By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — Republicans who don’t wear masks and think Biden stole the election are the same delusional individuals who will have a big Thanksgiving dinner with extended family members—and end up creating COVID-19 clusters all over the country. Dr. James Hildreth, president of Meharry Medical College, told a WPLN audience last week that people should forego family get-togethers this Thanksgiving so everyone will still be around to enjoy them next year. “We are in the moment of exponential growth and so by all expectations, while we have 1000 deaths a day now, we will get to…
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NASHVILLE, TN — The American Lung Association released the annual “State of Lung Cancer” Report, which indicates that Tennessee ranks very poorly for new cases of lung cancer and lung cancer survival rates. In addition, the state ranks poorly in catching lung cancer early among the Black community. The report examines the toll of lung cancer throughout the nation and outlines steps every state can take to better protect its residents from lung cancer. For the first time, this year’s report explores the lung cancer burden among racial and ethnic groups at the national and state levels. The third annual…
Mrs. Gladys Louise Bender Transitioned Friday, November 13, 2020 at the age of 97 years. She was a faithful and ardent member of the Payne Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Nashville, Tennessee for seventy-nine years where she served as a member of the choir, and the trustee board. Mrs. Bender loved singing, creating ceramics and crafts, and she especially loved for cooking meals for family and friends. Mrs. Bender was employed by Richard Eskind and his late wife, Jane Eskind more than sixty years ago as a cook, housekeeper and caregiver for their children. Preceded in death…
Nashville, TN – Director of Schools Dr. Adrienne Battle announced Monday that Metro schools will close to in-person instruction after Thanksgiving. Students will attend classes on line until the end of the semester on December 17. The following is her announcement in full: Dear MNPS families and staff: Metro Schools will be returning to all-virtual learning following the Thanksgiving break on November 30 through the end of the semester on December 17. As I wrote to you last week, we continued to steadily monitor the COVID-19 situation and said that we would be returning to virtual learning if the situation…
Trucks lined up waiting to cross the World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Tex. (Photo by Callaghan O’Hare/Bloomberg) NASHVILLE, TN – Love makes the world go round but business thrives on trade. By May 2020, four months into the pandemic, every country in the world had imposed entry restrictions. Washington Post’s Anthony Faiola reported that the pandemic has impacted global travel like no other event in history. When borders closed the flow of capital, goods, and cheap labor came to a screeching halt. Economists predict world trade will likely fall 13.4 percent this year, its steepest drop in 60 years. In nine…
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The men of the Brentwood (TN) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated are partnering with Aldi in providing Thanksgiving meals to needy families in the Nashville Metropolitan area. “One of Kappa Alpha Psi’s five Objectives is, ‘To inspire service in the public interest,'” said Brentwood Alumni Polemarch Dewayne Collier. “Our Chapter has a long-standing tradition of providing holiday meals to needy families. We are overwhelmed to have Aldi as a partner this year.” Aldi, Hermitage, TN location, will be providing Thanksgiving meals including turkey and all the trimmings to families in need. The Thanksgiving meals…
NASHVILLE – Airbnb today announced a crackdown on party houses throughout Nashville. As a part of this effort, more than 100 listings across the city that have received complaints or otherwise violated our policies on parties and events are currently suspended or have been removed from the Airbnb platform. This follows Airbnb’s policy change to ban parties at Airbnb listings globally until further notice. The vast majority of hosts in Nashville contribute positively to their neighborhoods and economy, and they also take important steps to help prevent unauthorized parties – like establishing clear house rules, quiet hours, and…
Following backlash sparked by the decision not to air the “Great Pumpkin” on TV for Halloween for the first time in decades, Charlie Brown and the Peanuts will return with Thanksgiving and Christmas specials over the next month. Apply TV+ took over the rights to the Peanuts holiday specials in October and announced the “Great Pumpkin” episode would not air on television. Even though the special was free to stream for a few days, the outrage from Peanuts fans was deafening. On Wednesday, PBS announced it reached a deal with Apple for an ad-free broadcast of both the Thanksgiving and Christmas specials in…
Musical prodigy and multi-talented young actress, Madison Taylor Baez is set to take audiences and Hollywood by storm! Just under 10 years old and already a breakout star, Baez will be making her series regular television debut as “Young Selena,” alongside Christian Serratos (“The Walking Dead”) in the upcoming Netflix original, “Selena: The Series”slated for summer 2020. The coming of age story will follow late Tejano singer, Selena Quintanilla’s journey as her dreams come true, and the many life-changing choices on the singer’s journey to success. Ricardo Chavira (“Desperate Housewives”), Gabriel Chavarria (THE PURGE), Noemi Gonzalez (“The Young and the…
By: Anne Holt NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – She’s a trailblazer and one of the most influential women in Middle Tennessee. Rosetta Miller-Perry has given a voice to the city’s black community for nearly 30 years. Miller-Perry, the CEO and Owner of the Tennessee Tribune Newspaper, bought the weekly community newspaper in 1991. Today, it reaches 150,000 Tennesseeans with a unique perspective on the issues and concerns of African-Americans. “I always wanted to be around Black people,” said Miller-Perry. She was born Rosetta Irvin in the small majority-white town of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. “We used to love to get the Pittsburgh Courier,”…