Two days before he was gunned down while buying cookies at his favorite bakery in Memphis, Tennessee, rapper Young Dolph visited a cancer center where a relative had received treatment. The 36-year-old who grew up on the Memphis streets was in town to hand out turkeys at a church and other locations the ahead of … Read more
Rapper Young Dolph was shot and killed at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, and a search is underway for the shooter. Memphis police tweeted that they had no information to release about a possible suspect. The shooting took place Wednesday at Makeda’s Cookie’s near Memphis International Airport. The 36-year-old rapper is widely … Read more
The state of Mississippi has named its next chief medical examiner. Dr. Staci Turner, previously the state’s interim chief medical examiner, is stepping into the role, Mississippi Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell announced Wednesday. Turner joined the state medical examiner’s office in January 2020 as the first full-time pathologist in south Mississippi at the start … Read more
A man who pleaded guilty to killing his estranged wife and sexually assaulting her young daughter as her mother lay dying was put to death Wednesday evening, becoming the first inmate executed in Mississippi in nine years. David Neal Cox, 50, abandoned all appeals and filed court papers calling himself “worthy of death” before the … Read more
Universities and a national laboratory are among those landing exemptions to a Tennessee law that limits or prohibits most government entities and businesses from instituting COVID-19 prevention mandates. Early exemptions have been granted to Vanderbilt University, the University of Tennessee system, University of Memphis, East Tennessee State University and UT-Batelle, which operates Oak Ridge National … Read more
A federal judge has determined that a newly enacted law seeking to block most Tennessee schools from implementing mask mandates will continue to be put on hold as a federal lawsuit moves forward. The move marks the latest flurry of confusion over the contentious statute that was signed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee just last … Read more
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves’ proposed budget for the upcoming year includes money for teacher pay raises, a water and sewer improvement grant program and a plan for eliminating the state income tax, according to recommendations he released Monday. The Republican governor also used his spending plan as an opportunity to promote several conservative political talking … Read more
An Elvis Presley enthusiast who has helped promote the late singer’s ties to his Mississippi hometown will take over as head of a memorial foundation in Tupelo. Roy Turner was named executive director of the Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation, which oversees the Presley birthplace site, news outlets reported Monday. Turner wrote a companion booklet to … Read more
Tennessee’s law against COVID-19 prevention mandates hit a snag Sunday. A federal judge appeared to temporarily halt its implementation of strict limits on mask mandates in schools in at least three counties. U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. ordered the status quo be maintained as of last Thursday. That was the day before Gov. Bill … Read more
A new National Park Service grant will help Mississippi State University assess human remains found at a historically significant late prehistoric Native American mound near campus and return them to their decedents. The $90,000 grant is part of a larger $1.9 million in federal funds dispersed by the National Park Service through 11 grants across … Read more