News Staff Lorenzen Wright’s ex-wife will not be granted early release from a 30-year prison sentence she received after pleading guilty to plotting the retired NBA player’s 2010 slaying, the Tennessee Board of Parole said Monday. The board voted to deny parole for Sherra Wright, who entered a guilty plea in July 2019 to facilitation of first-degree … Read more
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said Friday that he doesn’t have a timeline yet on when his administration might roll out a long-blocked school voucher program that saw its biggest legal roadblock removed by the state’s high court this week. The Republican told reporters that it was a “good first step” for the Supreme Court to … Read more
Family Dollar is closing an Arkansas distribution facility where more than 1,000 rodents were found earlier this year, forcing the recall of items from hundreds of stores, the company said Wednesday. The company said it plans to close the facility in West Memphis by the end of October, affecting approximately 300 employees. The U.S. Food … Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Tennessee’s first-of-its-kind law requiring businesses to post special signs if they allow transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger makes permanent her previous decision from July 2021 that blocked enforcement of the law just days after it took … Read more
A former pastor in Tennessee and Indiana faces up to life in prison after he pleaded guilty to federal child sex abuse charges, prosecutors said. Joshua Henley, 33, pleaded guilty Monday to producing, possessing and sending sex abuse material involving children and transporting a minor interstate to have sex, the U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis … Read more
A man has been arrested after a shooting at an Orange Mound night club last month. Police say Donyale Lee was part of a group that is responsible for taking the life of a security guard last month. The guard had reportedly escorted Lee and the group out of Club Memphis on Park Avenue in … Read more
A pedestrian was struck and killed in the street near Summer Avenue and Graham Street Saturday night. Memphis Poclie say 37 year old James Jones was crossing the street when he was struck by a vehicle that fled the scene. Poclie believe that car was a dark colored Acura with tinted windows and a Tennesse … Read more
Hernando city leaders got their first look at proposed city park improvements last week. But the improvements come with a condition. Voters must first approved the “pennies for parks” tax in November. Architects from Kimley-Horn unveiled their prelimiinary plans that include two quadplex baseball and softball fields at Renesant Park, along with other amenities that … Read more
High school students from three Tennessee cities have been named Presidential Scholars, the U.S. Department of Education said. One of them is Shawn X. Meng of White Station High School in Memphis. Meng will be recognized during an online program this summer. Students are selected by the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars “based on … Read more
Guitarist and singer Tommy Castro won in three top categories, including entertainer of the year, at the Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee. The Memphis-based Blues Foundation held the annual ceremony honoring the year’s best blues musicians at the Renasant Convention Center on Thursday night. Castro had led the way with five nominations. He won … Read more