News Staff Distributors for the nation’s largest public utility signed onto what amounted to “never-ending” contracts that unfairly tied them to power generated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, a lawyer argued Thursday as she represents environmental groups in a lawsuit. Southern Environmental Law Center lawyer Amanda Garcia spoke in Memphis federal court in response to TVA’s motion … Read more
A grand jury has declined to indict police officers after an investigation by Tennessee’s state police agency into the violent arrest of a Black man for alleged traffic violations, a district attorney said Wednesday. Members of a grand jury in Fayette County reviewed evidence Monday related to the July arrest of Brandon Calloway, but the … Read more
The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments has forwarded three names to Gov. Bill Lee to consider for a vacancy on the Court of Criminal Appeals. After a public hearing and interviews, the council last week selected Joshua B. Dougan, Matthew Joseph Wilson and William Mark Ward, the Tennessee Supreme Court said in a statement. Dougan … Read more
Memphis International Airport is gearing up for the busiest holiday season since the pandemic started almost three years ago, now. Airport officials sauy they’re expecting some 80-thousand travelers to pass through security checkpoints over the next week, with high volumens beginning today. That’s about 4 percent more travelers than last year’s Thanksgiving holiday season and … Read more
A man charged with arranging the killing of Young Dolph pleaded not guilty Thursday — one year after the rapper and record label owner was ambushed and shot to death while buying cookies at a bakery in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Hernandez Govan, 43, made a brief appearance in Shelby County Criminal Court in … Read more
A fifth-grade teacher in Germantown is the recipient of the Milken Educator Award, which carries a $25,000 cash prize. Alexa Guynes of Dogwood Elementary School in Germantown Municipal Schools was chosen “for modeling excellence in education,” Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn said in a news release Thursday. The Milken National Educator Awards were created in … Read more
Memphis songwreiter David Porter says he’s considering suing former president Donald Trump for using his hit song “Hold On, I’m Coming,” in Tuesday night’s announcement that he’s running for another presidential bid. Porter co-wrote the song with the late Isaac Hughes in 1966. Porter said he received a phone call from Hayes’s daughter yesterday alerting … Read more
Tennessee Senate Republicans have nominated Speaker Randy McNally to serve another two-year term in the top leadership role in the chamber. The Senate Republican Caucus voted Tuesday to keep McNally in the speaker position. The Senate speaker also serves as lieutenant governor in Tennessee. The speaker nomination still requires a full vote early next year … Read more
Memphis City Leaders will be discussing improvements along the Misissippi River banks this week. City Council members say they’re continuing to fight for state and federal funding for such improvements. Talks have been ongoing since last December. Up now… an 800-thousand dollar project for parks owend by the city’s River Parks Partnership. Those five parks … Read more
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has won his reelection contest, keeping Republican control of a top statewide office that hasn’t been in Democratic hands for more than a decade. Lee defeated Democrat Jason Martin on Tuesday to clinch another four-year term in office. The election comes amid a first term that has seen a global pandemic, … Read more