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August 19, 2023
Former NFL player Michael Oher accused Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of deception over conservatorship, which is coming under scrutiny.
Justin J. Pearson, theGrio.com
July 1, 2023
Tennessee Democrats received attention that they've lacked for decades after three lawmakers were expelled, professor Kent Syler said.
June 30, 2023
A Tennessee family has questions about the death of Jarveon Hudspeth, who was shot by a deputy during a traffic…
June 29, 2023
Lawyers for Morant have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a teen the Memphis Grizzlies star allegedly…
June 25, 2023
Memphis Grizzlies general manager Zach Kleiman said the 25-game suspension the NBA slapped guard Ja Morant with “was appropriate."
Young Dolph, Justin Johnson life in prison for killing Young Dolph, theGrio.com
June 10, 2023
Jermarcus Johnson pleaded guilty to three counts of accessory after the fact for assisting two men suspected of killing Young…
Memphis in May 2023
May 23, 2023
One Game of Bones competitor accused the Memphis sheriffs of escorting "only our black members" from the fest with racial…
Houston's Memphis
May 18, 2023
A Black Mississippi couple has filed a federal racial discrimination lawsuit against Houston's Restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee.
Memphis driving equality act/ordinance
April 12, 2023
The passing of the ordinance comes months after Nichols was beaten severely by Memphis officers, filmed on their body cameras.
March 24, 2023
Memphis' law enforcement certification and decertification board is expected to decertify four men charged in Nichols' beating death.
Tennessee Department of Children's Services
March 22, 2023
The Tennessee Department of Children's Services still has custody of five children taken from a Black couple after a traffic…
Tyre Nichols civil rights investigation
March 8, 2023
The City of Memphis has completed its investigation into Tyre Nichols' death and charged over a dozen fire and police…
Tennessee State Rep. Paul Sherrell on death row inmates
March 2, 2023
A Tennessee lawmaker has apologized for suggesting the state use lynching as an execution method for its death row inmates.
Paul Noel of the Knoxville Police Department
October 26, 2022
A mere third of Knoxville Police Department's Black officers believe they have a voice or that supervisors are open to…
Pamela Moses thegrio.com
October 26, 2022
Pamela Moses, who was sentenced to six years in prison for registering to vote despite her criminal record, is suing…
October 25, 2022
A Tennessee man whose violent arrest for alleged traffic violations is under investigation by state police said Monday that he…
September 30, 2022
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and top legislative leaders announced Thursday that they will hire 25 additional forensic lab positions as…
September 19, 2022
In a practice known all across the South as convict leasing, Black men arrested for minor offenses were put to…
September 14, 2022
Andre Mathis will be the first Black man from Tennessee to serve as a judge on the Sixth Circuit Court…