The new 2018 Toyota Camry SE is the car that performs double duty. It’s a stylish looking mid-sized car that offers practicality. Camry’s redesigned, available 8-way power-adjustable driver’s front and passenger seats are distinctively shaped with available leather and contrast stitching. The rear seats feature the same dynamic and supportive design as the front seats. When it comes to trunk cargo space, this new hybrid allows you to take much more of the things you love and need with you. The roomier redesigned trunk’s lid has finished hinges that open much wider than most hybrids in this class. There’s elevated…
Author: Tribune Staff
The new 2018 Nissan LEAF SL is batting one hundred. It’s 100% stylish, 100% practical and 100% electric. The 100% electric drivetrain means instant acceleration. The fun continues with the innovative e-Pedal, which lets you accelerate and brake with only one pedal. The E-pedal offers one smooth motion, and a whole lot of fun. You can even hold the vehicle on a hill without ever touching the brake. It’s easy to keep your Nissan LEAF fully-charged because it can be plugged into an outlet at home or charge on the go at a charging station. With an innovative charging system,…
NASHVILLE, TN — Calling on lawmakers to guarantee healthcare and a healthy environment for all, 20 people including the poor, clergy and advocates were arrested the state capitol building Monday as the Tennessee Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival intensified during its fourth straight week of nonviolent direct action. The action in Tennessee was part of a wave of protests hitting 35 state capitals and Washington, D.C. Monday’s protest highlighted how environmental issues like pollution and climate change disproportionately affect people living in poverty. Earlier today moral witnesses reclaimed land on the Tennessee State Capitol lawn to…
MDHA opened its waiting list for Napier Place on a first-come, first-served basis beginning June 4 and continuing through 3 p.m. June 15, 2018. Anyone currently on the Napier Place waiting list will need to reapply. Applications will be accepted online only on a first-come, first-served basis, and can be submitted 24 hours a day during the waiting list periods at www.nashville-mdha.org (click on the button on the home page that says Apply for Affordable Housing). A valid email address is required, and applicants will be notified by email when their application is received. The new online only application in…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Nashville Scene, the Nashville Post and nFocus have been purchased by Freeman Webb Co. The partners are Bill Freeman and Jimmy Webb. Freeman confirmed the purchase in a interview with The Tennessee Tribune. Freeman Webb Co. a real estate investment firm that deals in acquisition, management and renovation of multi-family residential and commercial property.
FRANKLIN, TN — Williamson County African American veterans of the Civil War were honored on Memorial Day at Veterans Park by the African American Heritage Society of Williamson County. Brick pavers with veterans’ names were dedicated at Five Points in the park operated by county veterans service officers, according to Heritage Society Board Member Tina Jones who started the program; Slaves to Soldiers. “Until recently, it was thought that only a handful of former slaves from Williamson County had joined the Union forces to fight during the Civil War,” she said. Additional research revealed it’s closer to 300. New pavers…
By Clint Confehr NASHVILLE, TN — A mayoral candidate’s defense of racial profiling as a “necessary” police practice attracted a great deal of attention to the mayoral forum at Meharry Medical College. The recorded forum is posted by Harriet and Scott Wallace who presided at the “You Ask, They Answer Mayoral Forum” presented by Pumps and Politics and Wallace Media Group on May 10. At pumpsandpolitics.com, scroll to the uploaded videos player box for 65-70 minutes of questions and answers. “Sometimes race might play some part in…” profiling, candidate Ralph Bristol said that Thursday. On Facebook, the former WWTN FM…
The special mayoral election is Thursday, May 24, 2018 Experienced Mayor Briley Cares About Nashville By Ms. June NASHVILLE, TN — Mayor David Briley has been co-pilot in the Mayor’s office since 2015 as Vice-Mayor, and has stepped up to the plate in strong fashion since being elected to the position of Mayor in March 2018. He is doing the job without stooping to mudslinging political tactics like his opponents in the overcrowded arena leading up to the May 24th mayoral special election. At the Tribune’s office, Mayor Briley said, “I’m in favor of extending the DACA program and realize…
By Tribune Staff Recently, a NewsChannel 5 Investigates report ran another negative racist story citing sources who accused Metro Nashville Public Schools Director, Dr. Shawn Joseph, of playing a rap video containing explicit and misogynist lyrics directed at Metro Nashville Board of Education members. The news report further delved into an old radio interview in which Joseph compared himself to the nation’s first African-American president, Barack H. Obama. It is easy to correlate the historical significance that Joseph shares with President Obama in his role as the first African-American director of schools here in Nashville. Yet, instead of inheriting a…