Nashville, Tenn. – Nashville CARES is pleased to announce that Dr. James Hildreth, President & CEO of Meharry Medical College and recently named 2021 Nashvillian of the Year will be a featured speaker at the first annual Red Ribbon Health Alliance Luncheon presented by Fifth Third Bank and benefiting Nashville CARES. The Red Ribbon Health Alliance Luncheon is an inspiring and educational event bringing together local leaders with the purpose of building a healthy community for all citizens. Speakers are covering topics such as advocacy, spiritual health, gender-affirming health, advances in medicine, and what it means to build a healthy…
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Nashville, TN (TN Tribune) The Haynes-Trinity Neighborhood Coalition has raised $12,550 for Haynes Middle School. The Coalition has raised money from local businesses and the community through their Taste of the District fundraisers and is donating the money in support of reading literacy at Haynes Middle school, located at 510 West Trinity Lane, Nashville, TN. Haynes Middle will use the funds to construct an outdoor Reading Garden for its students. The Haynes-Trinity Neighborhood Coalition is committed to advocating for public schools within the MNPS Whites Creek cluster designated with a TN Department of Education Priority status in need of support…
By Shibani Mahtani A Myanmar court on Monday found ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of charges including inciting public unrest and sentenced her to four years in prison — the first in a series of verdicts that could keep the 76-year-old Nobel laureate detained for the rest of her life. Later Monday, state television announced that junta chief Min Aung Hlaing would reduce Suu Kyi’s sentence by two years and keep her detained in her current undisclosed location rather than moving her to a prison. The reduction does not substantively change Suu Kyi’s fate, as she continues to face more serious…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country music legend and trailblazer Charley Pride’s hit single “Kiss An Angel Good Mornin’” is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. After being released in 1971, the song quickly became Pride’s most well-known and beloved song to date and ended up topping the charts. The sweet tune marked his eighth #1 song on the country singles chart. It also reached the Top 40 on the pop charts, peaking at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and went into the Top Ten of the Adult Contemporary charts and #19 on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100. Pride shares…
The Oceanic world’s greatest Country Music export is scheduled to be shipped around the world as part of Keith Urban’s recently announced 2022 global tour. During the tour’s U.S. run, Urban will play Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena in the fall on Oct. 7 in support of his 2020 album “The Speed of Now Part 1.” Fellow Country singer Ingrid Andress, who was nominated for Best New Artist, Best Country Song for “More Hearts Than Mine” and Best Country Album for “Ladylike” at the 2021 Grammy Awards, will join Urban on the half-year American leg of the journey. And though Oct. 7…
On the Let’s Talk STEM with Dr. Calvin Mackie podcast, University President Cites a “Fundamental Problem with How We’re Educating and Training.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bBWMj1iCLo NEW ORLEANS, LA – Appearing on the Let’s Talk STEM with Dr. Calvin Mackie podcast, George Mason University President Gregory Washington proclaims that America’s higher education institutions must transform to educate a higher volume of students to prepare workers for careers in the knowledge based, digital economy. “The institutions of the future will be those that are access institutions that educate everyone… We have to reeducate and retrain this nation,” Dr. Washington says on the new podcast…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee authorized additional Tennessee National Guard support to be sent to the U.S. Southern Border in early 2022 to curb a surging drug crisis. “An open border has far-reaching consequences that are fueling a drug crisis impacting both our national security and the safety of our state,” said Gov. Lee. “I have authorized additional Tennessee Guard support at our Southern border as we look to address drug trafficking at the source.” According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, drug seizures along the Southern border continue to increase each month. More than 200,000 pounds of fentanyl and methamphetamine…
Memphis Grizzlies received a lift with the return of guard Dillon Brooks back frominjury against the Charlotte Hornets recently. It’s the first time the 25-year-old hasbeen seen on the court so far after he recovered from a broken hand whichwas sustained back in September during an offseason training session. Head Coach Taylor Jenkins was delighted to see Brooks make it back onto the paintas they’ve had a stuttering start to their 2021/22 NBA campaign so far. Brooksreturned to the action from the bench against the Hornets and scored 20 points forhis side. Although he couldn’t spur them onto a win on his…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — It’s been six years since Dr. Euna McGruder was hired and then let go by Metro Nashville Public Schools. She believes it was because of her investigation into discrimination complaints at one area school. On Monday, the court confirmed it, too. “I am ecstatic with how things turned out. I have just a belief in our Justice System and what that means for not only myself but for the greater good of America,” Dr. McGruder said. Dr. McGruder is feeling grateful after winning her lawsuit against Metro Schools. But that ‘W’ didn’t come without a long battle.…
by Kate Brumback The use of a restraint chair by an Atlanta-area sheriff does not amount to excessive force under any clearly established law and federal charges against him should be dismissed, his lawyer argued Monday. A federal prosecutor countered that Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill very clearly used excessive force against people in his agency’s custody when he ordered them to be held in a restraint chair without justification and as punishment. A federal grand jury indicted Hill in April, finding he had violated the civil rights of four people at the county jail. A subsequent indictment filed in…