div I football prospect son just transferred. tennessean.com/story/sports/h…

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Liam Adams@liamsadams · Jul 7

Following the Antioch High School shooting and death of Josselin Corea Escalante, the 16-year-old student's parents are suing Metro Nashville Public Schools for negligence in preventing the attack, @EvanMealins reports: tennessean.com/story/news/loc…

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Brad Schmitt@bradschmitt · Jul 3

After losing family and home, Nashville veteran prays for others' lives to get better tennessean.com/story/news/loc… via @tennessean @EvanMealins

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Evan Mealins@EvanMealins · Jul 3

After losing family and home, Nashville veteran prays for others' lives to get better tennessean.com/story/news/loc…

EvanMealins's tweet card. Three years after he hit rock bottom, Jesse Jones is enlisted in a transitional housing program for homeless veterans. He said he owes it all to God.

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aimee@firelordaimee · Jul 2

you’ll be having a bad day and here comes your baseball team. making it worse

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Evan Mealins@EvanMealins · Jul 2

Glen Casada seeks new trial on corruption charges over mistakenly played interview clip tennessean.com/story/news/cri…