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Metro Lawyer Says “No Quid Pro Quo” at the Fairgrounds
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — The soccer stadium inquiry in Chancery Court last week was a bit like the impeachment hearings in Washington. Two alternate realities played out in Chancellor Ellen Hobbs...
View ArticleDick’s Sporting Goods, Titans’ Delanie Walker to Host Shopping Event for...
NASHVILLE, TN — To celebrate the holiday season, local children from Napier Elementary will join Tennessee Titans, 3x Pro Bowl TE, Delanie Walker for a holiday shopping spree at the DICK’S Sporting...
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Bishop Walker’s Calling to Community Empowerment
By Ashley Benkarski ANTIOCH, TN — Mt. Zion’s Bishop Joseph Walker, III has led his congregation to the service of Nashville and beyond, guided by a deep passion to restore and unite the ever-changing...
View ArticleMissionSide to Hire 800 Nashville Residents Through January 2020, Job Fair...
Those Who Apply at December 5th Job Fair May Be Hired Same Day NASHVILLE, TN — MissionSide Program Manager Tee Jordan today announced the creation of 800 temporary jobs for its telecommunications...
View ArticleSen. Kamala Harris Suspends Presidential Campaign
By Kamala Harris Eleven months ago at the launch of our campaign in Oakland I told you all: “I am not perfect. But I will always speak with decency and moral clarity and treat all people with dignity...
View ArticleREAL ID-Compliant License Goes in Effect October 1, 2020
By State Senator Brenda Gilmore NASHVILLE, TN — Over the past few months there has been much contention over Tennessee’s implementation of the federal REAL ID law of 2005. The measure established new...
View ArticleKnoxville Couple Helps Make Whole Not Half
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — They know it works. They have walked it. All they needed was a second chance. The living testimony presented by Tim and Shannon Macklin was an example of the fall and...
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Kinya Bean Braddock: “Chillin” My Way to Success!’
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN – Kinyah Bean Braddock is “young, gifted and black,” an anthem of sort that songstress Nina Simone and others brought to America’s consciousness some 50 years ago. At the...
View ArticleBig Easy Boosts Music City Christmas Parade
By Clint Confehr NEW ORLEANS LA — When Americans watch Nashville’s Christmas Parade in person or on syndicated TV shows, they’ll see artistic achievements from Mardi Gras World at the Port of New...
View ArticleFood Drive Taking Place During Nashville’s New Year’s Eve
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville’s New Year’s Eve event is partnering with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee for a citywide food drive from Dec. 7-13 leading up to Music City Midnight festivities,...
View ArticleTennis Star Serena Williams Builds Schools in Jamaica and Africa
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a recently released video, Williams donned a pair of jeans, workboats, a hardhat and went to work on Salt Marsh Elementary School...
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Project GRAD Making a Difference in Students Lives
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — Ronni Chandler, Project GRAD Executive Director, stood before them with the report they had requested and with the push of a button presented a PowerPoint report that...
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Teen Town Singers Keep Memory of AC “Moohah” Williams Alive
By Wiley Henry MEMPHIS, TN — They were the “children” of Andrew Charles “Moohah” Williams Jr., the trailblazing announcer at WDIA 1070 who used his influence to shape the lives young people. A bevy of...
View ArticleCounting Children Matters Most: Frequently Asked Questions on Census 2020
By Khalil Abdullah (Ethnic Media Services) – Within the African American community, the conversation about the upcoming 2020 census ranges from ‘why bother’ to ‘we’re all in.’ Let’s speak to the ‘why...
View ArticleHousing Discrimination Complaints Highest in 24 Years While HUD Rolls Back Rules
By Charlene Crowell As a candidate, President Donald Trump promised if elected that deregulation of the federal government would be an administration priority. Soon after taking the oath of office, he...
View ArticleNew Report Finds Nashville Not Adhering to Bail Settings
NASHVILLE, TN — On Thursday, December 12th at 9:00am, community members will gather outside Justice A.A. Birch Building courthouse for a press conference to release a report on their observations of...
View ArticleArizona Governor Says State Will Keep Welcoming Refugees
NASHVILLE, TN — The Associated Press published recently an article on Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s letter rejecting the Trump Administration’s executive order to allow states to decide to continue...
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NMAAM Seeks Creative Artwork from Visual Artists
NASHVILLE, TN — When the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) opens its doors to the public in the summer of 2020, the first-of-its-kind institution located in the Dr. Dina BennettNMAAM...
View ArticleUniversity Remembers Former Educator, Civil Rights Pioneer
NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — Carrie Gentry, a civil rights activist and TSU educator, died Saturday. She was 95. Gentry, mother of TSU alum and Nashville Criminal Court Clerk Howard Gentry, Jr.,...
View ArticleComcast Names Gumbs Regional SVP for South Region
Comcast recently named Jason its Regional Senior Vice President the company’s Big South Region, responsibility for operations throughout South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi,...
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