NASHVILLE, TN — In the late 1950s, Charles Strobel sat in the classrooms of Father Ryan High School on Elliston Place and absorbed the message of Christian love. He followed the example of his teacher, then-Father Jim Zralek, and served those on the margins of the community, at places like the Sugar Shack and in the shacks of North Nashville. It was on the Father Ryan campus that he launched a life of service. Now, generations of Father Ryan students will have his example to guide them as they begin their own paths of service. On April 22, Father Ryan…
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GREATER KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (TN Tribune): The eighth annual Tennessee Pirate Fest invites you to go back in time to the Age of Piracy. This outdoor daytime family entertainment-oriented festival will be held the last two weekends in May including Memorial Day at the Tennessee Medieval Faire site in Harriman–just 30 miles west of Turkey Creek. “Get Yer Pirate On! with famous British privateer, Sir Captain Henry Morgan, in Port Royal, Jamaica, circa 1679. Now as Governor of Jamaica, Captain Morgan is throwing a festival in his honor, and all are invited – especially YOU. Drama awaits as Lord Carbery, of…
Nashville, TN – Fisk University, one of the nation’s oldest historically Black universities (HBCUs), is proud to announce award-winning ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts, co-anchor of the prestigious news magazine, “20/20.” and Al Roker, weather and feature anchor of NBC News’ TODAY, as co-speakers for the university’s historic 150th commencement ceremony on Monday, May 6th, 2024. As a seasoned media veteran, Roberts has explored the world in pursuit of her reporting. Her thorough coverage of current events led to her receiving a prestigious Peabody Award for the “20/20” special “Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor.” With multiple Emmy® Awards to her name,…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-The Tennessee Supreme Court announced, today, that starting with the July 2027 administration of the bar examination, law school graduates applying to become licensed attorneys in Tennessee will take the “NextGen Bar Exam” rather than the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE), which has been used in Tennessee since February 2019. The UBE is prepared by the National Conference of Bar Examiners. Tennessee has administered the UBE each February and July, and will continue to administer the UBE until it transitions to the NextGen examination in July 2027. To update the bar exam, the National Conference of Bar Examiners…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A 13-year brood of periodical cicadas, recognized for their loud chirping, are expected to emerge in Middle Tennessee and several southeastern counties in May. Denoted as “Brood XIX,” these cicadas have been living 13 years underground while they develop, and they will emerge as adults when the soil temperature at 8 inches deep reaches 64 degrees, which is estimated to be in early May. “Get ready to experience some periodic cicada emergence this spring. Don’t worry; you will hear them well. If you are a bug enthusiast, get out there and enjoy. If you are not, don’t…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) is holding a Rapid Hiring Event on May 3 & 4 from 9:00 a.m. CDT to 6:00 p.m. CDT. It will take place at TDOC’s Community Resource Center, located 15 minutes north of Nashville at 900 Madison Square, in Madison, TN. Attendees can receive a same-day conditional job offer by completing their interview and all pre-employment requirements onsite at the event. To save time, applicants may schedule their interview by submitting the TDOC Rapid Hire Employment Application online. Walk-ins are also welcome. WHAT: Rapid Hiring Event – Middle Region WHEN: Friday, May 3, 2024, 9:00…
EMMITSBURG, Md. – The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation (NFFF) will host the 43rd National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend (Memorial Weekend) on May 4-5, 2024 in Emmitsburg, Maryland. This year’s national tribute will honor 89 firefighters who died in the line of duty in 2023 and 137 firefighters who died in previous years. The honorees will include the following Tennessee firefighters: Firefighter Jeffrey Arick, age 45, of the Memphis Fire Department, suffered a heart attack and died at home on 8/8/20, several hours after responding to and working at an MVA to coordinate an extended patient extrication from the vehicle. Engineer Malcolm Arrington, age 54, of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Nashville event provided an unforgettable running tour of Music City for over 23,000 registered runners. With a distance for everyone, Saturday’s distances included a 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon. The event continues Sunday with a 1-mile, KiDSROCK and Doggie Dash events. Saturday’s St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series Nashville marathon also saw elite runners take to the course. It was Mitchell Small (Atlanta, GA) with a time of 2:27:33 and winning in a time of Kate van Buskirk (Brampton, ON CA) 2:27:40 coming home victorious in the men’s and women’s races,…
Nashville, TN — The beautiful campus of Scarritt-Bennett Conference Center is the setting for all Church Women United members and future members in the state of Tennessee to meet and network for an inspiring 2 days, May 24-25, 2024. We welcome all Christian women to attend. Our National President, Mira J. Washington, will be presenting “CWU’s Got a New Attitude”. As a servant leader, motivational speaker, and social justice advocate, President Washington brings a wealth of inspiration and wisdom to our gathering. The CWU Assembly will be a transformative gathering designed to ignite and empower communities across the state. This…
Nashville, Tenn.-Nearly 100 union nurses from across the U.S. protested outside the April 27 Frist Family Gala at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville, Tenn., a black-tie event named for the family that founded and is a major shareholder in HCA, the largest for-profit health care company in the country. The protesting nurses work at HCA facilities, where they are in contract negotiations this year represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU), the largest union of nurses in the U.S. today. “It was black-tie inside, but we were outside in red,” said Molly Zenker, RN at HCA-owned Mission…