Last school year, the small Lakeland district outside Memphis received about $64,000 in Title I funds to help educate poor students. Next year, it’s expecting nearly $427,000.
The Collierville district, 20 miles away, got about $635,000 last year. Next year?...
As Tennessee education officials responded to a potentially “deliberate attack” on the state’s online test, Democrats called for the resignation of the state’s top education official, while a Republican lawmaker said he would move to scrap the exam completely.
House...
by Andy Meek
Anasa Troutman believes so deeply in the mission of Clayborn Temple that she co-wrote, produced and presented a musical at the landmark earlier this year called “Union,” which chronicled the story of the 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike....
By Cole Bradley, Hight Ground News
For the last four months, High Ground News’ On the Ground team has been working from the Pinch District and the Uptown neighborhood as part of an embedded reporting engagement.
Our goal with the On...
With the Shelby County Board of Commissioners positioned Monday for a vote on legislation that would mandate Tennessee Bureau of Investigation inquiries into all police shootings, word came that the Memphis Police Association had advised its members not to...
Since late last week, meteorologists across all Mid-South stations have been telling us to make indoor plans for Halloween night, because a cold front will be bringing in awful, horrible, very bad trick-or-treating weather.
Well, here's an indoor plan you...
At 17, Caitlin Brinson isn’t yet old enough to vote, but she’s working hard to get other Memphis residents to the polls in November.
The Cordova High School school senior is active in a new youth initiative called Engage Memphis,...
Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) and his district staff will hold a “Congress On Your Corner” event on Friday (May 31) to help constituents with issues involving federal agencies, benefits, grants and other programs.
"We can help with issues involving Social...
By A. J. Duggar, High Ground News
High Ground News has covered Agape Child and Families Services in the past, but our coverage has general focused on the organization, new program or resulting impacts. We strive to include the voices...
A meeting of the City Council’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday was slated to discuss a joint resolution to request TBI Investigations for all police involved shootings and support for Senate Bill 2023/House Bill 2091.
But committee...