News Staff A not-for-profit blood service in Mississippi says it’s facing an urgent need for donations from people with all blood types. Mississippi Blood Services is the only blood center headquartered in Mississippi servicing Mississippi patients. Its inventory is currently lower than it’s been in years, WLBT-TV reports. The deficit is causing some patients to have to … Read more
Family and friends of slain rapper Young Dolph have remembered him as a generous philanthropist, skilled businessman and loving father at a ceremony renaming a street for him in the same area of Memphis where he grew up — and also was gunned down. Wednesday’s ceremony came weeks after the rapper was fatally shot Nov. … Read more
President Joe Biden has granted an emergency declaration in Tennessee that will make federal assistance available to nine counties damaged by this weekend’s tornadoes. Gov. Bill Lee announced the declaration on Tuesday after requesting it the previous day. With the declaration, Cheatham, Decatur, Dickson, Dyer, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Stewart, and Weakley counties can seek reimbursement … Read more
A local judge has heard from relatives of a woman and daughter who were brutally stabbed and killed in their apartment in 1987. Family members of Charisse Christopher and her daughter Lacie Jo say their lives have been shattered by the killings. They spoke during a sentencing hearing Tuesday for Pervis Payne, who had been … Read more
When a tornado touched down in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in the middle of the night, its violence was centered on one friendly subdivision. It’s a place where everyone waved at one another, and giggling children spent afternoons tooling around on bicycles on the sidewalks. Fourteen people died in a few blocks. Eleven of them were … Read more
A child in Mississippi has died of influenza, marking the first pediatric flu death of the season, Mississippi Health Department officials say. The department of health did not release the age of the child who died or where in the state the death occurred. State Epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers said officials are starting to see … Read more
A bizarre death investigation underway in Memphis, where poclie say a man died aftyer he was struck by an unknown object. Poclie found the man dead near Pine and Eastmoreland SUnday night. Anyone with information about the case is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 901-528-CASH. Pocli,e say they do not know what object the … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday turned away a request by Johnson & Johnson to halt a Mississippi lawsuit over its talcum powder products. As is typical, the high court did not say anything in turning away the case, which was included in a long list of cases the court said it would not hear. The … Read more
While Kentucky took the worst damage from a deadly tornado-producing storm system that slammed the region overnight Friday, Tennessee saw its share of destruction as well. At least seven tornadoes struck the Volunteer State, killing four people as they ripped through several West and Middle Tennessee towns. On Monday, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee requested federal … Read more
Workers, volunteers and members of the National Guard were spreading across tornado-damaged areas of Kentucky to assist with recovery tasks large and small. The work ranges from replacing thousands of damaged utility poles to delivering bottles of drinking water. The tornado outbreak Friday killed at least 88 people in five states. Seventy-four of them were … Read more