Kellogg’s workers in Memphis are returning to their jobs after an 11 week strike. A new contract agreement will provide for new benefits for the rank and file workers, which includes cost of living wage adjustments for everyone, and a graduatioin rate giving workers a chance to reach the pay rate of a sex plus … Read more
Influential Bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe died early Friday morning, his family announced on social media. The Lexington, Kentucky, native was 84. No cause of death was given. Born James Dee Crowe in 1937, his career spanned more than 50 years and included stints with Jimmy Martin’s Sunny Mountain Boys, Mac Wiseman and his own band, … Read more
A Memphis boy was fatally shot early Christmas morning. News outlets cited police in reporting the 12-year-old boy was among three people killed in two separate shootings in Memphis on Saturday. Memphis police tweeted that officers responded to a home at 2:26 a.m. Saturday and took the boy who had suffered a gunshot wound to … Read more
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves says he would support efforts to revive the initiative process, months after the state Supreme Court ruled that the process was outdated and invalid. The issue could come up during the legislative session that begins in January. “I think that access to the ballot is important,” Republican Reeves said in response … Read more
A Memphis-area judge has found a woman guilty of stabbing four of her children to death in 2016. Criminal Court Judge James Lammey Jr. rejected Shanynthia Gardner’s insanity defense in the deaths of the children, who ranged in age from 4 years to 5 months. The Shelby County district attorney’s office said another child, who … Read more
Mississippi families in need are receiving a financial bump to help them get through the holiday season. More than 1,500 low-income Mississippi families are set to receive a one-time sum of $1,000 administered by the Mississippi Department of Human Services, officials said. To be eligible, households must qualify for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, a … Read more
Gov. Bill Lee has denied that his plan to revamp how Tennessee funds its multibillion dollar K-12 education system will make it easier to implement school voucher programs. The governor’s administration first unveiled plans to overhaul the system in October and has since held multiple town halls across the state to collect feedback from teachers … Read more
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday that he is approving $1,000 in hazard pay bonuses for state law enforcement officers, and they will receive the money by the end of this month. The money is coming from coronavirus pandemic relief funding that Mississippi received from the federal government. The Republican governor said officers have continued … Read more
A Mississippi legislative watchdog group is questioning the effectiveness of a nonprofit company that provides job training for people in prison. The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review, or PEER, said in a recent report that the Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation has not maintained a proper database to show how many inmates … Read more
A white security guard has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black man at a Memphis gas station in August. Citing court records, The Commercial Appeal reports that Gregory Livingston has been indicted for the killing of Alvin Motley Jr. in east Memphis. Records say Motley was a passenger … Read more