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De’Rail Sims assesses Tennessee’s running backs ahead of second preseason scrimmage
Tennessee’s backfield has a new look about it from the players to the assistant coach – here’s what De’Rail Sims said about his running backs after the Vols finished their 11th practice of preseason camp. There’s a new look about the. backfield going into the...
Video shows armed guards performing poorly during active shooter training
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - With kids back in school, there’s concern about the amount and type of training for armed guards working inside Tennessee schools. That concern comes from a top firearms instructor and WSMV4 has a video that shows why he’s so worried. It shows training at...
MD Carts to expand manufacturing presence in Tennessee
MD Carts LLC has announced plans to invest more than $10 million to expand its presence in northeast Tennessee. The company will locate a new manufacturing facility in Johnson City, Tenn., that will expand the company’s golf cart production capacity and create 200 jobs when completed. The expansion will...
The Delta News Investigates: Expanded Electronic Monitoring
MEMPHIS - The beating death of a Mississippi woman at the hands of her fresh-out-of-jail ex boyfriend has a lot of people calling for reforms in the justice system. It's a story The Delta News investigated a few weeks ago. Now, there's some action to report that aims to prevent...
Heat Advisory Issued for Northwest Tennessee
The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for Thursday. Forecasters say actual daytime temperatures in the low to mid-90’s will create heat index values as high as 111 degrees. In Northwest Tennessee, Lake, Obion, Weakley, Dyer and Gibson County are included in the advisory area. Weather Service...
Educators rebuke Hillsdale College for soliciting donations to ‘put the Constitution back in Tennessee schools’
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools.A conservative Christian college involved in classroom culture wars is suggesting that the U.S. Constitution is absent from Tennessee schools, drawing a public rebuke from a member of a Republican-appointed committee that developed the state’s social studies standards.A recent mailer from Hillsdale College in Michigan warns that K-12 education is at a crisis point. “Activists and bureaucrats,” it reads, are pushing to “replace individual rights with the destructive idea of unequal rights based on identity using critical race theory and other Marxist...
Credit card skimmers on rise across Middle Tennessee, the US. What to know, how to avoid
Skimming devices aimed at stealing credit and debit card information from unsuspecting shoppers are on the rise across the country, according to the Secret Service, and Middle Tennessee appears to be no different. Over the last several months, law enforcement agencies across the region made similar statements warning locals to be vigilent. ...
Report notes ‘significant’ growth of food insecurity in East Tennessee
Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee provided more than 26 million pounds of food during its 2024 fiscal year, but the organization noted that there was also a significant increase in food insecurity in the region during that time.
‘A game changer’: TN allergy specialist reacts to FDA approving anaphylaxis nasal spray
The epinephrine nasal spray called Neffy, a needle-free alternative to injectable devices like the EpiPen for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions, was approved by the FDA last week.
Protesting Outside School, Calling Principal a Racist, Is Protected by the First Amendment
From Johnson v. Knox County Bd. of Ed., decided Mar. 31 by Judge J. Ronnier Greer (E.D. Tenn.), but just recently posted on Westlaw; seems correct to me:. Plaintiffs allege the following facts: On the afternoon of March 31, 2022, Rebekiah Johnson, and her young adult son Shaque Johnson went to New Hopewell Elementary, where Brandon Pratt was the principal, "to bring attention to the racism within the schools and administration that the Johnsons had experienced through Principal Brandon Pratt." Shaque Johnson stood across the street from one of the parking lot exit/entrances holding a sign that stated, "Mr. Pratt was wrong. Read eagleswithcolor.com" on one side and "the TRUTH about Principal Pratt, eagleswithcolor.com" on the other side. Rebekiah Johnson walked along the street on the side of the school with her sign that read "Mr. Pratt is racist. eagleswithcolor.com" on one side, while the other side read, "The Community needs to know! eagleswithcolor.com." Rebekiah Johnson and her son were on the street, which is public property. As parents arrived to pick up their children, Rebekiah Johnson walked between the two exits/entrances holding her sign.
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