Hundreds of West Tennessee leaders made their way to Haywood County on Friday morning for the event Blue Oval City LIVE, a community event on the site of the multi-billion dollar development to give the area a progress report.
Thursday’s meeting in Nashville was the next step to ensuring the officers involved in the Tyre Nichols traffic stop never practice law enforcement in the state of Tennessee ever again.
On Wednesday, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Shelby County Health Director Dr. Michelle Taylor announced the formation of the HIV Equity Coalition, or HIVE Coalition. The coalition comes in light of the State of Tennessee’s recent rejection of federal funds for HIV care and prevention.
The bill that passed the House Monday would still allow doctors to perform abortions in extreme cases, like ectopic pregnancies, if they use “reasonable” medical judgement. Proving the necessity of the abortion would no longer be required.
There are now 66 troopers with the Tennessee Highway Patrol in the Memphis district. This comes nearly six months after Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and Memphis City Council called on the state to send help to fight crime in the Bluff City.
West Memphis Mayor Marco McClendon met with West Memphis Police Department heads to discuss last week’s news of a convicted murderer being released from prison.
Mississippi has a nursing shortage. And you may have noticed it when you or your loved one was seeking care. Now, lawmakers are offering up another possible solution.
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) announced Monday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will provide $17,198,284 in federal funding to the City of Memphis for Public Assistance Alternate Procedures (PAAP) debris removal operations as a result of the severe winter storm of February 2-4, 2022.
Friday morning, the Tennessee Health Professional Board, which is within the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH), held an emergency board meeting to hear the appeal of former Memphis Fire Department EMTs Robert Long and JaMichael Sandridge.
Thursday morning, Matt Infield walked outside near his apartment in Downtown Memphis to find his car has become the latest addition to a growing number of car thefts.
Leaders and members of the Mississippi State Conference NAACP climbed the state capitol’s steps Tuesday afternoon in an effort to make their voices heard over the latest state legislation.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves confirmed Tuesday that he plans to sign a bill to ban gender-affirming care in the state for anyone younger than 18 — part of a broad effort in conservative states to restrict transgender athletes, gender-affirming care and drag shows.
On Tuesday, the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee voted on eight bills that could affect the legal status of cannabis in the state. Three bills in particular would directly affect cannabis legislation for the average Tennesseean.
Two men have been arrested and charged in the deadly Whitehaven nightclub shooting that took place early Sunday morning. Police say one person of interest is still at large.
Almost six weeks to the day after the Jan. 7 traffic stop that would result in the death of Tyre Nichols, Rodney and RowVaughn Wells, Nichols’ parents, entered one of the courtrooms at 201 Poplar, awaiting the five men charged with his murder to enter behind them.
Shelby County leaders continue to urge Tennessee state leaders to reverse their decision to send back millions of dollars in federal funding that are dedicated to the testing, surveillance, and prevention of HIV in the Volunteer State.
Two people have since been released from Regional One Health Medical Center (ROH) in Memphis, following an interstate shooting on I-55 in the early hours of Monday morning.
The famous DeSoto County home of rock ‘n’ roll legend, Jerry Lee Lewis, went up for sale in the beginning of January. Since the announcement, the youngest son of “The Killer,” Jerry Lee Lewis III, has been fighting to keep the Lewis Ranch in the family.
The five former Memphis police officers charged with Tyre Nichols’ death could soon be without their state certification, preventing them from being able to police in the state of Tennessee.
Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis and Memphis Fire Chief Gina Sweat were called before Memphis City Council’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee.
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has unveiled plans to funnel tens of millions of taxpayer dollars to anti-abortion centers as he declared that the state had a “moral obligation” to support families
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