MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — As a research assistant professor in MTSU’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Tiffany Saul serves students in a multifaceted role, working as an instructor, a researcher and a mentor. “I was a first-generation college student, which shaped my undergraduate experience here at MTSU,” said Saul, who earned her degree in anthropology in 2010. “I know firsthand what it’s like to be overwhelmed by all the opportunities and resources campus offers. Now, I can advise students on those opportunities and even help provide them…. International experiences especially are really important for students to help expand their worldview.” Saul,…
Author: Article submitted
By Clarence Upshaw “I thought I was in the clear.” Remorseful words from a homeowner after attempting to install a new mailbox but unexpectedly creating a natural gas emergency. While digging into an existing hole for a mailbox post, his shovel severed a natural gas pipeline and seventy pounds of pressurized natural gas poured out. I arrived at the scene after he called 911 and assessed the damage. It was quickly evident that a team of technicians was needed to repair the damaged pipeline, safely and quickly. The homeowner watched the crew work for hours thankful to be safe, but…
WASHINGTON – The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced more than $8.6 million in fiscal year 2022 funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands in Tennessee. Millions of Americans nationwide live less than a mile from an abandoned coal mine. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated a total of $16 billion to address legacy pollution, including $11.3 billion in abandoned mine land funding over 15 years, facilitated by the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. This historic funding is expected to address the…
ANTIOCH, Tennessee – Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, Tennessee’s largest nonprofit law firm, today announced the launch of a new free monthly legal clinic taking place at the Southeast branch of the Nashville Public Library in Antioch. The clinic will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 1, at the library, located at 5260 Hickory Hollow Parkway, Suite 202, Antioch, TN 37013. It will be held the first Saturday of each month through June at the same time. Volunteer attorneys will be on hand at the clinic to assist attendees with a range…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Eric Decker, JT Hodges, Jessie James Decker, Delanie Walker, RaeLynn, Jason Crabb and more will appear during the Fund Recovery Charity Dinner & Concert on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 at The Twelve Thirty Club. The event begins at 6 PM, which a red carpet at 5:45 PM, The second annual event, which was already scheduled, will now benefit mental health services for The Covenant School and those impacted by the recent shooting. “My heart is hurting this week. A senseless act took the lives of innocent children and loving leaders in our community. Surviving a school shooting myself, I know how important it is…
America’s homebuyers have had an extraordinarily difficult few years. Heavy demand and scarce inventory in late 2020 and 2021 led to record growth in prices, while a run of high inflation throughout the economy made it more difficult to save up for a home. As the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates to cool demand in housing and other sectors, the costs to borrow for a mortgage have also increased. For recent homebuyers and existing owners, trends in the real estate market have posed another challenge: property tax increases. Property taxes are usually calculated as a percentage of the assessed…
“We’re not going to fix it…I don’t see any real role that we could do other than mess things up.” — Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) NASHVILLE, TN — Members of the Senate Democratic Caucus called for solutions to stop gun violence today following a school shooting in Nashville that left three children and three staff members dead. Sen. Raumesh Akbari, Senate Democratic Leader: “This is every family’s nightmare. Three little children. Three educators. All their precious lives gone in an instant. I am devastated and I am angry. “This isn’t freedom. Our families don’t deserve this. I am sick of…
ATLANTA, GA — Civil rights icon Xernona Clayton became the first woman to be enshrined with a statue in downtown Atlanta on March 8. The eight-foot statue with its arms open, propped high on a pedestal, looks down on Xernona Clayton Plaza, making the petite icon a giant in the cradle city of the modern Civil Rights Movement. World renowned sculptor Ed Dwight created the bronze statue despite challenges with his vision. With her husband, Judge Paul Lawrence Brady by her side, Clayton announced that it would be his final commissioned project. “As he was making this statue he lost…
By Brianna Sacks LAS VEGAS, NV — A billboard for a Las Vegas gun range was vandalized early Thursday by a guerrilla art collective who changed the advertisement for firing an assault-style rifle to “Shoot A School Kid Only $29.” The advertisement for Battlefield Vegas, an indoor shooting range, had read “Shoot a .50 caliber only $29.” The group that altered the billboard, Indecline, also pasted “Defend Lives, Reform Laws” over the range’s phone number. “This protest piece is in response to America’s longstanding obsession with gun culture and our government’s inability to honor the victims of mass shootings by…
The “cult of the gun” should not be celebrated. The country needs to pick itself up and say no to an assault weapons lobby that again is making it too available and too convenient and too first of mind for people to go out and commit terrible acts. Guns lead to tragedies. Whatever your political feelings are, we should not be celebrating the cult of the gun. — Nashville Mayor John Cooper First praying for the children, school staff and families. We are sick and tired of being sick and tired killing our children. Can’t we please stop focusing on…