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Tennessee Has Two White Faces. I’ve Seen Both of Them.
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOnce in a while, a new Black leader pops up from the grassroots. Fannie Lou Hammer. Malcolm X. Today, we see this phenomenon with “the two Justins” — Tennessee lawmakers Justin Pearson and Justin ...
Tennessee has wide disparities in its prison education programs. Can new Pell grants help?
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn a bright yellow library behind the barbed wire gates at Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility in...
Filmed in Tennessee: Some of your favorite movies and TV shows enjoy Volunteer State ties
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWith picturesque, rolling green hills, growing urban areas and gorgeous cityscapes, Tennessee is quickly becoming a mecca for film and TV production. And why not? The region enjoys everything ...
Tar Heel Voices: Deaths of despair need careful analysis
Star News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRALEIGH — According to the latest-available set of comparable data, North Carolina ranks 33rd in the...
Officials let Tennessee man accused in fatal prison stabbing walk out. He's still missing
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA group of prisoners stabbed Charles Gordon seven times on Nov. 20, 2022. After they thrust a contraband knife 8 inches into his chest, blood filled Gordon’s chest cavity, causing his lung to ...
WNC History: Who was the dead swindler on a pedestal in an Asheville funeral home?
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Friday, Oct. 28, 1904, an Englishman “of refinement and culture” died in a boarding house on...
MTSU Mondays: Public history student helps reclaim century of records, jazz series to feature...
The Daily News Journal via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHere's the latest news from Middle Tennessee State University. MTSU public history student helps...
Homeless unsheltered in life, often unclaimed in death
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEven in death, Todd Donohue is homeless. The 51-year-old man was a frequent visitor at Norristown...
It took three trials to finally lock up this career criminal in Henderson, Kentucky
The Gleaner via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDavid Ray Byrd shot two cops and – after escaping jail – kidnapped a family, but it took three...
DA closes ‘Lady of Dunes’ investigation after determining husband killed her on Cape Cod
WFXT via Yahoo News· 10 months agoInvestigators have concluded that the “Lady of the Dunes,” whose mutilated body was found on a beach...