ARKABUTLA, Miss. (AP) — A lone gunman killed six people including his ex-wife and stepfather Friday at multiple locations in a tiny rural community in northern Mississippi, the sheriff said, leaving investigators searching for clues to what motivated the...
by Kimberlee Kruesi --
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee Republican lawmaker on Thursday apologized after asking earlier this week if “hanging by a tree” could be added to the state’s execution methods, a comment that has shocked Black lawmakers...
ROLLING FORK, Miss. — Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the U.S. after a deadly tornado wrought a path of destruction in the Mississippi Delta, even as furious new storms Sunday struck Georgia, where two...
Rep. Justin Pearson and two other Democratic state legislators – now being called the “Tennessee Three” after their involvement in a House protest that has triggered an ouster move by Republicans – are getting mounting support.
Pearson, along with Democratic...
NASHVILLE — In an extraordinary act of political retaliation, Republicans on Thursday expelled a Democratic lawmaker from the Tennessee Capitol for his role in a protest that called for more gun control in the aftermath of a deadly school...
The ground-level, on-site resistance to the proposed ouster of three duly-elected Tennessee House Democrats was fortified by individuals and forces from Memphis and Shelby County as a rigid Republican supermajority chose to double down on decorum.
Wedged among an array...
For recently expelled former State Rep. Justin Pearson, Wednesday may be the day he is back into the District 86 stride again.
Shelby County Commission Chairman Mickell Lowery has called a special meeting of the Board of Commissioners for April...
Now well familiar with the protocol, Justin Pearson was sworn in last Thursday (April 13) for the second time to represent Memphis-based Tennessee House District 86.
That was seven days after he and fellow representatives Justin Jones of Nashville and...
Louise Polk Saulsberry, 91, just wanted a better life not only for children, but “for all of God’s people.”
As a result, she became an unlikely fighter against racial discrimination and unequal justice.
She waged a bold and courageous trek across...
by Clennon “Wayne” Murray and Brandon Murray --
The highly anticipated and long-awaited Murray-Haley Family Reunion is set for July 20 through July 23 and will spread over Memphis, Henning and Ripley.
The planning of the reunion event was initially discussed...