Author: Jason Luntz

Alisha James, Assistant Commissioner for Probation, Parole and Community Corrections for the Tennessee Department of Corrections, is this week’s guest on Take 10 with The Tennessee Tribune. James oversees nearly 78,000 people who are either on parole or on probation. She discussed the programs in place to help people transition back into society after serving time and what’s being done to help others stay out of the prison system. She also talks about how the community corrections program works To learn more visit: https://www.tn.gov/correction

NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today thanked the General Assembly for its swift confirmation of six local university governing boards, giving the higher education institutions increased autonomy to support student success as the state continues its Drive to 55 initiative. The General Assembly approved all 48 of Haslam’s appointments to the governing boards of Austin Peay State University, East Tennessee State University, Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Technological University and the University of Memphis. The boards are the result of the governor’s FOCUS Act, enacted last year. “I want to thank the General Assembly for confirming…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Gordon’s, the restaurant best known for creating unique Nashville hot chicken dishes, is unveiling its new Sunday Brunch menu this week. The restaurant will introduce its version of the increasingly popular dish Hot Chicken and Waffles. Biscuits and gravy with fried chicken chunks and $16 bottomless mimosas will also be featured on the menu. Olivia Cadet, the restaurant’s general manager says that both brunch and hot chicken are uniquely Nashville, and the pairing of the two is quite special. “Nashville newcomers as well as natives love hot chicken and it’s part of our new brunch culture,” she said.…

This week on Take 10 Social Media Director Jason Luntz visits Youth About Business, an organization that enables high school students to experience the world of business in a stimulating and environment. Luntz sits down with founder Pastor Sam Kirk as well as with some of the children involved in the program to discuss their production of Beauty and the Beast. Learn how the play, which opens in North Nashville on February 10, was an interactive example of conducting business

NASHVILLE, TN — Music City strums a slow, sad song, having lost a dedicated and brave police officer who drowned while trying to save a life late last week. Metro Police Officer Eric Mumaw, an 18-year veteran of the force, “gave his life in service to his community in an effort to save the life of a woman in distress,” Mayor Megan Barry said that Thursday evening. “Like so many of our first responders, he rushed towards danger, instead of away from it,” Barry said. Many news departments reported the story. More than two hours before dawn Feb. 2, Mumaw and two…

Aerial Ellis, author of “The Original Millennial: Lessons in Leadership for the Millennial Generation,” is this week’s guest on Take 10 with The Tennessee Tribune. Ellis, who also teaches courses in public relations, cross-cultural communication and leadership at Lipscomb University, researched how Millennials are changing our culture. She also discusses how they will soon occupy most of the leadership positions in business. Original millennials are “creative, innovative, enterprising, influential, bold, unapologetic and ready solve the world’s problems,” Ellis wrote in her book. You can learn more by visiting https://www.theoriginalmillennial.com.

Ambassador Young, who now chairs the Andrew Young Foundation, is a former two-term mayor of Atlanta, Georgia Congressman and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. As a global statesman, and lifelong advocate of building collaborative partnerships across socioeconomic groups, he is masterful at using public policy to transform societies for the greater good. Speaking to a standing-room-only audience of over 600 people, Young graciously allowed a peek into his mindset as he shared his philosophy on developing collaborations, opening up our arms to the opposition, what he practices to create healing and where he places his faith. Tapping multiple references…

Dr. Katherine Y. Brown, owner of Learn CPR America, is this week’s guest on Take 10 On Tuesdays. Dr. Brown has dedicated herself to teaching the importance of CPR education to underserved communities. She is also the founder of the Roberta Baines Wheeler Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Group, an organization that focuses on bringing public awareness to high blood pressure in the lungs. Tune in to see Dr. Brown perform an example of CPR during the interview. To learn more about Dr. Brown please visit: https://www.drkatherineybrown.com. Every Tuesday the Tennessee Tribune takes the time out to interview citizens of the Metro-Nashville…

Fitness instructor Kevin Bazile is this week’s guest on Take 10 On Tuesdays with The Tennessee Tribune. Bazile tells Social Media director Jason Luntz that it takes 80 percent nutrition and 20 percent exercise to gain and maintain fitness results. This concept led him to create 80/20 Fitness, where he offers clients nutritional guidance as well as personal training and boot camp classes. You can learn more about Bazile’s philosophy toward becoming and staying healthy by visiting https://www.facebook.com/80.20lifestyle365 or https://www.instagram.com/80_20fitness. Every Tuesday the Tennessee Tribune takes the time out to interview citizens of the Metro-Nashville area who are doing important…

While social media has been here with us for sometime now, during 2016 it has become one of the primary components of daily life. Due to easy access to mobile devices, social media has grown into an outlet for entertainment, a tool to meet people near and far, as well as a way to raise awareness for causes we find important. It is clear that social media, and in particular a handful of social networks have changed the way we live our lives and communicate with each other. Looking back at 2016 these are the top 5 trends that dominated…