NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor Megan Barry was joined by Chief Steve Anderson, other Metro officials and community leaders to break ground and celebrate the start of construction on the new Metro Nashville Police Administrative Headquarters and Family Justice Center at the site of a former car dealership at 600 Murfreesboro Pike. “Each of these buildings will provide essential services to help keep our community safe and ensure that victims get the help and resources they deserve,” said Mayor Barry. “These facilities will be pedestrian-friendly, designed to fit within Nashville-Next standards, and will help to revitalize this area in a way…
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NASHVILLE, TN — With early voting ending, about half of Tennessee voters cast early ballots. As others wait until Tuesday to select Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, Nashville’s congressman favors total disclosure of Clinton’s emails. “I would advocate put- ting them all out there on WikiLeaks, if you need to, so everybody can see and read for themselves up there” on the Inter- net, U.S. Rep. Jim Coo- per said Tuesday. Emails from a Clinton aide sent through a private server are “likely to be duplicate emails and nothing significant. Rather than have everybody fear the worst, just put them all…
NASHVILLE, TN — Ms. Burnece Walker Brunson, the 101-year-old TSU alumna and member of the 1934-1935 Tennessee A&I College cheerleading squad, is ABC News’ “Person of the Week.” She was featured in World News Tonight’ “Person of the Week” on Friday, October 21. The TSU faculty, staff and the entire community were encouraged to tune in to see and hear the amazing story of Ms. Brunson, a former school teacher and author of more than 10 books. She is a member of the TSU Alumni Cheerleading Team, and was co-grand marshal of the 2016 Homecoming. “Person of the Week” is…
NASHVILLE, TN — During the Tennessee Tribune’s 25 years, Nashville has been fortunate to have more progressive and visionary leadership than that regularly provided by the state legislature. The administrations of Phil Bredesen, Bill Purcell, Karl Dean, and now Megan Barry have constantly sought to expand economic opportunity for all its citizens, while greatly improving the city’s national profile and visibility. Today, Nashville is repeatedly deemed “the It city,” and viewed as a prime place to either visit or relocate. Companies continue to move facilities here, or seek to build new ones. But there are also things these Mayors have…
NASHVILLE, TN — The 10th annual International Black Film Festival (IBFF) kicked off last week, featuring a variety of events, ranging from indie film screenings, discussion panels, celebrity guests and of course plenty of parties. Among the five days of the festival, one event that stood out mostly was the special screening of Nate Parker’s controversial film, “The Birth of A Nation.” The screening took place on the campus of Belmont University in the R. Milton & Denice Johnson Center, to a capacity crowd. The Birth of a Nation film is based on the true story of Nat Turner; an…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Davidson County General Sessions Court Judge Rachel L. Bell works under long-standing local court rules and federal law, she said Monday, offering transparency on how she presides. Judge Bell has been criticized for not calling her own docket. However, her practice is similar to other judges’ management, she said. Dockets may be called by a court officer without a judge present. It’s standard in other counties. Meanwhile, Judge Bell is dealing with a medical condition that she was, at first, reluctant to discuss publicly. Judge Bell has managed Type 1 diabetes for 25 years and a thyroid…
This past weekend Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam released an official statement regarding Donald Trump and his presidential campaign. Gov. Haslam believes the Republican nominee should withdraw his candidacy and allow vice presidential nominee Mike Pence to take his place Sunday evening just hours before the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton debate he released this statement: “In the past I have expressed my concern with Donald Trump’s policy positions. Like many others, I have also objected to many of the things he has said during his campaign. Those concerns have kept me from endorsing him. “I want to emphasize that character in our leaders does…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Prevention of cardiovascular disease in mid- to later life in black and white Americans is an increasingly important health concern, according to a study from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke project recently published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. University of Alabama at Birmingham investigators and their colleagues found that the development of risk factors including hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol remains high in adults over age 45, even extending up to ages over 75 years. In addition, the development of these risk factors was 25 to 100 percent higher in the black population than…
CLARKSVILLE, TN — A small classroom filled with people on Wednesday, September 21st from all walks of life: mothers, fathers, teachers, media, and representatives from local and state government, all sat alongside a classroom of young children who gathered around to listen to a twelve-year-old author read her book. That author is Robyn Gordon and her book ‘Stop Bullying’ was recently added to the curriculum at Power & Grace Preparatory Academy. The principal is Katobwa Stallworth. To help celebrate this momentous occasion for the young author, several special guests were in attendance. To include Tennessee’s First Lady Crissy Haslam, Clarksville…