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.
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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…
NASHVILLE, TN. May 3, 2018 — District 19 State Senatorial Candidate Howard Jones has been endorsed by former Nashville Mayoral Candidate and prominent area businessman Bill Freeman. Freeman made the endorsement, saying: “I have carefully reviewed the candidates for the position and Jones has the heart, experience as a leader and commitment to represent this district honorably.” Thelma Harper has represented the 19th Senatorial District with honor and distinction for more than 25 years, not only in Nashville but throughout Davidson County and across the state, consistently displaying to voters courage and integrity in her stances on multiple issues. She…
By Tribune Staff NASHVILLE, TN —After months of speculation, and on the heels of the largest referendum vote in the history of Metropolitan Nashville, it’s official: jeff obafemi carr, a longtime activist and institution builder in the city, is running for Mayor. carr is a graduate of Metro Public Schools and a Cum Laude graduate of Tennessee State University. He first rose to prominence as the Student Government Association President of TSU in 1990, when, at 22-years old, he led a nationally-publicized Sit-In and hunger strike. The protest movement forced the State of Tennessee to spend over $120 Million Dollars…
From Staff Reports NASHVILLE, TN — The man who oversees Tennessee’s lottery gaming systems’ operations, electronic drawing systems and operations has received a lifetime achievement award. He’s Andy Davis, the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation’s chief financial and information systems officer. Davis received the Maj. Peter J. O’Connell Lottery Industry Lifetime Achievement Award from the Public Gaming Research Institute. The award, named for a law enforcement officer who became the first director of the Rhode Island Lottery, honors those who’ve “distinguished themselves over a long period of time and have made important contributions in the lottery industry,” PGRI CEO Paul Jason…
By Ron Wynn, Sports View MLB often struggles with image and perception issues, but last week one of its signature teams took a bold and controversial step to signal a break with its troubled past. The Boston Rec Sox renamed the road adjacent to Fenway Park. They actually simply restored its original name, which was Jersey Street. But for nearly 41 years it had been renamed Yawkey Way, in honor of former Red Sox owner Tom Yawkey, who passed in 1976. The Red Sox history under Yawkey was not a progressive one for the most part, and that’s being kind.…
NASHVILLE, TN — Tennessee Tribune’s Editorial Board endorses the candidates in the Nashville-Davidson County Democratic primary ballot on May 1. • Criminal court of clerk: Howard Gentry is the incumbent. Criminal Court Clerk of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County is responsible for performing the clerical duties for the operation of the criminal courts in General Sessions and State Trial Courts. • General Sessions Court Divisions III and X: Nick Leonardo is the incumbent. The Metropolitan General Sessions Court of Nashville-Davidson County is a high volume limited jurisdiction Court that hears civil, misdemeanor, felony, traffic, environmental, and metropolitan ordinance violations. • Clerk…