(Black PR Wire) With a new Team USA Basketball coaching license joining his credentials as an academic and futurist, Dr. Eli Joseph is pioneering the future of sports instruction. His groundbreaking Extended Reality (XR) book system further solidifies his position at the forefront of this potential revolution. Dr. Joseph’s international patent-pending invention of the XR Book system, originally designed to enhance the reading experience through immersive augmented, virtual, and mixed reality, offers a unique opportunity to transform how athletes learn, train, and perform. As he translates his invention into the XR basketball and football playbook, Joseph’s newly acquired coaching license…
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Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani is pleased to announce the opening of its newest office in Knoxville, Tennessee. This expansion brings the firm’s national footprint to 83 offices across the United States. The Knoxville office will strengthen GRSM’s presence in Tennessee, bolstering its ability to serve clients across the eastern part of the state, including Chattanooga, the Tri-Cities, and surrounding areas. The office is anchored by a team of experienced trial lawyers with deep roots in the local legal and business communities, including professionals who have practiced for decades in the region, blending longstanding local knowledge with GRSM’s national reach. Partner Heather Gwinn, who…
Tennessee Playwrights Studio (TPS) is pleased to announce the TPS 2025 Virtual Reading Festival, May 15, 17, 29, 30, and 31 at 7:00 p.m. CST. Tickets are free, and the festival is open to the public. The 2024 TPS Fellows, who were selected through a competitive process, have been writing and workshopping these five plays on a monthly basis throughout 2024, and the resulting scripts will receive their first public performance via this virtual festival, which features some of Nashville’s finest actors and directors. Each reading will be followed by a talk-back led by previous TPS Fellows. This festival is sponsored by…
The 2025 Nissan Sentra is a compact sedan that combines bold styling, advanced technology, with smooth performance to enhance the driving experience, whether it’s in the city or out on the open roads. The vehicle features a spacious interior with more than enough legroom and trunk space, making it suitable for daily commutes or weekend getaways. What’s new for 2025 is this edition comes equipped with Nissan’s Safety Shield® 360 technology as standard, ensuring a high level of safety for all passengers. The Nissan Safety Shield® 360 includes Automatic Emergency Braking with Pedestrian Detection, Rear Automatic Braking, Blind Spot Warning, Rear Cross Traffic…
New this year, a Friday Night Concert featuring Kim Petras and Estelle has been added for the biggest Pride celebration in Tennessee. NASHVILLE, TN — The Nashville Pride Festival and Parade presented by Nashville CARES will feature more than 135 entertainers across three stages at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in downtown Nashville. This year’s festival kicks off with a Friday Night Concert on June 27 at Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park. Taking the stage for this night is Grammy-winning pop princess Kim Petras, who is bringing her high energy show to Nashville for a can’t-miss moment. The concert will…
Chief John Drake this morning announced the promotion of 14 police department veterans into new leadership roles effective tomorrow. The 14 include 1 new captain, 3 new lieutenants and 10 new sergeants. New Captain James Williams, an 18-year MNPD veteran, will lead the Traffic Division, succeeding Jason Proctor who has been appointed Commander of the West Precinct. Williams holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Kentucky and a Master’s Degree from Northwestern University. New Lieutenant James Jarvis, a 17-year MNPD veteran, will lead the Madison Precinct’s overnight detail. Jarvis holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Tennessee Tech University. New Lieutenant…
Memphis, TN – April 23, 2025 – Councilwomen Pearl Walker and Yolanda Cooper-Sutton will host a community meeting on the Shelby Drive Drop Yard Planned Development on May 1st at 5:30 P.M. at True Victory Church, located at 3150 E. Shelby Drive Memphis, TN 38118. This public meeting will allow residents, business owners, and community stakeholders to learn more about the proposed development and provide their feedback. For more information, please contact Daisha Shipp at the number listed above.
Call Center to Open to Receive Informal Review Requests Nashville, TN (April 18, 2025) The Assessor of Property Vivian Wilhoite and Staff have released the new 2025 Reappraisal Property Values for Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. Since the last Reappraisal was conducted in 2021, Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County continues to experience exponential growth in the real estate market,” says Assessor Wilhoite. As of 1/1/2025, the final county-wide median value increase is 45%. To prepare property owners for the receipt of their new 2025 Reappraisal Values, the Office of the Assessor of Property has conducted dozens of outreach presentations…
Major League Baseball (MLB) forever changed for the better on April 15, 1947, when Jackie Robinson broke the league’s color barrier. The league — along with its fans — celebrates that transformation, which arrives in 2025 on Tuesday as a reminder of Robinson’s pioneering efforts away from the diamond, in addition to his supreme talent on the field. After serving with the United States Army from 1942 to 1944 during World War II, Robinson returned to the United States for his lone season with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1945, during which he tallied 13 doubles and four home runs to…
In Tennessee, about 1 in 28 (3.6%) of 4-year-old children and about 1 in 29 (3.4%) of 8-year-old children were identified with autism spectrum disorder by the Tennessee Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers, as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) network, have reported an increase in the number of children in Tennessee and the U.S. with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The findings, published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report series on April 15, document that over 3% of children in the state (1…