Health & Human Services to Hand Out Grants to 73 Local Governments
This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced $250 million in grant awards to 73 local governments as part of a new, two-year initiative to...
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How Two Tech Giants Differ on Affordable Housing
In the third article in the Tribune’s series on housing, we look at how Metro and state officials negotiated with Amazon and Oracle to get them to move to Nashville and what plans each of them have to...
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What to do When a Heat Wave Hits
NASHVILLE, TN – Climate change is happening because greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere prevent heat from escaping into outer space. This heat trapping acts like a giant blanket surrounding the...
View ArticleInterstate 24 Downtown will Close for One Hour During Nashville’s July 4th...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Transportation officials will briefly shut down a section of the interstate in Nashville with a view of the July 4 fireworks to prevent onlookers from putting themselves in...
View ArticleAnger, Frustration from Hambrick’s Family as Former MNPD Officer Gets...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The mother of a Black man fatally shot by a white former Nashville officer sobbed, screamed and knocked over a courtroom lectern Friday as she begged a judge not to accept a...
View ArticleTax Relief for Seniors, Disabled, and the Poor
NASHVLLE, TN- Tennessee has a tax relief program for the elderly and disabled. Davidson County triples the amount thanks to a Metro Council measure introduced by At Large Councilwoman Sharon Hurt....
View ArticleStatement from Chief John Drake on the Delke Guilty Plea
The following is a statement from Chief John Drake and the developments in the Delke case: “Andrew Delke resigned from the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department on Thursday, July 1. Today’s...
View ArticleOdessa Kelly Statement on Delke Verdict
NASHVILLE — Odessa Kelly released the following statement following the plea bargain allowing Metro Nashville Police Officer Andrew Delke to serve no more than three years for the murder of Daniel...
View ArticleTennessee AFL-CIO President Billy Dycus Issues Statement Ahead of State’s...
NASHVILLE, TN (TN Tribune) -Ahead of the state’s official withdrawal from federal pandemic unemployment programs on Saturday, July 3, Tennessee AFL-CIO President Billy Dycus issued the following...
View ArticleMeharry Saves Our Children and Our City
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–When crisis hits, you do not hesitate – you call in the experts. That is exactly what Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) did when it called on Meharry Medical College late...
View ArticleJuly Is Parks And Recreation Month, Metro Parks Celebrates with Community...
NASHVILLE, TN (TN Tribune) – July is Parks and Recreation Month and Metro Parks has a variety of activities planned for residents of all ages and abilities to help celebrate how Nashville is stronger,...
View ArticleMural Aimed at Ending Teen Dating Violence in Tennessee is Unveiled in...
Nashville, Tennessee (TN Tribune) – A powerful new mural featuring two young superheroes that urges young people to “Be The Friend” who helps end dating violence was unveiled this morning on Charlotte...
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Storyville Gardens Theme Park Coming to Middle Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn – Storyville Gardens, an interactive theme park with attractions inspired by books and stories from the four corners of the world, will locate in the Middle Tennessee area with...
View ArticleUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center College Of Dentistry to Open...
Memphis, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The College of Dentistry at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will host a “floss-cutting” opening event July 13, at 10 a.m., at its newest dental clinic on...
View ArticleA Life Well Lived: Playing Baseball in the Minor Leagues
By Mike Patton KNOXVILLE, TN — From the battlefield to the minor leagues in baseball to the police force, Johnnie Fenderson achieved a lot of things in his life. The Birmingham, Alabama native passed...
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Booker and Tillman Honored for Lifetime Contributions
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — When Visit Knoxville and other brochures are mailed out across the country as places of historical significance for visitors to see, two areas will now bear the names of...
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The Carter House in Franklin Tells an Important Civil War Story
By Monique Gooch FRANKLIN, TN — The Battle of Franklin was fought on Nov. 30, 1864 as part of the Tennessee Campaign of the American Civil War. It was one of the worst disasters of the war for the...
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American Baptist College, First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill Celebrate Rep....
The late Rep. John R. Lewis NASHVILLE, TN — American Baptist College and First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill, will join together to host the Rep. John Lewis Memorial Celebration, on Friday, July 16, as...
View ArticleTHEI Announces Partnership With TDOC and Lane College
NASHVILLE, TN — The Tennessee Higher Education Prison Initiative (THEI) announces a new secondary educational partnership with the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) and Lane College, a nearly...
View ArticleNational Civil Rights Museum in Memphis Names New President
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) _ The National Civil Rights Museum in Tennessee has named longtime educator and philanthropist Russell Wigginton as its next president. The Memphis-based museum said Thursday that...
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