News Staff Mississippi legislators have agreed on a teacher pay raise plan, and it will head to Gov. Tate Reeves. The Republican governor said earlier this year that he would sign any teacher pay raise bill that lands on his desk. House Bill 852 would give most teachers and teachers’ assistants a $1,000 pay raise. Newer teachers … Read more
A California startup company has been granted 40 million dollars in incentives to build an electric car assembly plant in Memphis. The Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis & Shelby County approved the incentives to Mullen Technologies in the form of a 15 year PILOT project. Mullen Technologies is agreeing to renovate the old Nike … Read more
A new public library branch is opening in West Memphis for the first time in more than 3 decades. West Memphis Mayor Marco McLendon says that the grand opening will be today. The library is about twice the sixe of the old library that closed many years ago. It also features a children’s play room, … Read more
Meanwhile, in Memphis, one firefighter was injured while fighting a blaze at a car repair shop Wednesday. That fire broke out on the Bluff City’s north side near North Highland and CHelsea. The firefighter was taken to a hospital for heat exhaustion. A spokesman at the scene said that the car repair shop will likely … Read more
Memphis Police officers opened fire on an an armed man in the Hickory Hill area Tuesday morning. The suspect was hit in the 3300 block of Ridgeway, but was arrested and jailed after being treated for the wound. Officers encountered the man they say was carrying a gun. The man refused lawful commands to put … Read more
A child was tragically killed and another is in critical condition after two boys were pulled from a small body of water in the Oakhaven neighborhood. Memphis Police said officers and other emergency responders, were called to the 3500 block of Shemwell Avenue just afternoon, for the report that two boys had been rescued from … Read more
Appointments to get the coronavirus vaccine in Mississippi opened up for everyone over the age of 16 on Tuesday, and thousands of residents rushed to book their shots. As of Tuesday, 592,500 people in Mississippi had received one dose of the vaccine, according to the state Department of Health. Almost 60% of all Mississippians 75 … Read more
The State of Tennessee is assuring residents that nobody was given expired doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. The state health department announced new findings Monday from its probe into the Shelby County Health Department. For the past two weeks, the state has been investigating records, and searching for answers after thousands of wasted or unused … Read more
Critics had said it was nutty for Mississippi legislators to consider pecan harvesting bills during a year with big issues that required urgent attention — things like responding to the coronavirus pandemic or increasing teacher pay. Now, the last surviving pecan bill is dead. House Bill 284 and Senate Bill 2072 started as proposals to … Read more
A bill to overhaul Mississippi’s tax structure faces a critical deadline Tuesday in the state Senate, but it appears unlikely to survive despite a push from Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. The Senate president pro tempore, Republican Dean Kirby of Pearl, said in response to reporters’ questions Monday: “I cannot find any votes the way it’s … Read more