By Heather Hollingsworth Associated Press While all eyes are on the new and little-understood omicron variant that has been detected around the U.S., the delta form of the coronavirus isn’t finished wreaking havoc in the U.S., sending record numbers of patients to the hospital in the Midwest and New England. “Omicron is a spark that’s on the horizon. Delta variant is the fire that’s here today,” said Dr. Nirav Shah, director of the state Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Maine, where an unprecedented 334 people were in the hospital with COVID-19 as of midweek. The U.S. recorded its…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Marlene Eskind Moses, an internationally recognized family law expert and founding manager of MTR Family Law, PLLC, has been selected for inclusion in the 2021 edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers. Each year, only five percent of lawyers in the mid-South receive this honor. Within this listing, Moses is listed among the Top 50 Women attorneys in the mid-South. This is the 16th year Moses has been recognized for her outstanding family law practice by Super Lawyers. MTR Family Law (MTR) recently announced that it will merge into and establish the new Family Law Practice Group of Gullett,…
TULLAHOMA, TN — Ascend Federal Credit Union today announced it has donated $12,923 to the Tennessee chapter of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The contribution includes $10,000 from the credit union and $2,923 from Ascend employees. The money will help fund local breast cancer detection and support projects for those with critical needs, with the goal of eliminating barriers to lifesaving services. Employee donations were raised via an annual casual dress program called Passionately Pink for a Cure, in which Ascend employees donate a minimum of $5 every Friday and Saturday in October to wear blue jeans,…
By Gerald E. Harmon, M.D. President, American Medical Association Gerald E. Harmon, M.D., President, American Medical Association said that “President Biden’s plan will make our communities – and the world – safer in the face of an evolving pandemic and confirmed cases of the Omicron variant. The education and outreach program to seniors will save lives by encouraging widespread acceptance of booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccines. About half of eligible seniors have received a booster dose, and this multi pronged approach should help move the needle further. “Similarly, the expanded approach for vaccinating children five and older will…
By Ben Jealous The political and legal movement to criminalize abortion in the U.S. is on the brink of its biggest victory in 50 years. Most at risk are those who are already among the most vulnerable in our country: Black and brown women and LGBTQ people who will be denied access to potentially lifesaving health care. On Dec. 1, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of a Mississippi abortion ban. That law was written by a right-wing legal group. It was part of a long-term strategy to get the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade,…
NASHVILLE (TN Tribune)– WeGo Public Transit will collect canned goods within an on-site van at The Mall at Green Hills on Dec.11, 18, and 23 from noon to 4 p.m. and share details of the opening of the Hillsboro Transit Center next spring. Guests are encouraged to climb aboard, get a photo behind the wheel and view renderings about the future site. With the some of the highest ridership within the WeGo service area, the bus stop located adjacent to Hillsboro High School is too small to accommodate all of the waiting passengers. In collaboration with Metro Nashville Public Schools, the Tennessee Department of…
NASHVILLE – The Urban League of Middle Tennessee today announced a more than $5 million grant from Amazon to launch ULMT RED – Urban League of Middle Tennessee Real Estate Developers Academy, an initiative focused on accelerating new opportunities for emerging real estate developers of color while also increasing affordable housing in Nashville. The program, which is free of charge to participants, aims to foster careers and lower the obstacles that emerging real estate developers can face when trying to get real estate projects off the ground. The goal of ULMT RED is to increase the number of real estate…
Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) Nashville Opera, in partnership with Sunnyside Entertainment, has received 7 nominations in the 36th MIDSOUTH EMMY AWARDS for three productions from the 2020.21 season. One Vote Won, written by Dave Ragland with libretto by Mary McCallum, received 6 nods. Nashville Opera’s La Bella Notte 2021 and Opera Jukebox together received a nomination. One Vote Won is Nashville Opera’s first commissioned work. It was written in observance of the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, and highlights the stories of suffragist J. Frankie Pierce and Civil Rights activist Diane Nash through the lens of the ongoing struggle…
BY SHARON ALICE LURIE Main Street Nashville Shatika Daniel was taught not only to love to cook but to cook with love by her grandmother, Ruby Hogan, and Daniel showed her appreciation by naming her new Dickson restaurant Ruby’s Wingz ‘n Things. The restaurant opened last month in the former location of Sonia’s Diner on Henslee Drive. Daniel had opened a location in Charlotte last July. Hogan raised Daniel, who said the two of them often cooked together and did some catering from Hogan’s home. Daniel has worked for many years in food service so when the building in Charlotte…
Nashville, TN – Amazon announced today a donation of $150,000 to support a nationally recognized employment program at Martha O’Bryan Center. The funds will help build a new facility for the program –called the Family Success Network– at the nonprofit’s headquarters located in East Nashville’s Cayce Homes neighborhood. What makes the Family Success Network different? It is a “two-generation” approach where both the children and adults identify personal goals. Each family assembles their own chosen team of experts to help chart paths to success in education and employment. Since launching in 2020, over 160 families have enrolled in the Family…