Summer isn’t quite over, so there’s still time to check out the new 2023 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro. It’s the perfect vehicle for the outdoor adventurer or for venturing out across town to a backyard BBQ. With its oversize TRD-tuned FOX®8 high-performance shocks, TRD-tuned front springs, aggressive grille, iconic badging, and power rear glass, the 4Runner TRD Pro is sure to turn heads both on and off the trail. Inside, the vehicle is equipped with plush SofTex®-trimmed seats feature TRD embroidered headrests and accent stitching throughout. An 8-inch high-resolution touchscreen makes navigating and playing music a breeze. Fold-flat second-row seating…
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If you’re still in the market for a cool new car, don’t let the summer end without considering the 2023 Lexus LS 500 F SPORT AWD. It’s has a sleek design, and a road performance that’s incredibly smooth. It’s powered by a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 engine. The AWD system makes zipping around corners a breeze. This engine produces 416 horsepower and 442 lb-ft of torque and is mated to a 10-speed automatic transmission. The LS 500 F SPORT AWD also features Lexus Dynamic Handling (LDH) with the adaptive Variable Suspension (AVS) system, which provides enhanced driving dynamics. Enjoy the heated…
NASHVILLE, TN — Scarritt Bennett Center (SBC), Nashville’s premiere conference, retreat, and transformative education center, an educator, lawyer and faith-based leader Rev. Sondrea L. Tolbert is executive director. This committed leader has a love for education and empowerment. She is the immediate past Director of the National Consortium of Black Women in Ministry, Nashville Chapter, (NCBWIM), where she fostered a focus on the community through ministry initiatives involving breast cancer awareness, domestic violence, and HIV/AIDS. While leading NCBWIM, she established Pink Sunday Nashville which is held throughout churches in middle Tennessee to raise breast cancer awareness. This dynamic leader…
By Staff Writer NASHVILLE, TN — Jefferson Street has been bisected by I-40 for over 50 years — Once viewed as a sign of progress, more recently it has been viewed as a sign of environmental racism. The decisions of past Nashville leaders, with the signing of the Interstate Highway Act of 1956, to destroy blocks of Jefferson Street and cut it off from downtown, led to decades of business closings. After the prosperous years prior to the building of Exit 207, Jefferson Street saw years of urban decay, although signs are starting to show a revitalization. The most recent…
By Staff Writer NASHVILLE, TN — Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia Rod Harris, Jr. grew up with a musical background. His father was a singer/songwriter in the 80s, but his love of jazz evolved in his senior year of high school when he received his first acoustic guitar. While he had never played the guitar before, he was insistent on mastering the instrument. Since then, he studied Jazz at Georgia State, and received a bachelor’s degree in business and a master’s degree in jazz studies. Harris also spent time playing in Japan in 2006, carefully honing his fusion of hip-hop, R&B…
By Tribune Staff FRANKLIN, TN — Brick pavers commemorating U.S. Colored Troops and a Black sailor during the Civil War are to be installed and dedicated on Memorial Day in conjunction with the Slaves To Soldiers Project. The annual ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Sunday, May 29, in Veterans Memorial Park at Five Points near the Williamson County Archives, 1320 W. Main St., where officers of the county’s Veterans Service Office will dedicate 16 pavers. Beginning in 2018, the Slaves To Soldiers Project has identified more than 350 Black men from Williamson County who served in the Union army…
CHATTANOOGA, TN — The surf’s up a lot closer to home this Memorial Day weekend. Families looking for an ocean adventure can find waves of fun in downtown Chattanooga with three exciting new offerings focused on aquatic life at the Tennessee Aquarium, IMAX 3D Theater, and Creative Discovery Museum – and one that lets visitors peer beneath the waters of the region’s freshwater streams and rivers without ever donning a mask and snorkel. On the Aquarium plaza, the hallmark water features that mimic the winding route of the Tennessee River through the valleys of East Tennessee have restarted for the…
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville Fire Department’s BLAZE Mentoring Program celebrated the winners of the 2023 BLAZE Scholarship on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at a dinner hosted by the Tennessee Titans. The Tennessee Titans invited the BLAZE scholarship recipients, their family, friends, the BLAZE Mentors and PENCIL partners to the Ascension Saint Thomas Sports Park Titans Practice Facility to acknowledge the accomplishment of the seven graduating MNPS Seniors. The BLAZE Mentoring Program announced the seven winners in November and made the special announcement that the Tennessee Titans would be hosting their Scholarship dinner later in the Spring. Each scholarship recipient is…
By Staff Writer Tre Floyd brings his latest show to Nashville’s Looby Center on July 22nd. Tre Floyd was born in Mississippi and started his company, Tre Floyd Productions, five years ago in 2018. With a background in YouTube and accounting, he made the leap to stage with his first play, Love, Sex and Marriage. Floyd opened the first Black-owned theatre in Forest Park, a suburb of Atlanta. Floyd’s first hit show, Love, Sex and Marriage, toured 25 cities throughout the United States, and was inspired by his synonymous web series. Much like many of his future plays, Love, Sex…
By Emmanuel Freeman NASHVILLE, TN (TSU News Service) — United States Congressman Bennie G. Thompson, the man who led the congressional investigation into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, told Tennessee State University graduate school candidates to be aware of forces that are trying to change the course of democracy in the country by twisting facts and reality to suit their personal agendas. Before Congressman Thompson’s address in the Howard C. Gentry Complex, TSU President Glenda Glover congratulated the graduates, parents, relatives, and friends for their support. “I applaud you for having reached this milestone,” said Glover. “Today…