Nashville – The 2024 Nashville Walk for Apraxia event will be held on September 21st at Cornelia Fort Airpark to benefit children with apraxia of speech (CAS). The event begins at 9:00 AM with a ceremony beginning at 10:00 AM. Registration is FREE! Childhood apraxia of speech is a rare motor speech disorder that makes it difficult for an individual to speak. Treatment includes intense speech therapy and sometimes other therapies to help an individual reach their highest communication ability, but there is no cure. Raising awareness is one of the most tangible ways that communities at large can help children…
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Nashville, TN — The highly anticipated 42nd Annual African Street Festival, hosted by the African American Cultural Alliance (AACA), will take place from Friday, September 20 to Sunday, September 22, 2024, at Hadley Lillard Park, 1037 28th Avenue North, Nashville, TN. This immersive, family-friendly cultural experience is free and open to the public. The African Street Festival is Nashville’s premier cultural festival, highlighting the rich heritage and traditions of African and African-American culture. Over three days, attendees will enjoy live music, a bustling marketplace, food vendors, and artistic performances. Each year, the festival grows in size and impact, now drawing…
NASHVILLE – WeGo Public Transit surpassed pre-Covid fixed-route bus ridership in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2023-2024 at 101 percent of pre-pandemic levels, an increase of six percent over the previous year. Total Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority (Nashville MTA) ridership was 2,166,921. It is the highest fourth quarter Nashville MTA ridership since 2018. Public transit systems across the nation experienced extensive ridership declines during and after the Covid pandemic. The latest national figure for public transit ridership was 79 percent of pre-pandemic levels, according to the American Public Transportation Association. Nashville MTA routes with the greatest ridership increases included: The seven routes connecting…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee (FBITN) is calling for entries for the annual Tennessee Titans Kids Captain contest. The program, open to children ages 6 to 12, offers a unique opportunity for young fans to step into the spotlight and experience a memorable day with their favorite team. From September through January, eight winners will be chosen to be a Kids Captain at a Titans home game. Each winner will join the Titans’ captains at midfield for a pregame coin toss, as well as enjoy four lower-bowl tickets to the game, a parking pass, a red…
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (TN Tribune) – The man who oversaw the Franklin Police Department’s Training Division since 2016 has retired. Lieutenant Eric Anderson, who joined the police department in 1999, said farewell during a retirement ceremony Friday afternoon at police headquarters. He was joined by family, friends, and many of his fellow officers. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve all these years with such a dedicated, diligent, committed, and professional group of officers and staff,” said Anderson. “I have benefitted greatly by being in the company of these colleagues. I’m grateful to have been allowed to serve…
ACT recently announced the college admissions test will change in two significant ways in the spring of 2025: Students’ test options will be the core ACT; ACT plus science; ACT plus writing; or ACT plus science and writing. “With this flexibility, students can focus on their strengths and showcase their abilities in the best possible way,” ACT’s CEO, Janet Godwin, wrote in a recent blog post. Timeline for Changes and Upcoming Tests The changes will take effect with national online testing in April 2025, followed by in-person testing in September 2025. School-day testing, such as the one scheduled for March for juniors,…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Roughly 10 Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard’s 1128th Finance Management Support Detachment departed Tennessee Monday, September 2, on the first leg of a year-long deployment to the Balkans. The 1128th, stationed in Nashville, is a finance unit comprised of National Guardsmen trained to process Soldier’s pay, provide debt management, manage all accounts for U.S. and coalition forces in theater, implement funding agreements with contractors and commercial vendors, disperse money, and safeguard the Army’s financial assets. The unit will be deployed as part of Kosovo Force, a NATO-led mission to maintain freedom of movement and a safe and…
Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-In July, the Metro Public Health Department (MPHD) announced that services through the Nashville Strong Babies program, the community’s HRSA Healthy Start program, will now be available countywide. The program offers care coordination, education and other resources and services to new and expecting mothers from pregnancy through the first 18 months of a baby’s life. Participants must live in Davidson County to qualify for the program. “We know we get strong babies, babies that are born at healthy birth weights and full gestation, when we have strong moms”, said D’Yuanna Allen-Robb, Assistant Bureau Director of Population Health…
NASHVILLE, TN – Friday caps a big week for how Nashvillians move around the city today and in the future. More than 100 people joined Mayor Freddie O’Connell to cut the ribbon on the Dr. Ernest “Rip” Patton, Jr. North Nashville Transit Center Thursday, the Biden/Harris administration announced a $4.7 million grant to upgrade and expand Nashville’s network of publicly available electric vehicle charging stations and infrastructure on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT) announced its selection of 25 new traffic calming projects for fall. Even before Nashvillians vote on the Choose How You Move transportation improvement program, these successes are evidence of 11 months of investment by…
When looking at a 5-year average of motor vehicle fatality data, the following cities have the highest fatality rates per 100,000 residents: Memphis, Tennessee, is one of the most dangerous cities for drivers, according to a Forbes Advisor analysis looking at the average rate of fatal accidents between 2017 and 2021. In Memphis, 25.96 people per 100,000 residents were killed in fatal motor vehicle accidents, the most of any major U.S. city. Detroit, Michigan, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, followed with the highest rate of fatal car crashes per 100,000 residents. Tucson, Arizona, and Kansas City, Missouri, round out the top five. Texas…