NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville-based fintech company Advance Financial announced today that it received a Gold One Planet Award for Fastest Growing Company of the Year in 2019. This is the second year the company has received recognition in this category, winning a silver prize in 2018. The international One Planet Awards honor best in business and professional excellence. Organizations from all over the world are eligible to submit nominations, including public and private, for-profit and nonprofit, largest to smallest and new start-ups. In three years, Advance Financial’s gross revenue grew 219 percent – which not only garnered a Gold One…
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NASHVILLE, TN — Lee Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), under the leadership of the Steward Board, observed the Pastoral Appreciation and Birthday Celebration of Pastor Harold Moses Love, Jr. on Sunday, December 15, 2019 during morning worship service. Pastor Love has been the pastor since November 2016. Prior to being assigned to Lee Chapel AMEC, he served as pastor of St. Paul AME for 14 years. Rev. Charles E. Winfrey delivered the sermon. The celebration concluded with a reception. Pastor Love also serves in the Tennessee General Assembly representing House District 58.
By Michael Kaplan New York Post Other “girl dads” are sharing how Kobe Bryant inspired them to be supportive dads to their daughters. Fathers are taking time to honor their relationships with their daughters in memory of the ultimate “girl dad,” Kobe Bryant. The trend started with ESPN anchor Elle Duncan sharing a memory of Bryant, 41, who died Sunday in a helicopter crash, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. On the SportsCenter segment Monday night, the anchor recalled an encounter she had with Bryant when she was pregnant with her daughter. When she told Bryant she was expecting a…
Lead Introduction of Congressional Resolution Supporting Minor League Baseball WASHINGTON, DC — Representatives Lori Trahan (D-MA), David McKinley (R-WV), Max Rose (D-NY), and Mike Simpson (R-NY), co-chairs of the Save Minor League Baseball Task Force, introduced a bipartisan resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Major League Baseball (MLB) should maintain the current minor league structure rather than proceed with its plan to eliminate 42 minor league clubs. “We launched the Save Minor League Baseball Task Force for a simple purpose — to help ensure a level playing field in the negotiations between MLB and Minor League Baseball so…
The Office of Recruitment at Tennessee State University is headed across the state and select markets throughout the nation to share why students choose TSU. Assigned by territory, the team is scouting for top student candidates to join the Tiger family. Learn what the recruiters like most about TSU, when high school students should begin visiting colleges, and how to choose your academic major. Mr. Alan Lancaster, Assistant Director of Recruitment has served on the team for over 25 years. His territory is East Tennessee, local Nashville private high schools, and select markets throughout the Western region of the United…
Three charter schools are in danger of closing in May as Shelby County Schools considers renewing their 10-year contracts. District staff recommended against reupping operating agreements, which would run through 2030, for Veritas College Preparatory, Memphis College Preparatory Elementary, and Memphis Business Academy Middle. The staff considered those schools’ poor scores on the district’s report card, which measures test results, student discipline, and financial health, among other factors. If the district adopts the staff recommendations, more than 900 students may need to enroll elsewhere next school year. Shelby County Schools offi cials also proposed that the board award another 10…
KNOXVILLE, TN — Volkswagen Group of America, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee recently announced a collaboration to create Volkswagen’s first innovation hub in North America at the UT Research Park at Cherokee Farm. “Working with the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory is a great opportunity to continue growing Volkswagen’s engineering footprint in the North American region,” said Wolfgang Demmelbauer-Ebner, executive vice president and chief engineering officer for Volkswagen’s North American region. “This hub, along with other research institutions here, is an integral part of Volkswagen’s global research and development efforts and can also…
NASHVILLE, TN — VUMC performed a record 118 heart transplants last year — 96 adult and 22 pediatric patients — topping the previous year’s record of 109. It tied with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for the busiest heart transplant center in the country. The Medical Center was ranked as the No. 2 heart transplant center by volume for the previous three consecutive years. “For Vanderbilt this has been a remarkable year,” said Ashish Shah, MD, professor of Cardiac Surgery and surgical director of the adult heart transplant program at VUMC. “We performed 118 transplants, which included patients who…
“Our group of experts spent about three hours really working through draft police body-worn camera policy,” said John Buntin, Director of Policy and Community Safety. He said Metro will look at what has worked in other cities before settling on a bodycam policy for Nashville. NASHVILLE, TN – Six body camera experts came to Nashville this week to confer with MNPD, Public Defender, District Attorney, and the Community Oversight Board. Mayor John Cooper arranged the conference after District Attorney Glen Funk released a report in October 2019 estimating his costs would be around $30 million every year. The Funk report concluded…
HOUSTON, January 20, 2020 – The National Pay It Forward Challenge for Education launched today to honor the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through a national challenge that provides hope, inspiration and support to our students. To learn more about the campaign, take a look at the video. Natalia Peart, Ph.D., founder of the Pay It Forward Education, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, is challenging everyone today , Dr. King’s National Day of Service, to create a short video or post on social media, share their favorite Dr. King quote, and then Pay it Forward by offering a piece of advice that…