NASHVILLE, TN — Longtime community advocates Rev. Edwin and Attorney D. Billye Sanders have been named recepients of the 31st annual Sage Awards, presented by AgeWell Middle Tennessee, a trusted nonprofit resource and champion for older adults and family caregivers. The Sage Awards honors lifelong leaders who improve our communities, and organizations that significantly impact the lives of older adults across the region. AgeWell is also honoring the Family and Children’s Service for their work over the past 20 years helping thousands of older adults through the Relative Caregiver Program, providing support services for children and non-parental relatives, primarily grandparents…
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By William Williams NASHVILLE, TN — Veteran local real estate official Bill Freeman announced Thursday he has stepped down as president and CEO of the Green Hills company that bears his name. Freeman, the sole owner of Nashville Scene and Nashville Post parent company FW Publishing, has been replaced at Freeman Webb Company by son Bob Freeman, who is a member of the state House of Representatives. According to a release, Freeman Webb Company is valued at $3.2 billion. Bill Freeman’s career in real estate started in 1965. In 1979, he and the late Jimmy Webb co-founded Freeman Webb Company.…
NASHVILLE, TN — “It is with great pleasure, that I am announcing my candidacy for the position of Judge, for the Fourth Circuit Court in Nashville, Davidson County, in the upcoming March 2024 elections. I am Tusca R. S. Alexis, and I was born on a small island in the Caribbean. I was educated at Adelphi University in Long Island New York, following graduation from high school in Brooklyn, New York. I began college intending to study medicine and instead found my passion in law. I attended Law School at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. I came to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) – This year Hollywood is coming to Tennessee State University for homecoming. TSU will be the first stop on The Shop UNINTERRUPTED HBCU Tour with a live taping on the campus. LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s The SpringHill Company is taping the multi-award-winning series The Shop Uninterrupted on three HBCU campuses, including TSU on Friday, October 13. The live taping will feature The Shop co-creator Paul Rivera as host; actor and comedian Kevin Fredericks, professionally known as KevOnStage, as guest co-host; and special guests actress and producer Crystal Renee and music producer, songwriter, and TSU alumnus Key Wane. To RSVP for the tour, please visit https://theshoplive.uninterrupted.com/. TSU’s star-studded 2023…
MEMPHIS, TN (TN Tribune) — Janet Hooks, a special advisor to the Shelby County Clerk and former Memphis City Councilwoman, passed away Oct. 10 at 70. Hooks was appointed to her position in Shelby County government in early April. Hooks served on the Memphis City Council for 16 years and also served in Mayor AC Wharton’s administration as the Director of Parks and Neighborhoods. She also served the city when Myron Lowery took over as mayor pro tempore after the resignation of former Mayor Willie Herenton in 2009. Hooks is survived by her husband, former Shelby County Commissioner and County…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)–The investigation is continuing into Monday night’s fatal police shooting inside the bedroom of a home at 2937 Split Oak Trail in Antioch. Joshua Kersey, 30, was shot by an officer as Kersey struggled with a housemate he had been holding hostage at knifepoint. South Precinct Officer Cole Ranseen breached the bedroom door with other officers after they heard the struggle. The officers had attempted to negotiate with Kersey through the closed bedroom door for some 40 minutes. Kersey’s sister initially called 911 and reported that he took the keys to her vehicle while intoxicated and drove…
By Adrian Sainz A Tennessee judge said Friday she is ending a conservatorship agreement between former NFL player Michael Oher and a Memphis couple who took him in when he was in high school. Shelby County Probate Court Judge Kathleen Gomes said she is terminating the agreement reached in 2004 that allowed Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy to control Oher’s finances. Oher signed the agreement when he was 18 and living with the couple as he was being recruited by colleges as a star high school football player. Gomes said she was not dismissing the case. Oher has asked that the Tuohys provide a financial accounting of…