A man suspected of trying to enter a Jewish school with a gun in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday and firing shots outside the building has been charged with multiple crimes, the lead agency looking into the shooting said Wednesday. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Joel Bowman, 31, of Stanton, Tennessee, was charged with criminal … Read more
Tennessee Reps. Justin Pearson and Justin Jones, who became Democratic heroes as members of the “Tennessee Three,” are hoping to once again reclaim their legislative seats Thursday after they were expelled for involvement in a gun control protest on the House floor. The young Black lawmakers were both reinstated by local officials, but only on … Read more
Information from video cameras, a close relationship with police and years of work to bolster safety measures kept a man with a gun out of a Jewish school and helped officers find him after he fired shots outside the building, a Jewish security organization said Tuesday. A man tried to enter Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva … Read more
Memphis police on Monday said officers shot a suspect after he attempted to enter a Jewish school with a gun and fired shots after he couldn’t get into the building. Assistant Police Chief Don Crowe said the suspect, whose identity has not been released, approached Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South around 12:20 p.m. … Read more
The U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday it is investigating how Memphis Police Department officers use force and conduct arrests, nearly seven months after the violent beating of Tyre Nichols by five officers after a traffic stop strengthened nationwide calls for police reform. The in-depth federal probe adds more scrutiny to a city dealing with … Read more
The Tenneessee Highway Patrol is now offering a 10-thousand dollar signing bonus for new recruits in Shelby County. Additionally, A recent pay boost statewide has increased THP’s starting salary to $65,000. But it’s an extra $10,000 annually if you’re stationed in Shelby County. Thaxter said the pay boost is catching the eye of those at … Read more
Two men from northern Mississippi have ben ordered to serve a year of probation and pay 30-thousand dollars in fines – for illegally jkilling a white tailed deer in Tenneesse, and then transporting the carcass across state lines into Mississippi. 42 year old Chriostopher Lee Jones, of Hernando, and 42 year old Heath Harris, of … Read more
The end of an era at the end of this month in Memphis, as the Hard Rock Cafe will cose on July 30th, for good. The restaurant opened in 1997 at 315 Beale Street before moving to 126 Beale in 2014. With the lease expiring at the end of the month, the business has chosen … Read more
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is lashing out at the Shelby County DA, over a decision to throw out charges against a woman accused of opening fire at a police officer. Strickland said the woman was even caught on video last November, firing shots from an open car window at the police precinct on Raines Road. … Read more
A Memphis mother is calling for action after her teenaged son was beaten unconscious while he worked at the Cheddar’s on north Germantown Parkway SUnday night. We’re not naming the 17 year old boy, but his mother told police that he had just seated a party of eight when one of the men in the … Read more