News Staff In Mississippi, Governor Tate Reeves on Monday – signed a new law expanding a program for non-violent offenders to work in communities. The law allows for 25 individuals at a time, serving the final year of their sentence, to take work opportunities outside their respective prison facilities. The pilot program was first launched in 2021 … Read more
A judge has put a stop to a lawsuit against the Shelby County Election Commission… for now. The judge ruled that three groups lacked evidence to support their claims that the commission villated the state consrtitution, the state open meetingds act, and the voting rights act of 1965. The Shelby County NAACP alleged that the … Read more
Federal labor officials are chiming in regarding the firing of 7 Starbucks employees in Memphis. The National Labor Relatioons Board on monday confirmed that it believes the Memphis 7 were fired by Starbucks illegally. In February, the 7 workers successfully organized labor union representation. A few days later, they were fired for what the company … Read more
The city of Memphis is launching a new Dumpster Days trash program in hopes of curbing an illegal dumping problem. The goal, according to Public Works Director Robert Knecht, is to provide community-based opporunities for citizens to preoperly dispose of their waste. On Saturday, crews set up on Shelby Drive and Elvis Presley Boulevard, collecting … Read more
One person died and two others were injured on Beale Street over the weekend in a shooting. Poclie say two rival groups of men began shooting at each other soutside the Green Room Nightclub around 2:00 in the morning Sunday. Poclie were already in the area when the gunfire erupted. One officer’s patrol car was … Read more
The city of Horn Lake is joning eight other cities in Mississippi making the decision to opt out of the state’s medical marijuana program. In February, Governor Tate Reeves signed the pot law, establishing medical marijuana for the entire state. However, the new law gives cities and counties the option to opt out of allowing … Read more
Shipping giant FedEx Corp. said its logistics subsidiary has opened a new global headquarters in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. FedEx Logistics held an event Tuesday to mark the opening of its offices in the former Gibson guitar factory, just steps from historic Beale Street and the FedExForum sports and concert venue in Memphis, a news release … Read more
A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 124 years in prison for drug trafficking that was linked to at least one overdose death. Earlier this year, Carlos Allen was found guilty of selling fentanyl, trafficking in fentanyl, possession of hydrocodone and possession of amphetamine. Court documents show Allen sold fentanyl to 24-year-old Austin Elliott last … Read more
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Wednesday authorizing the largest pay raise in a generation for the state’s public school teachers, long among the lowest-paid in the nation. House Bill 530 becomes law July 1. Teachers will receive average increase of about $5,100 — a jump of more than 10% over their current pay. … Read more
A Tennessee man has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for being legally drunk and speeding in a vehicle crash that killed an off-duty police officer. Marquell Griffin, 53, was sentenced Friday for the March 2019 death of Memphis police Lt. Myron Fair, the Shelby County district attorney’s office said. Griffin pleaded guilty in … Read more