Funerals During COVID-19: Death and Isolation
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — By tradition, a Black funeral has been a time of gathering. People hug each other. The holding of each other is therapeutic. Re-pass is an opportunity for everyone to...
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COVID-19 Testing Begins in Knoxville’s Inner City as the State Prepares to...
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — It’s her district. She kept a watchful eye over the cars pulling in from all directions. It was 10 am and Commissioner Evelyn Gill was already in position. Gill, along...
View ArticleHotline Launched to Help Tornado Victims; FEMA Assistance Deadline...
NASHVILLE, TN — A hotline to help Davidson County residents affected by the March 3 tornadoes has been created to assist in recovery. Those experiencing an unmet need as a result of the tornado are...
View ArticleHadley Park Duplicate Bridge Club to Honor Centenarian Dr. Gadson “Jack”...
CORRECTION: The printed version of the Tribune had the wrong date for this event. The event is actually being held Friday, May 1, 2020 at 3:30 pm. Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused....
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U.S. Postal Service is No Joke
“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds”. Those words aptly describe the American postal worker. NASHVILLE, TN — Last...
View ArticleEx-NAACP Leader Mfume Wins Special Election to Replace Rep. Elijah Cummings
By Brian Witte and Julio Cortez BALTIMORE (AP) — Democrat Kweisi Mfume easily won a special election Tuesday to finish the term of the late Elijah Cummings, retaking a Maryland congressional seat Mfume...
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Black-owned Newspapers and Media Companies are Small Businesses too!
By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior Correspondent WASHINGTON, DC — Publishers of Black-owned community newspapers, including Janis Ware of the Atlanta Voice, Cheryl Smith of Texas Metro News, Chris...
View ArticleTennessee Department of Health: We Are Ready
Part of a series of Public Announcements from The Tennessee Department of Health’s Office of Minority Health and Disparities Elimination. Anyone with concerns about their health or the health of a...
View ArticleTennessee Department of Health: We Will Survive
Part of a series of Public Announcements from The Tennessee Department of Health’s Office of Minority Health and Disparities Elimination. We Will Survive features Nashville Poet Rashad thaPoet. Anyone...
View ArticleMetro Nashville Councilmembers Remind Landlords No Evictions During Covid-19...
By Adrian Mojica NASHVILLE, TN — Metro Nashville Councilmembers on the Affordable Housing Committee are reminding landlords they cannot evict residents or take such actions of an eviction process...
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Webex and ZOOM News Briefs
Editor’s note: Metro schools and City Hall have been closed for two months. Teachers are working from home using the Internet to give lessons and assign projects to their students. Mayor John Cooper...
View ArticleAnother “L” for Lee as Voucher’s Declared Unconstitutional
Special to the TnTribune by Justin Kanew/TN Hollar NASHVILLE, TN — Governor Bill Lee made public school-harming private school vouchers his #1 priority coming into office. Not fixing our public...
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Plan, Prepare, and PRAY: McKenzie, Gray and Finch Circle the Wagons of Faith
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — It was Friday evening at 5 pm, a hard hour during the best of times to call for an emergency meeting. However, Knoxville Vice Mayor Gwen McKenzie knows these are not...
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Are We Opening the State too Fast?
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Governor Brian Kemp of Georgia reopened barbershops and bowling alleys last week while Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extended the state of emergency to keep businesses...
View ArticleA Rite of Passage and a Collective Circle of Kings
By Ashley Benkarski NASHVILLE, TN — A mother first, CEO of Ibis Communications MaryAnne Howland shares the story of how she provided a community for her son in “Warrior Rising: How Four Men Helped a...
View ArticleMinority Caucus Establishes Budget Committee With Vercher as Chair
NASHVILLE, TN — As council moves into the next phase of the budgeting process, the Metro Minority Caucus is stepping up to lead by establishing a budget committee and appointing former Metro Council...
View ArticleSchool Voucher Law Ruled Unconstitutional
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — Davidson and Shelby counties successfully challenged Tennessee’s Education Savings Account Act in chancery court, but advocates of what’s also known as school vouchers...
View ArticleU of M Board of Trustee Johnson Selected to Governor’s Healthcare Working Group
MEMPHIS, TN — Cato Johnson, University of Memphis Board of Trustee and chief of staff/public policy and regulatory affairs of Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, has been selected to serve on Tennessee...
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Inmates Imprisoned With COVID-19
Sen. Brenda Gilmore says state must do more to protect prison staff, inmates from virus NASHVILLE, TN — After one of the nation’s largest Covid-19 outbreaks, the state should do more to protect prison...
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Inmates Imprisoned With COVID-19
Sen. Brenda Gilmore says state must do more to protect prison staff, inmates from virus NASHVILLE, TN — After one of the nation’s largest Covid-19 outbreaks, the state should do more to protect prison...
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