NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee halted the execution of death row inmate Tony Carruthers on Thursday after the person responsible for administering the lethal injection was unable to find a vein, stalling the execution indefinitely, according to a witness to the procedure. Carruthers had been scheduled to die Thursday morning at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. The execution was initially delayed while attorneys awaited a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on an emergency stay request filed by the American Civil Liberties Union. The court denied the request, allowing the execution process to move forward before complications arose. According to…
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NASHVILLE — Fisk University Athletic Director Valencia Jordan has been named HBCU Athletic Conference Athletic Director of the Year, according to a social media announcement from the university. “I am humbled to be honored by my peers to be voted the HBCU Athletic Conference AD of the Year,” Jordan said in a statement. “We have some outstanding leaders in the conference so I will cherish this. This is a shared award with our staff, coaches, student-athletes and the support of President Clark and her staff.” Jordan was named director of athletics at Fisk on Oct. 6, 2023. During her first…
By Cassandra Stephenson, Anita Wadhwani, Sam Stockard and Adam Friedman MEMPHIS, TN — Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen will not run for reelection in any of the three gerrymandered districts that now include Memphis after the Tennessee Legislature passed a new map last week, splitting up the region he served for more than 19 years. “Last week, Tennessee Republicans silenced the Black vote here in Memphis to make Republican victories likely,” Cohen wrote in a statement Friday. “We are still fighting, and if we prevail in the courts and the 9th District remains intact, I will remain a candidate and…
NASHVILLE – The National Football League announced that Nashville will host Super Bowl LXIV in 2030 in the new Nissan Stadium, a historic event that will drive economic growth and global exposure for Music City. The announcement was made earlier today at the NFL Spring League Meeting in Orlando, following a review of the proposal by the NFL’s Fan Engagement & Major Events Committee and a vote by full ownership. “Hosting the Super Bowl, one of the largest events in the world, is a milestone moment for Nashville and Tennessee and reflects how far our city has come over the last…
by Sam Stockard, Tennessee Lookout This story has been republished with permission from Tennessee Lookout. Read the original story here. Tennessee’s Republican House speaker is punishing Democrats for participating in a chaotic end to the special session lawmakers used to redraw congressional maps to bolster a GOP candidate in the midterm election. House Speaker Cameron Sexton sent a letter Tuesday to House Minority Leader Karen Camper notifying her that Democratic Caucus members will be removed from all standing committees and subcommittees except in cases where their membership is required by House rules. Letters to individual members told them to contact Camper for…
By O.J. Early More than 50 years after leaving ETSU to care for his family, a 73-year-old graduate returned to campus and crossed the Commencement stage. Amid the joyous shouts and happy tears at Commencement, Homer Eugene Henley Jr. quietly crossed the graduation stage. At 73, it was a walk more than half a century in the making. Henley first arrived at East Tennessee State University in the early 1970s. He was a bright, hopeful young student immersed in campus life. He played drums in the marching band, lived in Clement, Taylor, and McCord halls, and carried the kind of dreams that…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Napier Elementary School opened a new Storybook Trail and outdoor classroom area today, giving students, families, and community members a place to read familiar stories together. The project was made possible through a two-year, $75,000 PNC Foundation grant to Nashville Public Schools, while the Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation, which has worked on similar spaces across Tennessee, helped make this one of the first Storybook Trails at an elementary school in the state. “We want to give every student plenty of opportunities to grow as readers, and the Storybook Trail is an innovative, creative, and beautiful way to do that,” Nashville…
By Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover, JD, CPA At a time when the nation is wrestling with a Supreme Court decision that gutted key protections of the Voting Rights Act, it is important to remember that May 17 marks the 72nd anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (May 17, 1954) — the ruling that declared segregated schools unconstitutional and inherently unequal. It served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement and paved the way for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Brown showed that education and the right to vote are the strongest pillars of progress — and they…