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May 14, 2022
At least two people connected to a delayed Tennessee execution knew the lethal injection drugs hadn't undergone some required testing, records…
May 12, 2022
The University of Memphis' GROWWTH program will support the state of Tennessee's effort to help its low-income residents.
May 10, 2022
"Does it surprise me that a weatherman would tweet a slur at Draymond in 2022? Not in the slightest," Kerr said,…
May 9, 2022
On May 3, voters in the Democratic primaries helped make history when they pushed five Black women to serve on…
May 7, 2022
The vice president also stressed her connection to the Tennessee State graduates as a fellow graduate of a historically Black…
May 7, 2022
The Grace Christian Academy student seen in the now-viral video has been issued “severe disciplinary action” by the academy.
May 5, 2022
Stanton, a highly experienced and trusted attorney at Butler Snow LLP, takes the helm in Tennessee's lethal injection investigation.
May 5, 2022
It took trips over state lines, navigating roads and laws, for a South Dakota mother of two to get abortion…
May 4, 2022
The small predominantly Black town of Mason announced Wednesday it had reached a deal halting the threat of a state takeover…
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April 24, 2022
Two years after voting to remove the Confederate flag from its seal, a Tennessee county finally has the go-ahead to…
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April 23, 2022
Charges against Black Lives Matter activist Pamela Moses are dismissed. She will no longer face a second trial for registering…
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April 22, 2022
The GOP-led legislature of Tennessee passed a new bill that requires persons sentenced for certain felonies to serve 100% of…
April 16, 2022
Archeologist Camille Westmont is on a mission to find the descendants of convicts who worked the mines in Tennessee after…
April 15, 2022
The majority Black town of Mason, Tennessee is facing new scrutiny of its finances now that a Ford plant is…
April 7, 2022
Earlier this year, the AMC Church halted pension payouts to its thousands of retired pastors, bishops and others.
April 4, 2022
The Shelby County Election Commission has been hit with a lawsuit by the NAACP Memphis Branch, voting rights group, and…
April 4, 2022
At age 6, Walton was already taking pictures from the sidelines of the annual Southern Heritage Classic football game in…
April 1, 2022
Tami Sawyer, a Memphis county commissioner, maintained that George Johnson harassed her at her home and also threatened her.
March 31, 2022
Tennessee, which has already handcuffed K-12 teachers, is now going after universities for "divisive concepts."
March 22, 2022
A jury convicted a Tennessee man in the slaying of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright, whose body was found in a…