Nashville, TENN – A special election for Davidson County District 33 is being held after former council member, Sam Coleman was selected by his colleagues to fill the General Sessions judge position previously held by Casey Moreland. Five candidates are on the ballot to fill the District 33 vacancy on the Metro Council. The contending candidates include: • Jack Byrd III • Martez Coleman • Tim Herndon • Antoinette Lee • Michael E. Mayhew The special election will take place Tuesday, August 15, 2017 between the hours of 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Voting will take place at the following locations:…
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NEW ORLEANS, LA — The historic headquarters of the former New Orleans Public Service Inc. (NOPSI) — a 1920s-era landmark located in the heart of downtown New Orleans — is the host hotel for the wedding of Jylana L. Sheats, the daughter of Mrs. Simone Sheats and the late Dr. Jimmy B. Sheats of Brentwood, TN. After living in the San Francisco Bay Area for five years, Jylana recently settled in New Orleans, LA where she is a behavioral scientist and assistant professor at Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine. Her work focuses on reducing health disparities…
By D. Bruce Shine Vanderbilt University’s Center for Research on Men’s Health, Vanderbilt’s Medical Center, Tennessee Department of Health, Meharry Medical College, and Tennessee Men’s Health Network, of which this writer is vice-president, have issued their 2017 Tennessee Men’s Health Report Card using data collected between 2012 and 2015. The periodic study is the only one issued on the status of men’s health in the Volunteer State. The report noted that men in Tennessee currently do not meet the Healthy People 2020 goals for such health hazards as hypertension, wearing seat belts, tobacco use (smoking or smokeless) and obesity. While…
NASHVILLE, TN — TriStar Centennial Medical Center announced recently the appointment of its Chief Operating Officer. Justin Coury, MHA, will assume the role overseeing operations for the 657-bed, 43-acre campus located in Nashville on September 1, 2017. Coury comes to TriStar Centennial with six years of administrative leadership within HCA Healthcare hospitals, most recently serving as the Chief Operating Officer and Ethics and Compliance Officer for Medical City Denton in Denton, Texas. There, he was responsible for expanding surgical care services with the acquisition of the da Vinci Xi robotic surgical system, and the completion of a $5.5 million Emergency…
NASHVILLE, TN — Demetrus Alexander, renowned in the gospel music world, will be the speaker for Women’s Day at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 8:00 AM. The theme for the day is “Christian Women Following and Serving a Sovereign God.” The speaker for the 11:00 AM service will be Reverend Kimberly Strong, Minister of Leadership and Development at Riverside Missionary Baptist Church in Memphis. Friendship is located at 1109 32nd Avenue North in Nashville. Reverend Jimmy D. Greer, Jr. Is pastor.
NASHVILLE, TN — Seven veterans graduated from the Davidson County Veterans Court program on Monday, August 7, at 1:30 p.m. Veterans Court is an alternative program designed to help veterans who are charged with non-violent offenses. Upon successful completion of the program, charges against them are expunged. The graduation will take place in Courtroom 3-B at the Justice A.A. Birch Courthouse, 408 Second Avenue South. Veterans Court is a three-phase program including therapy, drug and alcohol recovery, and assistance employment and long-term housing. Judge Melissa Blackburn presides over the program, which has assisted nearly 90 veterans in the three years…
FRANKLIN, TN — Macy’s Backstage The Outlet Store makes its grand Nashville-area debut on Saturday, August 26 inside Macy’s at CoolSprings Galleria in Franklin. The new store marks the first Macy’s Backstage location in the greater Nashville area and the second in the state of Tennessee. Customers will now have a brand new outlet to find designer deals and fabulous finds, all at significant savings. Carving retail space within the second floor of the full-line department store, this new retail combination of an outlet store within a store gives shoppers a new discount destination located right inside of their favorite…
NASHVILLE, TN — The Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators’ series of town hall meetings across the state is coming to Nashville this month. Representative Harold Love Jr. of Nashville says the lawmakers will provide an update on the legislative package passed by the Caucus earlier this year, as well as funding the Black Caucus secured in Governor Bill Haslam’s budget. Additionally, Caucus members are hoping to hear from the general public about what type of legislation they would like to see the Caucus propose next year. The Nashville meeting will be held Thursday, August 17th, 2017 starting at 6…
At around 3AM last Sunday, my husband Bruce and I awoke to a knock on the door. We proceeded to receive the most devastating news a parent could ever hear – that our beloved son, Max, had left this world before us. In those next few moments, we were crushed by a weight of sadness and grief – of pain and disbelief. But within hours, we were surrounded by close friends who came to us in our time of need to shoulder this great pain and burden. Shortly thereafter, we released the news publicly that Max had suffered from an…
By Othor Cain JACKSON, MS — Jackie Hampton, publisher of The Mississippi Link newspaper and a member since August 14, 2000, attended the Mississippi Press Association (MPA)/Louisiana Press Association (LPA) joint summer convention July 7-9, 2017 where she was confirmed as the first minority to become a member of the Board of Directors of MPA. It was soon after Hampton returned from the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s annual summer convention, where she was chosen Publisher of the Year by her peers, that she received a phone call from Layne Bruce, Executive Director of the Mississippi Press Association (MPA), asking if…