Category : News

Save Money and Energy on Your Electric Bill: Tips and Resources for AES Indiana Customers!

Last month, after a nearly year-long rate review process, AES Indiana received approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to implement new customer rates. Those rates go into effect May 9. The new rates, combined with warmer weather, me...

Mental Health Awareness Month: Which support group is right for me?

The phrase “it takes a village” does not just apply to raising a child or caring for a loved one — it extends to mental health, too. May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and the Recorder has put together a list of support groups around...

From Bridgerton to Grey’s Anatomy, Shonda Rhimes is the queen of romance. Here’s how she gets our hearts pounding

Netflix/ABC by Rebecca Trelease, Auckland University of Technology Television producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes has come a long way since being a scriptwriter for the 2002 film Crossroads. Her production company Shondaland now shines in its de...

Interview with Dr. Millicent Y. Black

By Charlotte Fontaine NASHVILLE, TN — Dr. Millicent Y. Black discussed the re-release of her book “Empowering Women Who Suffer from Domestic Abuse” with the powerful tagline “From Victim to Voice.” The book, according to Amazon, “Seeks to affirm...

Bullying in Tennessee is a misdemeanor as of July 1

By Tori Gessner NASHVILLE, TN (WKRN) — A change in Tennessee law that formally defines bullying and cyberbullying and ensures the acts would be treated the same as harassment will go into effect July 1. The amendment, HB 2590, expands the offe...

First-of-its-kind entertainment venue is heading to Music City

NASHVILLE, TN — Music is in the name, but musical innovation is a key part of the game. That once again remains evident in the plan for a 55-acre campus called Rock Nashville, comprising three buildings and more than 514,000 of space serving live...

100 years after teen’s death family files lawsuit

By Hayden Mitman PHILADELPHIA, PA — Alexander McClay Williams, who was executed at 16 after being convicted of murder in 1931, is the youngest person put to death in Pennsylvania. The family of a teen who was executed by the state of Pennsylva...

Washington Township grants $100 million in contracts to diverse suppliers

Washington Township schools have announced that their Supplier Diversity Program has awarded more than $100 million to diverse suppliers to make improvements to the district schools. “Our supplier diversity program reinforces our commitment...

Former mayor hopes her message can help erase addiction stigma

NASHVILLE, TN — The personal impact and destruction caused by drug addiction has affected every segment and community in this nation. Former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry is just another among millions whose families have been devastated by drug addic...

Advanced academics: High school students take on college before graduation

Graduation season is upon us, but for five GEO Next Generation Academy students, there will be more than one stage to walk across this year. Taking classes throughout their high school career, these students are set to have earned associate degrees...

We’re removing lead from drinking water, once and for all.

In 2014, Flint, Michigan, made national headlines. It was all due to elected officials’ decision to switch the city’s drinking water supply — intended to be a cost-saving measure but with disastrous consequences for public health. The other is...

All hands on deck for Franklin Pride

By Logan Langlois NASHVILLE, TN — All hands are on deck for Franklin Pride’s fourth annual event to be hosted June 1, the organizers of which are preparing for upwards of 10,000 visitors, according to Board Member Robert McNamara. He said the fes...

NOAH to celebrate 10 years in June

NASHVILLE, TN — Nashville Organized for Action and Hope (NOAH), is celebrating 10 years of building community and power for ordinary people to establish the “Beloved Community” that is equitable, just, fair, and democratic for all. It is an ambitiou...

Pierre Reaffirms Saint Lucia’s Friendship To New Taiwan President

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre paid a courtesy visit to Taiwan’s new President, Lai Ching-te, during which he reaffirmed Saint Lucia’s friendship. Pierre also congratulated the new Taiwanese leader on behalf of the governme...

Morehouse students acquitted themselves well

By Rosetta Miller-Perry The students at Morehouse College gave many of their peers across the nation a lesson in the proper way to make a statement and protest this past Sunday. When President Joe Biden gave the commencement address, there were t...