Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-Prominent Virologist and AME itinerant elder Dr. A. Oveta Fuller Dies at Age 67 Rev. Dr. Almyra Oveta Fuller was born on August 31, 1955, in Mebane, North Carolina. Deborah Woods Fuller, her mother was a teacher and her father Herbert R. Fuller managed the family farm. Fuller grew up near Yanceyville, North Carolina. As a child biology intrigued her at an early age. She was amazed at how her grandmother recovered quickly from being bitten by a water moccasin after receiving antivenin, which was an antidote for snake venom. Although her grandmother’s snake bite contribute to…
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NASHVILLE, TN — The Tunnel to Towers Foundation is honored to announce it has paid, in full, the mortgage on the home of La Vergne Police Detective Lieutenant Kevin Stolinsky. Tunnel to Towers Foundation Chairman and CEO Frank Siller presented his wife, Casey with a mortgage payoff notice on stage at the Fox Nation Patriot Awards held at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, FL. FOX Nation’s Patriot Awards honors America’s most valiant, including military veterans, first responders, and other everyday heroes. “We are here to celebrate everyday Americans who do amazing things, and there is nothing more amazing than volunteering…
NASHVILLE, TN — The coalition of downtown residents, office workers, business owners, and community members working to bring safety and common sense to Nashville’s party on wheels is hailing a recent decision to remove several noncompliant party buses from city streets. On Thursday, the Metro Transportation Licensing Commission (TLC) voted to revoke two of the four operating permits held by Nashville Party Barge LLC and suspend the company’s other two licenses for 60 and 90 days, respectively. The company has operated since 2014 and bills itself as “one of Nashville’s first and original party tours.” The commission’s decision came in…
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville State Community College’s Nursing program has a new director. Elizabeth Youngblood, RN, WHNP, BC, CNE, Ed.D., is leading the highly-respected associate degree-level program. “I am exceptionally proud to say that Nashville State Community College Nursing is a highly-regarded program, having educated leaders in the field for years, with expert instructors who have years of clinical experience and a vast network,” said Nashville State’s Vice President of Academic Affairs Dr. Carol Rothstein. “Beth has a tremendous amount of experience in academia and on the clinical side, which will serve the program well as it continues to…
NASHVILLE, TN — For eleven years, Nashville has been named one of the top travel destinations in the world by media outlets for its friendly and innovative spirit with a rich history and deep appreciation for all genres of music and a creative culture that pervades the city. With award-winning cuisine, a lineup of diverse neighborhoods, world-class cultural attractions and so much more, Music City has garnered recent acclaim from two prestigious travel publications, Travel + Leisure and Condé Nast Traveler. “We are so fortunate and grateful to continue to receive global recognition for Nashville,” said Butch Spyridon, CEO of…
NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville-based architecture and design firm Tuck-Hinton announces its rebrand under the name Anecdote Architectural Experiences. The next phase for the company behind some of the region’s most iconic civic and cultural architectural designs underscores the firm’s ability to outlast any one set of partners and its future as a collective, united by an ambition to elevate all creative ideas and voices. Rooted in a city known for storytelling, the creatives at Anecdote work to defy preconceptions to craft new narratives through unforgettable structures that make us think and feel. Leading the lineup of gifted architects and designers…
Snoop Dogg, Sade and Teddy Riley have been selected as nominees for the Songwriters Hall of Fame. They are among the 21 finalists, both as individuals and as a team, in the running for the Class of 2023. Songwriters become eligible for the Hall of fame 20 years after the first commercial release of a song they wrote or co-wrote. Eligible voting members will be tasked with choosing three nominees from the songwriter category and three from the performing-songwriter category, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Voters will have until Dec. 28 to turn in their ballots. Snoop Dogg is one…
KNOXVILLE, TN — The Elf on the Shelf® is a cherished Christmas tradition celebrated in households around the world. This November, for a seventh straight year, Santa will send some of these magical Scout Elves from the North Pole to Knoxville, Tennessee to be adopted by over two dozen downtown Knoxville businesses. Families are invited to explore downtown and find where these little Scout Elves have landed each night for a fun-filled holiday scavenger hunt.The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition is a magical story about how Santa’s Scout Elves help him manage his naughty and nice lists. Once…
NASHVILLE, TN — Matt Wiltshire, a devoted father of 6, who spent 15 years in investment banking as well as a longtime Metro official, has the right private and government experience and background to become the next Mayor of Metro. The former director of the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) resigned from the government position earlier this year to run for Nashville’s Mayor in 2023. “I deeply understand the challenges that we are facing as a city. I grew up here in Nashville and attended Metro Nashville Public Schools,” Wiltshire said in a release. “My wife and…
By Esther Schrader Behind a chain-link fence six miles from the cacophony of Orlando, a jumble of old masonry sits quiet and still, the foundations of what was the heart of a historically Black community nearly obscured by tall grasses swaying in a hot Central Florida wind. The Hungerford property, as it is known, makes up 15% of the tiny town of Eatonville, a 1.6-square-mile patch of modest homes and businesses that is one of the oldest incorporated Black communities in the U.S. For the county school board offering the 100-acre tract for sale, the developers eager to build on…