The Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most iconic franchises in professional sports, is set to change ownership in a record-breaking deal. The Buss family, which has held a majority stake in the team for decades, is reportedly selling their share to businessman Mark Walter for an estimated $10 billion. This transaction is set to be the largest sale in the history of U.S. professional sports franchises. Mark Walter, the CEO of multinational conglomerate TWG Global, is no stranger to the sports world. He is the primary owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers and has stakes in several other sports…
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Born on April 3, 1919, Mrs. Early Patsy Montgomery celebrated her 106th birthday with her church family from Newman AME Church, Pontiac, Michigan. Ms. Early was born in Carbondale, Illinois. She was married for 66 years to her husband, who preceded her in death. From their three children, Mrs. Montgomery now has 13 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, and 11 great-great-grandchildren. At the Church her favorite auxiliary is The Queen Esther Club. She speaks of it and the other members in it often. Rev. Yolanda Whiten, pastor of Newman AME Church stated, “Mrs. Early does not have any problem with her memory…
SUMMER / ALCOHOL SAFETY/ JULY 4 Online boating license tests (Eldridge/HB530) Allows citizens to take the boating safety exam online by eliminating the monitoring requirement. Previously, citizens were required to take the exam in-person, usually at a local library, under the supervision of a proctor. Online testing expands access for rural Tennesseans and provides a flexible solution for those who work during standard business hours Tennessee law requires anyone operating a personal watercraft or motorboat born after Jan. 1, 1989, to have a TWRA-issued Boating Safety Education Certificate or a NASBLA-approved boating safety certificate if they are visiting from another state. Good Samaritan…
Margaret Ann Upton Blackshear was born on August 31, 1944, in Sweetwater, Tennessee, to Lex Upton, Jr. and Mildred Melton Upton. Known by her middle name, “Ann,” she was the second of eight children and the eldest daughter. In 1962, she graduated from High Point High School, where she was crowned homecoming queen her senior year. After graduating high school, she enrolled in Knoxville College, where she was initiated into the Gamma Eta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Ann married Julian Blackshear in the fall of 1966 and graduated from Knoxville College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology in 1967. She and her husband eventually…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — Tennessee State University students will see a 6% increase in tuition and mandatory fees starting in the 2025-2026 academic year, following a vote by the university’s Board of Trustees. The increase, approved last week, is part of a broader plan to address TSU’s ongoing financial challenges, including a projected $39 million budget shortfall for the upcoming year. The new tuition rates will impact both in-state and out-of-state students. For a typical undergraduate taking 15 credit hours, the increase amounts to roughly $270 more per semester. University officials say the decision reflects rising operational costs and the…
National-Not long after the bloody Battle of Antietam in September of 1862, President Abraham Lincoln, fearing an impossibly long war ahead, made a decision that he hoped would turn the tide in favor of the Union. Earlier that year in April of 1862, Lincoln had signed an Emancipation Act that freed enslaved Blacks in Washington, D.C. (and compensated slave owners $300 per “lost” Black man, woman, or child). Such was the underpinning of his subsequent executive order forever known as the “Emancipation Proclamation,” one that purported to free enslaved Blacks in all states then “in rebellion” as of January 1,…
Prince George’s County Executive-elect Aisha Braveboy announced Friday, June 13, that she has selected Shawn Joseph, Ed.D., co-director of the AASA/Howard University Urban Superintendents Academy, as the interim superintendent of Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS). This selection follows Thursday’s decision between the PGCPS Board of Education and superintendent to part ways effective June 18, 2025, a move that comes after weeks of discussion about the future of PGCPS. “Moving swiftly and decisively now is critical to ensuring forward momentum in our public schools,” said Braveboy. The interim superintendency represents a homecoming for Joseph, who previously served as PGCPS deputy superintendent…
(Black PR Wire) “The LZ Granderson Show” Debuts Today – LOS ANGELES — Award-winning journalist LZ Granderson launches his new podcast with a focus on Black creatives and Juneteenth. “The LZ Granderson Show,” kicks off with a four-part look into how some of his favorite artists are approaching their work during these uneasy tines. New episodes of “The LZ Granderson Show” out Thursdays. The debut episode drops June 19, alongside Granderson’s Juneteenth essay for The Los Angeles Times. In both the essay and four-part series, Granderson and guests also share a few thoughts on “The Pop Out: Ken & Friends,”…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – Young WallStreet Traders (YWT), the premier youth investment nonprofit organization focused on closing the wealth gap, is proud to announce the expansion of its summer bootcamp program to serve high school students—up from just 25. The intensive, two-week experience is in session through the end of June, and is designed to equip students with the knowledge, tools, and real-world confidence to invest in the stock market and lay the foundation for intergenerational wealth. A major feature of Young WallStreet Traders for 2025 is the landmark Road to A Million initiative. The goal is to inspire young people to realize that one million dollars in…
MEMPHIS—Senate Minority Leader Sen. Raumesh Akbari, D-Memphis, issued a statement marking the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Tennessee’s Republican-backed ban on some gender-affirming care for trans youth. Read Sen. Raumesh Akbari’s full statement: “The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that American youth do not have a constitutional right to access care agreed upon by themselves, their family and their medical team. This is a harmful setback—not just for trans youth, their parents and doctors—but for anyone who believes in the basic freedom to make personal medical decisions without government interference. “Tennessee’s law was always about politics, not protecting children.…