NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Much of Dr. Feagins’ first day of work has been well-documented on the MSCS website. In addition to a highlight reel of...
Originally published on http://www.tri-statedefender.com After a string of solos, duets and small group performances, Tennessee Mass … The post TSDtv: Tennessee Mass Choir members show up,...
Tri-State Defender’s Bernal E. Smith presents, The 2nd Annual Best In Black Awards, There were nearly 800 nominations with 178 … The post Tri-State Defender /...
TH NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The Families First Community Grant program was created as an additional method to invest TANF funds in ways to provide assistance...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Before the amendments approved Tuesday, board policy required candidates to have a certain amount of in-school experience and training in education. Under...
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Excerpt: Greenville Mayor Errick D. Simmons released a statement, expressing the city’s shock and sadness shortly after Johnson’s death. Simmons said hearts...
The sanctuary at Abyssinian Missionary Baptist Church, 3890 Millbranch Rd., overflowed with celebrants of Imani (faith) – the concluding principle of the seven-day observation of Kwanzaa...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — “The things we have seen among our juveniles has just really alarmed all Memphians. The thing that we do know, if they’re...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — “This was both a mission and a job for me because I wanted to make sure different voices were heard and different...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Dedicated community organizations such as LeMoyne-Owen and its 160 years of educating young people; STAX Records and its historic creation of the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The grants include $10.3 million awarded to 144 U.S local newsrooms as part of the COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant Program. The...
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — “I actually moved our son’s desk from his room into my workspace to help him understand, WE ARE STILL LEARNING AND...
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The five-year old co-powering this deed is Carl Grandberry V. He and his partner-mother Shauna Jones-Grandberry have arranged to be on...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — On March 20, exactly eight months until our destination wedding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, my fiancé, Lorenzo Herman and I received a...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — As of March 31, the Mississippi State Department of Health’s website was reporting 1,073 total cases statewide and 22 fatalities. Marshall County,...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — “We will never take the approach of just being happy to being there,” Silverfield said about the Tigers making the Cotton Bowl,...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — To friends and those who knew him best, Mr. Robinson was a fierce advocate for public housing residents. Others held a much...
THE NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — “My message will be one of hope,” said Dr. Nelms. “I will extol the power of education. Mama told me, ‘If...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Early voting for runoff elections for Memphis City Council District 1 and District 7 is now underway. Meanwhile, Shelby County Election Commission...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — At some point in the future, the lighting in the athletic locker rooms at Riverview K-8 School likely will mostly go unnoticed. Such...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — The 2019 Soulsville USA Festival brought its annual – and ample – supply of joy, entertainment, camerderie and adventure to the historic Soulsville...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — Pen the title Shelby County Sheriff to that reflection and add the name Floyd Bonner Jr. and you have a point of...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — On September 20, Playback Memphis staged its second annual Frayser Matters performance, but it was a first appearance for the members of...
NEW TRI-STATE DEFENDER — It’s not like Monday was the first time these new-look Grizzlies started sluggishly on the offensive end. Against both Maccabi Haifa and the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — As for “Young Cyntoia” specifically, “I would tell her, you don’t know half the things that you think you know,” she said. “I...