Jessica Reedy of Sunday’s Best falsely advertised for Gospel Explosion

At last night’s Gospel Explosion at Grambling State University, statements went rampant about Sunday Best Jessica Reedy, a headliner advertised for the event, no-showing. However, Reedy took to Twitter to announce she had no idea about the event. “I’m so sorry, but I won’t be at the explosion,” she told several followers. “I knew nothing [...]

Jazz festival celebrates musical legacy

June 22, 2008 The Tennessean With an act every hour — a total of 11 — musicians kept the party going Saturday at the Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival. Vendors packed the event, displaying their merchandise for customers to see. “We sell by advertising,” said Larry Boyd, pointing to his table of fragrant funnel [...]

Second Harvest cuts mobile food deliveries

June 27, 2008 The Tennessean This is going to be a tough day for Carolyn Pociask. Pociask, the director of missions for the Lascassas Church Food Bank in Rutherford County, has to tell her clients that a mobile food pantry from Nashville will be cutting services in the rural community. “It’s going to be devastating,” [...]

Tennessee State Museum searches for Union flags

Tennessee State Museum curators are trying to solve the Civil War mystery of why it’s so easy to find Confederate flags in the state but not Union. They’re asking Tennesseans to look into their family collections for the flags and pictures of ancestors holding them. Greg Biggs, a renowned Civil War historian and lead author [...]

‘They didn’t give me an explanation.’

Grambling State University fired two employees on Tuesday. Dr. Karen Martin, the vice Pres. of Student Affairs, and Audrey Warren, SGA adviser, were both released on Tuesday morning. The dismissals came right in the middle of the SGA Election Week, which is normally overseen by the SGA adviser and the SGA Election Commission. Dr. Stacy [...]

Regarded as one of the best

Back in the day, Grambling State University was known as Grambling College. There were barracks and dirt roads. There was one academic building. And there was also one intimidating piece of land that football was played on. “We called it the Dust Bowl,” said Joseph Dixon Sr. “Not too many people came out of there [...]

I have so much things to say

“They have so much things to say right now/they have so much things to say,” Lauryn Hill spits on Method Man’s “Say.” It appears everyone has something to say these days, whether it’s negative or positive. However, their knowledge of things that they say doesn’t appear to be as strong as it should be when [...]

Let’s kill Black History Month

It’s the month I hate the most. Yep. I said it. I hate Black History Month. It’s kind of pointless these days. I really don’t see the purpose of it. To me, it’s like every other month. I get a holiday off from school, and it’s business like usual. I’m a proud Black (or African [...]

Fred’s Pharmacy leaves Grambling

As Mike Adkins reached for a bottle on a shelf, he knew it might be one of his last times doing a job he’d done since 2003. The pharmacy in Fred’s Dollar Store of Grambling has closed. Fred’s Inc., which owns the Fred’s Dollar Store chain, is in the process of closing 75 complete stores. [...]

Familiar sight throughout the city

The town of Grambling is a city on the move. While the town is trying to drastically improve its visibility to compete with other cities in the area, businesses in the town are drastically disappearing. Over the past year, the city has seen the closing of many businesses, most notably Sonic. Other businesses include, but [...]