Lydia Fielder
Weekend Anchor/Reporter
Nashville, TN
Lydia Fielder is a weekend anchor and multimedia journalist (MMJ) at WSMV4 Nashville. She joined the team in October 2021.
She comes to Nashville from Northwest Arkansas where she spent 2.5 years as a reporter and fill-in anchor. Lydia also grew up in the area.
Her notable coverage includes the Josh Duggar child pornography trial, an exclusive interview with an Arkansan charged in the U.S. Capitol riots, and many flooding and tornado events.
Her favorite memory in was spending a week in Omaha, Nebraska, covering the Arkansas Razorback baseball team in the 2022 College World Series (Woo Pig Sooie!).
The second day of Lydia’s career in journalism was the first day of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. She credits the pandemic with helping her learn creative ways and different angles to deliver news.
Lydia graduated with honors from the University of Arkansas with a major in broadcast journalism and minors in political science and Spanish. There, she was an anchor and reporter for UATV News.
During her time off, you can likely find Lydia on a run, at a live sporting event or on the dance floor. She feels blessed to call such a beautiful city her new home, which, she says, had a big city feel but the most hospitable people.
She’d love to hear your story ideas, or just a friendly “hello.” Email her anytime at Lydia.Fielder@wsmv.com.
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“The people driving their Kias – just happy – did nothing wrong. It’s someone else being weird, and we have to pay for it.”
The superintendent said they’re going to have to cut either programming or cut the pay increase.
“Bring my ferns back. If you’ve got them hanging on your porch, bring them back to my porch,”
Amy Bredfeldt donated one of her kidneys to her husband Stephen after it was determined they were a match.
The National Weather Service said the EF1 tornado traveled 3.3 miles on Monday.
The Fisk Jubilee Singers are planning to dedicate a song to Mandisa during their annual commencement ceremony, set for May 5.
The 15-year-old boy has a form of autism and was last seen on Sunday.
Metro Water Services said it’s not from dripping your faucet.
He’s hoping to inspire kids through arts education the same way he was inspired as an MNPS student.
“Flying an aircraft is dangerous in itself, but adding not being able to see is, you know, it’s detrimental to our operation.”
A WSMV4 Investigation from 2022 found it is extremely unlikely for car owners to get reimbursed.
Surveillance video shows Anthoney “Jayden” Barksdale trying to run away from the shooter.
“We would be talking about the destruction of possibly hundreds of lives.”
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“So many emotions that are going on right now, like why didn’t they stop? Did they know that they hit someone?”
The school gives rewards to both students and parents for attendance.
An owner said they will likely open again for a six-week period in January.
According to the CDC, RSV season typically starts in the fall and peaks in the winter. However, doctors say a surge started early this year.
Police said a 19-year-old died at the scene.
“Figure out how to resolve the problem and move forward so our kids can have stability, so they can build friendships with other children, build friendships with the teachers, and build friendships with the people that they interact with every day.”
The special-called meeting took place Tuesday night.
One of the victim’s wives wrote a poem to cope with losing a friend in a training crash just a few months ago.
A buried logging burn pile reignited to start the expansive fire.
“If they were in there any bit longer, there’s no telling what the outcome could have been for ‘em.”
“[Police] said that it’s usually kids that just want to joyride for a couple days, and then they dump it somewhere.”
“They went and did what they do with no regard for their life. They’re trying to save someone else’s.”
“Somehow, God made it a miracle for him to live.”
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750 households are in the year-long pilot program to reduce food in landfills.
Family connection and behavioral problems are directly correlated, the therapist said.
The replacement projection finished early and below budget.
Friday at about 2 a.m., surveillance video catches the man pacing past specific units on the ground level, then peering into a window over almost a half hour.
Three-time Grammy Award-winner Darius Rucker and Don McLean, who sang and wrote “American Pie,” are among the new inductees.
“It wasn’t even a question in my mind, I was going in. And I was praying to God that I came out with him.”
“I was probably half a football field away from the car. All I could hear was Maverick screaming.”
The owners said small businesses in the area immediately jumped in to help.
Wednesday at about 8:30 a.m., a person is recorded snatching a front porch patio table from a home off Cannon Street.
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A man helped pull an unconscious driver out of her car, possibly saving her life.
“Words cannot express how thankful I am,” she said. “I always had that thought of like, you know, ‘Who would really notice, who would care if something bad happened to me?’ And I am being proven so wrong.”
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“That person now is walking around with the burden of knowing this. Come forward with information and help our families find closure.”
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Any student in any grade level can enroll if they live in the state.
