A local community fighting to prevent the building of a pipeline held a rally over the weekend. The Byhalia Pipeline would cut through portions of southwest Memphis. Activists gathered to call on the Memphis City Council to step in and pass an ordinance that would give the city more power to protect the Memphis sand … Read more
People in Mississippi’s capital city are being told to expect downtown street closures and explosions for the filming of an action movie that stars Bruce Willis. A bank heist movie called “A Day to Die” has been filming in Jackson this month, with Willis shooting scenes in several places, including a street outside the Governor’s … Read more
Mississippi voters circumvented the Legislature in 2020 by approving a medical marijuana ballot initiative. People are now looking to bypass the House and Senate by proposing initiatives to expand Medicaid, authorize early voting and reconsider the state flag design. Getting an initiative on the statewide ballot is not easy, and most organizers never manage to … Read more
Tennessee lawmakers are advancing legislation designed to prevent death row inmates with an intellectual disability from being executed. The proposal has gained a groundswell of support from disability advocates and death penalty critics. They argue that Tennessee is long overdue in addressing the issue. They also point to inmate Pervis Payne, who attorneys call intellectually … Read more
Mississippi’s top elections official says he thinks people are doing a “hatchet job” on him over comments he made in a television interview about “woke” and “uninformed” voters on college campuses. Secretary of State Michael Watson, a Republican, said March 26 on WLOX-TV that he opposes any move by the federal government to set new … Read more
The Mississippi Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that’s trying to block a voter-approved medical marijuana program by disputing how the issue got onto the ballot. Arguments were not about marijuana. Instead, they were about Mississippi’s initiative process. Voters in November approved Initiative 65, which requires the state Health Department to establish a … Read more
Mississippi no longer requires professional licenses for people who offer low-risk beauty services, a change that will save residents thousands of dollars and hours of time spent on training. House Bill 1312 was signed by Gov. Tate Reeves April 9, and it became law immediately. It removes certification requirements for people who work as eyebrow … Read more
A Hernando man is identified as the person arrested for felony theft of a vehicle on April 11th in Oxford. 22 year-old Jacob Boling, of Hernando, was named in an arrest warrant after poclie responded to the 500 block of South Lamar Street for the report of a stolen vehicle from a gas station parking … Read more
Authorities say a Memphis man who fired a gun into an outdoor card game has been charged with killing one of the players. The Shelby County district attorney’s office says 32-year-old Derrick Conway has been indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the May 2020 death of 49-year-old Freddie Sledge. Investigators said several men were … Read more
The Mississippi Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit that challenges the state initiative process and seeks to block development of a medical marijuana program. Voters in November approved Initiative 65, which requires the state Health Department to establish a medical marijuana program by the middle of this year. A lawsuit … Read more