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MSCS school board member drops from race for re-election
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A sitting member of the Memphis-Shelby County School Board is dropping out of the race for re-election, he announced on social media Friday, meaning the school board will have at least two new members after the Aug. 1 general election. District 7 school board member Frank...
Hoppers Bounced from OVL Playoffs by Fulton
The Hoptown Hoppers’ 2024 campaign came to an end Saturday night with a loss to Fulton in the Ohio Valley League playoffs. Jake Vitale and Dom Maldet each homered as the Railroaders defeated the Hoppers 8-2 at Hopkinsville High School. Vitale finished 3-for-5 with two runs batted in while...
Humboldt community members gather for movie night in the park
HUMBOLDT, Tenn. — One community had an evening of fun with a movie night in the park. The Humboldt Park and Recreation Board presented a family movie night at Viking Park. Friday night’s movie was a free showing of ‘Toy Story’. Residents brought their chairs and...
Free haircuts given out at Back to School Summit
SOUTHAVEN, Miss. — We’re just a few weeks away from the first day of school and dozens of kids in DeSoto County are going to be sent back with a new look. The clippers were out and the chairs were full inside the Brown Missionary Baptist Church’s gymnasium in Southaven on Saturday morning. In collaboration […]
Ole Miss will have seven past and present athletes heading to the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics
The Paris Summer Olympics officially begin a week today, with the opening ceremony six days away. It continues a fabulous summer of sport, and Ole Miss will be well represented. Ole Miss will have seven former and current athletes competing for several countries across several sports and events. Here is...
Suspect in THP trooper shooting caught in Kentucky
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - One of the suspects wanted for shooting a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper has been arrested. The Tennessee Highway Patrol announced Braze Rucker, who had been placed on the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted list, was arrested Sunday morning in Princeton, Kentucky. Rucker and an...
MPD: Man in possession of stolen car found hiding in a dryer
MEMPHIS, Ten. — A man has been charged with theft of property $10,000-$60,000 after police learned he was in possession of a stolen Honda after finding him hiding in a dryer. On Thursday at 3:40 p.m., a woman reported to the police that her silver 2020 Honda Accord was stolen from the Kroger located at […]
Man accused of holding man at gunpoint, stealing over $40k in jewelry
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A man is facing multiple charges after police say he held a man at gunpoint and robbed him of over $40,000 worth of jewelry. Taylor Bell, 21, has been charged with aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony, theft of property $10,000-$60,000, aggravated assault and […]
Missouri woman who spent 43 years in prison is free
A woman whose murder conviction was overturned after she served 43 years of a life sentence was released Friday, despite attempts in the last month by Missouri's attorney general to keep her behind bars.Sandra Hemme, 64, left a prison in Chillicothe, hours after a judge threatened to hold the attorney general's office in contempt if they continued to fight against her release. She reunited with her family at a nearby park, where she hugged her sister, daughter and granddaughter. "You were just a baby when your mom sent me a picture of you," she said. "You looked just like your...
David Pollack Names SEC Team With ‘Gorgeous’ College Football Schedule
The 2024 College Football season is coming up fast and it will have a new look to it. The College Football Playoff is expanding from four teams to 12, and the nation's most powerful conference, the SEC, has added two major programs in the Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners. Although ...
Outdoor Notes: Conservation raffle tickets on sale now
NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation (TWRF) has put together 10 prize packages totaling more than $290,000 for the 2024 Wildlife Conservation Raffle. Proceeds from the raffle fund important conservation projects like public land acquisition and habitat management. A new prize this year is a Caymas CX bass boat, valued at $80,000. Returning is a $50,000 voucher, which can be applied to a new vehicle from any Mid-South Ford dealership, and an Oliver travel trailer valued at $90,500. ...
Tennessee Supreme court suspends Montgomery County attorney for practicing law illegally
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — The Tennessee Supreme court suspended a Montgomery County attorney for practicing law with a suspended license. In January 2020, Clarksville attorney Colleen Ann Hyder did not pay her professional privilege tax and continued representing clients which is against Tennessee law. Licensed attorneys are required...
U.S. Senate committee criticizes VUMC’s release of patient records
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee released a report this past April entitled “How State Attorneys General Target Transgender Youth and Adults by Weaponizing the Medicaid Program and their Health Oversight Authority” which criticized the way in which Vanderbilt University Medical Center cooperated in an investigation by the Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, ongoing since September 2022.
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