Gov. Bill Lee and his Democratic challenger, Dr. Jason Martin, agree that Tennessee students need timely and relevant vocational training opportunities, but the two candidates for governor don’t concur on much else when it comes to K-12 education.
In fact,...
Mason, Tennessee has become a political hotspot for more than the nearby highly anticipated Blue Oval City auto plant.
In the last week of August, four candidates had qualified to appear on the ballot for mayor this November: the incumbent...
NASHVILLE – Tennessee State University is projected to enroll over 3,300 new tigers to the TSU family for the fall.Â
It is the largest freshmen class in the history of TSU and one of the largest among HBCUs. The number does not include the...
JACKSON, Miss. — The water pressure at James Brown’s home in Jackson was so low the faucets barely dripped. He couldn’t cook. He couldn’t bathe. But he still had to work.
The 73-year-old tree-cutter hauled bags of ice into his...
NASHVILLE – Tennessee State University President Dr. Glenda Glover recently spent the night at one of the university’s off-campus housing facilities to ease concerns regarding the safety and quality of rooms.
Glover helped check students in at the Best Western...
Tennessee is starting a sales tax-free weekend that covers back-to-school needs such as clothing, school supplies and computers. The sales tax holiday runs from Friday through Sunday.
It includes general clothing items that cost less than $100 each. School and...
Brandon Calloway only had been back in Oakland, Tennessee an hour about 7:30 p.m. July 16 when three law enforcement officers beat him in his parents’ home.Â
“My son had just driven here from Chattanooga to see a couple of...
NASHVILLE – Tennessee State University's world-renowned Aristocrat of Bands (AOB) and award-winning New Direction Gospel Choir performed at the 2022 Essence Festival of Culture in New Orleans
Sponsored by a partnership with McDonald's, the festival highlighted African-American culture.
AOB, New Direction...
A federal court Tuesday allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, while in Texas — which is already enforcing a similar ban based on an embryo’s cardiac activity — a judge temporarily blocked an...
For some, it was the dreaded arrival of a threatening sea change. Others likened it to deliverance from a menacing threat to life. Either way, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion is...