NASHVILLE, TN — The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum has announced Country music royalty and a fifty-one year member of the Grand Ole Opry, Jeannie Seely will be included in the opening of its first exhibition of 2019, American Currents: The Music of 2018, on Friday, March 8, 2019. The exhibit runs through Feb. 8, 2020. The exhibit carefully examines the previous year in country music, defined broadly to include country-related styles such as Americana and bluegrass music, and offers rich detail about the noteworthy figures and events in country music’s recent past. The 2018 class of American…
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By Jack McElroy When the first Congress met in New York City in 1789, it required that all bills, orders, resolutions and votes be published in newspapers so citizens could know what was happening in their new republic. A few years later, when Tennessee became a state and adopted its own constitution, it required the legislature to publish any amendment approved by the General Assembly. Alerting citizens to the activities of government has been fundamental to the operation of our democracy since its beginnings, and newspapers always have played a central role, spreading word of public sales, regulations, bid lettings,…
Nashville, TN—The Nashville Business Incubation Center (NBIC) will hold its 32nd Annual Awards and Graduation Ceremony titled, “A Journey of Success Beyond All Limits,” on Thursday, January 24th, 11:30 am, at the Hilton Garden Inn Vanderbilt. The graduation ceremony marks the completion for participants of NBIC’s program. “Our program is designed to facilitate growth and development of local small, minority, and woman-owned businesses through education, training, and support services,” said Angela Crane Jones, CEO of NBIC. “The program provides participants with information and access to expand their network, obtain professional certifications, and receive local and federal funded contracts. More than…
NASHVILLE, TN – The Tennessee State Fair Association (TSFA) filed suit Friday to block Metro’s plan to build a MLS stadium at the State Fairgrounds. Congressman John Rose (R-TN 6th District) is a plaintiff in the case and president of the TSFA. Rose flew back from Washington late Thursday to be in Chancellor Ellen Lyle’s courtroom Friday morning as she heard arguments in another lawsuit brought by Fairgrounds vendors. Metro is asking the judge to make a summary judgement and dismiss the vendors’ lawsuit. Metro attorney Lora Fox argued that the city’s plan to build a stadium at the…
NASHVILLE, TN – Officer Andrew Delke, 25, will be charged with murder in the first degree for killing Daniel Hambrick on July 26. He shot him three times in the back as Hambrick was running away from him at the Henry Hale apartments. The stage is now set for a dramatic showdown between District Attorney General Glenn Funk, who will prosecute the case, and David L. Raybin, who will defend Delke. The police and the D.A. are on opposite sides and have different views about when, and under what circumstances, police officers are permitted to use deadly force…
What Applicators Need to Know About 2019 Training KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Before Tennessee applicators can apply low-volatile versions of dicamba herbicide in 2019, they must first attend an approved dicamba-specific training. University of Tennessee Extension will offer a dicamba stewardship training across multiple locations, dates and platforms. Dicamba training is mandatory for all individuals applying XtendiMax, Engenia or FeXapan, not just the certified applicator. Individuals who completed dicamba training in 2018 will still be required to complete training in 2019. “The goal of this training module is to get everyone on the same page with regards to dicamba practices,” says Larry…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN — The Equal Business Opportunity (EBO) law Mayor David Briley signed last Friday does not establish quotas but it does set new rules to stop discrimination against minority-owned firms that have been shut out of doing business with the city for decades. The operative word in three disparity studies conducted between 1999-2018 is “underutilized”. Small minority and women-owned businesses, called MWBEs, have not been getting their fair share of contracts awarded by the city and it has nothing to do with their competence or competitiveness. It has more to do with their color. “We’re not…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – Music City Riders United (MCRU) released a 19-page report last week about the quality of the city’s bus service. The grades indicate a number of problems plague the bus system. Last summer MCRU compiled 619 surveys from frequent riders on 36 of the city’s 56 routes and concluded the wealthiest districts have the best bus service and the less affluent districts, with riders who take the bus every day, have the worst. Each respondent was asked to grade their bus route from A to F on ten questions: 1. Bus stop is close to…
By Jalen Blue WASHINGTON, DC — April Ryan, the White House correspondent and Washington, D.C., bureau chief for American Urban Radio Networks and a CNN political analyst, will deliver the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series keynote address on Monday, Jan. 21, in Langford Auditorium. The evening keynote is part of Vanderbilt University’s annual celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his dedication to the goals of peace and racial justice. Ryan’s keynote will begin at 7 p.m. and center on this year’s MLK Commemorative Series theme, “Our Lives. Our Movements. Our Responsibility.” In addition to…
MEMPHIS, TN — Dr. Mildred Denby Green died on January 8, 2019, she was a college professor, choir director, composer, music scholar. One of Memphis foremost historians of Black music, she taught at two of the city’s historically Black colleges for forty years. The daughter of Howard C. Denby, a painting contractor, and his wife, Wanetah Benn Denby, she was born on August 25, 1938, in Portsmouth, Virginia, where she attended Truxton Elementary School and graduated from I. C. Norcom High School. She attributes her interest in music to early experiences and to studies with noted musicians such as Noah F. Ryder, Undine…