By McKinley Young Jr. NASHVILLE- Bowl games have started and the NFL regular season will be over in two weeks. While most sports fans are beginning to set their sights on the basketball season, developmental football teams are getting ready for their spring season. One particular team, the Nashville Raiders, have been practicing hard for about two months. This past Saturday their coaches received an early Christmas gift. The Tennessee Tribune and Wallace Media Group awarded them tickets to the upcoming Franklin American Music City Bowl. ] Raider defensive back Roy Logan[/caption] “I have been around this level of football…
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By Black PR Wire WASHINGTON, DC — Recently, CBC Member Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY-08) was elected chair of the Democratic Caucus, and Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (D-SC-06) was elected Majority Whip, making it the first time in history that two African Americans will hold top leadership positions in Congress at the same time. In response to these elections, the Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressman Cedric L. Richmond (D-LA-02), released the following statement: “When the Congressional Black Caucus was founded in 1971, I know our 13 founding members dreamed of the day when we would have more than…
By Peter White NASHVILLE, TN – The Senate Intelligence Committee released two reports this week about Russian meddling in the 2016 election. They both highlight the efforts by the Internet Research Agency (IRA) in St. Petersburg to influence black voters. The IRA is owned by Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, a good friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Prigozhin’s tricksters used ads, posts, and fake accounts on social media platforms to give Donald Trump a boost into the White House. Less known is the extent to which they also tried to depress black votes and undermine support for Hilary Clinton. The Russian…
By Raynard Jackson Former British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill once said, “To every man there comes a time in his life when he is figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered a chance to do a great and mighty work; unique to him and fitted to his talents; what a tragedy if that moment finds him unprepared or unqualified for the moment that could be his finest hour.” This was my first thought when my phone started to ring last Friday night around 11:15 east coast time as I heard about the death of former president, George Herbert Walker Bush,…
NASHVILLE, TN — In November, Ascend Federal Credit Union announced a new partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee. To celebrate this new partnership and help Second Harvest fulfill its mission of feeding hungry Middle Tennesseans, Ascend donated 50 cents for every savings deposit members made in November. Thanks to the efforts of its members, Ascend was able to donate $50,000 to Second Harvest. “I am so proud of our membership for the tremendous effort they made to feed hungry people in Middle Tennessee,” Ascend President and CEO Caren Gabriel said. “I believe this is another example of…
NASHVILLE, TN — Leaders from Tennessee State University, the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Regions Bank have announced the launch of a new collaboration designed to empower people with essential financial and credit-management skills. The Financial Education and Empowerment Initiative, organized by Alpha Kappa Alpha and supported by Regions Bank, combines the community reach of AKA’s local chapters with the financial expertise of Regions personnel. The program held its first session Wednesday as Regions associates and leaders from the Alpha Psi Undergraduate Chapter of AKA presented an interactive session to students at Tennessee State. The topic of Wednesday’s session: managing…
By Laura Hobson, Faith Family Medical CenterPresident & CEO Faith Family Medical Center is a local nonprofit clinic that exists to offer hope and healing to the working uninsured and other under-served in the greater Nashville area. So many in our region are working hard to make ends meet, and simply cannot afford the high-quality medical care they need. At Faith Family, we want to be more than just a primary care clinic – we want to be your healthcare home. That is why we offer more to our patients than what is offered in a primary care setting, including…
MURFEESBORO, TN — Turner Construction Company announced today that it has begun work on a $48 million, 95,623-square-foot vertical expansion of Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital in Murfreesboro. Substantial completion is expected in April 2020 for the expansion of Saint Thomas Rutherford’s tower and operating room unit, with the new space expected to open in summer 2020. Three floors will be built vertically onto the existing structure and will contain 72 medical-surgical patient rooms and one open floor for possible buildout in the future. In addition, a two-story horizontal expansion will add four operating rooms, central sterile space and materials management.…
By Andrew Dalton and Hillel Italie, AP Nancy Wilson, the Grammy-winning “song stylist” and torch singer whose polished pop-jazz vocals made her a platinum artist and top concert performer, has died. Wilson, who retired from touring in 2011, died after a long illness at her home in Pioneertown, a California desert community near Joshua Tree National Park, her manager and publicist Devra Hall Levy told The Associated Press late Thursday night. She was 81. Influenced by Dinah Washington, Nat “King” Cole and other stars, Wilson covered everything from jazz standards to “Little Green Apples” and in the 1960s alone released…
NASHVILLE, TN — A conference hearing Friday afternoon in courtroom 3B went the way Defense attorney David Raybin hoped it would. General Sessions Judge Melissa Blackburn took up several issues about what evidence and testimony would be allowed at the preliminary hearing scheduled for January 4, 2019. Black faces filled the gallery on the prosecution side of the courtroom. Whites sat scattered on the defense side. Where people sat was clear evidence of a community divided by race when it comes to use of deadly force. Officer Andrew Delke, 25, was arrested September 27 for criminal homicide in the shooting…