Steven Hale
@iamstevenhale.bsky.social
Nashville Banner criminal justice / public safety reporter. “Death Row Welcomes You” author. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676743/death-row-welcomes-you-by-steven-hale/
I don’t mean to be a brat about this, it is not in the top 500 injustices, but am I wrong to assume this multi-step process is just a bet that they’ll get full payment from some people who don’t see this email or forget to do it? Obviously they could just… apply a $20 credit to everyone?
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I don’t mean to be a brat about this, it is not in the top 500 injustices, but am I wrong to assume this multi-step process is just a bet that they’ll get full payment from some people who don’t see this email or forget to do it? Obviously they could just… apply a $20 credit to everyone?
What a time to be alive
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What a time to be alive
Good news: the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social justice received a $1.2 million grant —> nashvillebanner.com/2025/10/28/n...
October 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Good news: the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social justice received a $1.2 million grant —> nashvillebanner.com/2025/10/28/n...
Today, the @nashvillescene.com has published one of the best photos I have ever seen. www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture...
October 23, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Today, the @nashvillescene.com has published one of the best photos I have ever seen. www.nashvillescene.com/arts_culture...
Black Mountain, North Carolina.
October 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Black Mountain, North Carolina.
One Dolly moment I think of regularly is how she explained her decision to remove the word “Dixie” from a Dollywood attraction. In her perfectly Dolly way she presented it as the easy and obviously right thing to do.
October 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
One Dolly moment I think of regularly is how she explained her decision to remove the word “Dixie” from a Dollywood attraction. In her perfectly Dolly way she presented it as the easy and obviously right thing to do.
“I ain’t dead yet!” — Dolly Parton
October 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
“I ain’t dead yet!” — Dolly Parton
Dear working parents, we wish you the best of luck and we will see you in hell.
October 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Dear working parents, we wish you the best of luck and we will see you in hell.
September 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Tuesday … Wednesday
September 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Tuesday … Wednesday
Thank you for reading
September 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Thank you for reading
I won’t apologize
September 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I won’t apologize
I don’t want to be dramatic but I want to die and actually may already be dead
August 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I don’t want to be dramatic but I want to die and actually may already be dead
Some soulless chat bot is gonna hit her up with this? GTFOH.
August 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Some soulless chat bot is gonna hit her up with this? GTFOH.
Gives me the chance to post one of my favorite newspaper headlines of all time. I used to have the print copy of this pinned to the wall of my cubicle.
August 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Gives me the chance to post one of my favorite newspaper headlines of all time. I used to have the print copy of this pinned to the wall of my cubicle.
Can’t wait to say this to my guys when they’re feeling down
July 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Can’t wait to say this to my guys when they’re feeling down
No Kings protest in Portland, Maine.
June 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
No Kings protest in Portland, Maine.
From this morning's @nashvillebanner.bsky.social newsletter. An unknown number of incarcerated men will be transferred out of CoreCivic's Trousdale prison. Subscribe: nashvillebanner.com/newsletters/
June 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
From this morning's @nashvillebanner.bsky.social newsletter. An unknown number of incarcerated men will be transferred out of CoreCivic's Trousdale prison. Subscribe: nashvillebanner.com/newsletters/
Deleted this post and reposting to correct: Ben Schrader, who was the chief of the criminak division in the US Attorney's Office for Middle Tennessee, announced two weeks ago on LinkedIn that he had resigned. News came today of the federal indictment here of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
June 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Deleted this post and reposting to correct: Ben Schrader, who was the chief of the criminak division in the US Attorney's Office for Middle Tennessee, announced two weeks ago on LinkedIn that he had resigned. News came today of the federal indictment here of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.