Oregon’s U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley and U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay (D-MO) introduced the Abolition Amendment, which would strike the “punishment clause” of the 13th Amendment and abolish forced prison labor. “That amendment is known, when we are in high school, as the amendment that ended slavery in America,” Merkley said during a press conference Monday. ‘The problem with that story is that slavery continued under the (punishment) clause of the 13th Amendment. That clause specifically says that slavery can’t continue ‘except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.’” Merkley argued that the 14-word exception…
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Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands announced that it has received a one-year, $125,000 grant from the Legal Services Corporation to assist victims affected by the March 2020 tornadoes in Middle Tennessee. The LSC Disaster Relief Emergency Grant will provide funding for Legal Aid Society to provide additional direct legal services, educational outreach and free legal clinics to low-income disaster victims in Davidson, Putnam and Wilson counties. Legal Aid Society will be eligible for a second grant next year of an equal amount. “Many victims of the March tornadoes are still rebuilding their lives from devastation and, unfortunately, continue to…
The RV that blew up in Nashville on Friday morning was playing a recording that warned it was going to explode, the city’s police chief said. The recording said “a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes,” Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said during an afternoon news conference. Officers who had responded to reports of shots fired in the area “decided to evacuate the buildings nearby” and were knocking on doors when the RV exploded, Drake said. No evidence of a Christmas Day shooting was uncovered before the cops came upon the RV, officials have said.
Metro Social Services opened an extreme cold weather shelter Saturday December 26, 2020. Metro’s Overflow Shelter will be open at 7pm Saturday at the Nashville Fairgrounds located at 500 Wedgewood Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203. People with pets are welcome at the Cold Weather Shelter. The shelter is in the same complex as the Social Distancing and Isolation shelters at the Fairgrounds but in a separate building. There will be signage for people to go to the correct entrance. (People who utilize the bus can access the shelter from the Nolensville Road side). Volunteers are requested to call the Overflow Shelter Coordinator and…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The EOC is activated in response to an intentional bombing incident in Downtown Nashville. Just after 6:30 am on Friday December 25, 2020 an explosion outside of 166 Second Avenue North caused extensive damage. Representatives from OEM, Nashville Fire Department, Mayor’s Office, Metropolitan Police Department and Federal Agencies will use the EOC to coordinate ongoing response and investigative operations.
On December 25, 2020, a recreational vehicle exploded in downtown Nashville, Tennessee injuring three police officers and damaging over 40 buildings including the AT&T Technology Headquarters. Remains identified as human were also found at the explosion site
Nashville, Tenn. – Less than 24 hours after Dr. Michael Caldwell was asked to resign from his position as the Director of Metro Public Health, a new interim director has been selected. Gill Wright, M.D. was chosen by the Metropolitan Board of Health Friday to serve as the Interim Chief Medical Director. Additionally, Tina Lester, R.N., was selected as the Interim Administrative Director. Both have accepted the Board’s request and will begin immediately. Board chair, Dr. Alex Jahangir said, “Both have the confidence of the staff and the Board to move the department forward in an incredibly challenging time for public health.” Wright, the Civil Service…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Genesco Inc. (NYSE: GCO) today announced that Thomas A. George is joining the company as senior vice president-finance and interim chief financial officer, effective December 14, 2020. He succeeds Melvin G. Tucker, whose resignation was effective November 27, 2020. George brings significant leadership experience to the role having served nine years as chief financial officer of global footwear company, Deckers Brands, where, during his tenure, the company doubled its revenue and increased its market capitalization fourfold. Earlier in his career, he was chief financial officer of Oakley, the global eyewear brand and served in the same capacity at companies…
Nashville, TN–In 2018, when country music artist Ava Paige was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL) at the age of fourteen, she questioned what it would mean for her blossoming music career. That same year, Kayla and Kyle Holloway received a similar call. Their one-year-old son, Woods, had been diagnosed with Hepatoblastoma, a rare form of liver cancer. Only 40 miles apart, these two families had received life-changing news, but it was this connection that eventually put the two families on a collision course. Just two years since their diagnoses, Woods is in remission and Ava is stable and still…