(Nationwide) June 7, 2021 – Music icon Jody Watley, one of the architects of 21st century pop and a celebrated songwriter with BMI will host the 2021 Women Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards on Friday, June 25 at the Westin Washington DC City Center. The WSHOF award ceremony will pay homage to women “whose body of work represents the best of heritage and legacy of modern American music.” The inaugural inductees are Mary Chapin Carpenter, Tawatha Agee, Naomi Judd, Roberta Flack, Dawnn Lewis, Deniece Williams, Valerie Simpson, Jekalyn Carr, Jerry Keever “Bunny” Hull, Dr. Veryl Howard, Klymaxx and The Go-Go’s. The event will be…
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Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–In his early twenties, Ruth became a bus driver for Trailways on April 11, 1961 in Nashville and worked as a driver until December 1963 when an accident brought this employment to an end. Shortly after he began driving for Trailways, the Freedom Rides Movement of 1961 kicked off in Washington, DC on May 4 led by the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). In support of the Movement, a group of thirteen individuals consisting of black and white passengers boarded a bus headed down South to test the Supreme Court’s 1960 decision that gave interstate passengers the…
Nashville, Tenn. — Centerstone, a not-for-profit health system specializing in mental health and substance use disorder services, has announced Dr. Blas Villalobos as the new chief executive officer for its Military Services division, effective July 1. Villalobos comes to Centerstone with more than a decade of specialized experience working with veterans and the military community, most recently serving as the Director of Veterans Affairs for Chapman University in Orange, California. As the chief executive officer of Centerstone’s Military Services, Villalobos will use his vast experience to lead the organization’s delivery of mental health and substance use disorder services to veterans,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune)– The Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS) is receiving more than $53 million in additional funding from the federal government to address post-COVID mental health and substance use needs. The supplemental block grant funding will add more than $27 million to mental health services and nearly $26 million to substance use services over the next four years. The funding is part of a $3 billion allocation included in the American Rescue Plan signed into law in March. The new funding comes on top of significant supplemental funding from the federal government and…
PROVIDENCE, R.I., June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Bally’s Corporation (NYSE: BALY), a leading U.S. omnichannel provider of land-based gaming and interactive entertainment, today announced that it completed its acquisition of the Tropicana Evansville casino operations from Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: CZR). As part of the transaction, Bally’s also acquired the unencumbered rights to the Evansville operations’ sports betting and iGaming skins, which will provide the Company with greater access to the growing Indiana gaming market. George Papanier, President and Chief Executive Officer of Bally’s Corporation, said, “The Tropicana Evansville acquisition closing marks another major accomplishment in what has already been a truly remarkable year for Bally’s. As we continue to implement our growth and diversification…
Tennesseans politically divided on social and cultural issues but are united in their pride as Americans Nashville, TN (TN Tribune)–Divisive party politics continue to dominate attitudes among Tennessee residents on key social issues, including the state’s response to COVID-19, willingness to get vaccinated and questions about whether the 2020 presidential election was “stolen,” according to the latest Vanderbilt University poll. Despite the continued polarization, the results of the spring poll did show some glimmers of unity among Tennesseans on topics such as infrastructure upgrades and pride as Americans. With the mass rollout of vaccines and the CDC’s relaxation of…
First airport location opens in Concourse C NASHVILLE – Pyramids Cafe has been serving authentic Mediterranean and Greek food for nearly 30 years in Nashville. Today, the celebrated venue marked the opening of its first location in an airport – and fifth in Tennessee – at Nashville International Airport (BNA). “The new concessions program at BNA is starting to unfold, and Pyramids Cafe represents the essence of our new direction,” said Doug Kreulen, president and CEO of Nashville International Airport. “George Hanna does an outstanding job leading his popular, locally-owned business enterprise and we look forward to working together. The…
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – At 6 p.m. on June 17, Austin Peay State University will host its inaugural Juneteenth celebration, “Juneteenth Freedom Day Unchained,” at the University’s Spirit Rock across from the Dunn Center. The event, sponsored by the Office of Student Life and Engagement (SLE) and the Wilbur N. Daniel African American Cultural Center (WNDAACC), is free and open to the public. “Juneteenth means a lot to me; it’s a day that I get to celebrate that neither my children or myself ever had to deal with a day in bondage,” Harold Wallace III, WNDAACC director, said. On June 19,…
The Republican Party of Texas had five months to pass their ‘purity of the ballot box’ legislation. But they are a dysfunctional mess. So they left it to the last hours of the session, giving Democrats the opportunity to do what was necessary: kill it.
On Monday 24th of May 2021, The Tennessee Republican Governor signed a bill into law that will deny public school teachers from teaching students critical race theory such as racism, white privilege, and unconscious bias. In other words, what the governor’s new law entails is the proverbial saying see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil in all matters race-related, and that in a nutshell is what is wrong with America’s race problems. Every time Americans take two steps forward in addressing racism, politicians like Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee walk three steps back, making any progress made look like…