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Tennessee now has 9 distressed counties, up 1 from a year ago
(The Center Square) – Tennessee now has nine counties that are considered distressed, up one from a year ago and now including Haywood County, the home of Ford’s Blue Oval City project. A distressed county is one among the 10% most economically distressed in the nation, as determined by the Appalachian Regional Commission. This year, […]
Tennessee has $813M broadband expansion plan approved
(The Center Square) – Tennessee had its plan to spend $813 million in federal broadband funding approved and will begin the grant process in November. The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development submitted the plan for spending Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment funding, which will be used to bring high-speed broadband to areas of Tennessee for businesses and residents by 2028. “High-speed internet has become an...
Caruthersville man dies in backhoe crash with locomotive
A fatal accident occurred on August 20, 2024, at approximately 3:40 p.m. on Gettings Lane in Hayti, Missouri, involving a 2018 John Deere 310 SL backhoe and an EMV SD70ACE locomotive. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash took place when the driver of the backhoe, Thomas B....
Missourians average 1 year in jail waiting for court-ordered mental health treatment
The number of people languishing in Missouri jails in need of court-ordered mental health treatment currently stands at 344 — and the wait time for a hospital bed averages one year. That’s up from 254 people this time last year, according to Missouri Department of Mental Health data provided to The Independent. A spokeswoman for the […]
Mini-Swarm of Ongoing Missouri Quakes Now Along New Madrid Fault
I'm not sharing this to alarm anyone, but if you're interested in activity along the New Madrid Fault in southern Missouri, you should know there is a mini-swarm in progress as we speak with 3 quakes just in the past couple of hours. To emphasize, this is not a five-alarm...
Body camera footage shows kids left alone in hot house pleading for help
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Body cam footage was released of police visiting an Arkansas home where they say three children were abandoned last month. New details have come to light regarding a mother’s alleged abandonment of her three young children and the desperate call that led to her arrest. On July 14, a 15-year-old girl called […]
Family distraught after 3 killed in chase, crash in Hickory Hill
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three women killed in a five-way car crash Tuesday night have been identified by family, who are now questioning how this could have happened. According to MPD, at around 9:30 p.m., officers tried to pull over a 16-year-old in the area of Getwell Road and Cottonwood Road. Police say he refused to […]
MSCS Board approves salary increase for SROs, reallocates funds for Whitehaven STEM Lab
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis-Shelby County School Board approved new budget amendments to increase the salary for school resource officers (SROs) and reallocate funds for the Whitehaven STEM lab in a work session on Tuesday. The board approved budget adjustments for the 2024-2025 academic year just on Aug. 20,...
Memphis school leaders grapple with school safety, air conditioning issues
Sign up for Chalkbeat Tennessee’s free daily newsletter to keep up with Memphis-Shelby County Schools and statewide education policy.The superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools wants to allay concerns about safety in the new school year after narrowly avoiding a walkout by school resource officers last week and accepting the resignation of the district’s new security chief just days after he started.“I give you assurance … that our district is fine,” Feagins told school board members Tuesday evening after a tumultuous week in which she and the board agreed to give the district’s 125-plus officers significant raises.Feagins also reported that air...
Man indicted for attack against unhoused man in Downtown Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Days after being indicted for the murder of an unhoused man in Downtown Memphis, the man accused of the crime has been indicted for a similar attack. Karl Loucks was indicted for aggravated assault on Tuesday, August 20. The attack that charge is related to happened in May. Memphis Police (MPD) claim Loucks attacked a man experiencing homelessness inside of a portable restroom in the parking lot of the Marriott hotel on Front Street. Court records show that Loucks burst into the bathroom, said "Why not cleaning up?" and cut the man behind his left ear and on his right thumb.
Cookeville Student Serving On State Board
A Cookeville High School Student providing a student perspective as a member of the Tennessee State Board of Education. Senior Bonza Auberson is the first student out of Putnam County ever selected to serve as a student board member. Aubserson said she has been around education her whole life as her mother, Shannon Auberson, serves as Librarian at Algood Middle School.
Feds arrest 34 Kentuckians in takedown of interstate drug trafficking ring
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – Thirty-seven people, including 13 from Louisville, have been indicted by a federal grand jury for being a part of an interstate drug trafficking ring. On Aug. 6, the federal grand jury in Louisville returned five indictments charging the 37, 34 of whom are from Kentucky,...
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