Millions of people will be wearing glasses next week to watch the total solar eclipse, and it’s likely they were made by a small business in Memphis.
Memphis council votes to send Justin J. Pearson back to Tennessee House
Less than a week after Republicans expelled him from the state House after leading a protest in the legislature calling for gun law reforms, Justin J. Pearson gets his seat back.
Lawmakers seek to reduce penalties for HIV criminal exposure law
The Tennessee Senate voted last week to reform one aspect of a decades-old law that makes it a crime to not disclose an HIV diagnosis to a sexual partner.
Parole board agrees: Memphis man should go free
Last year Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee did something during his first term that his two predecessors put off until the end of their time in office — he used the power of executive clemency. Among three individuals who had their prison sentences reduced by Lee is Charles Hall, a 73-year-old Shelby County man, serving two […]
On the verge of release, a West Tennessee man shares how he ‘kept hope alive’ while serving a life sentence
A 73-year-old Memphis man was meant to die in prison after receiving two life sentences under Tennessee’s so-called three strikes law for a set of armed robberies. God, he says, had other plans.
Court ruling creates the possibility of parole for Pervis Payne
A man who — up until a few months ago — was facing state execution, could now seek parole within the decade after a Shelby County judge delivered a crucial ruling in his favor. Pervis Payne, 54, originally received the death penalty for the 1987 double homicide of a Millington woman and her toddler daughter. […]
Mississippi loses legal battle over groundwater to city of Memphis
In a case dating back to 2005, the State of Mississippi argued that the City of Memphis’ water pumps — located within Tennessee — were siphoning water from across the state line.
Why One Tennessee Army Veteran Won’t ‘Walk Away’ From Afghan Translator Left Behind
Among the allies stranded in Afghanistan is a translator closely bonded to a Memphis-based Army reservist who is now working behind the scenes to try to get the man and his family to safety.
On The Tennessee River, ‘Fowl’ Weather Is For The Birders
Birders flocked to Pickwick Dam and Reservoir to spot rare visitors from the coast, brought here by the winds of Hurricane Ida.
Shelby County Health Director Resigns After State Calls On FBI To Investigate Lost COVID Vaccines
Reports of wasted COVID vaccine are continuing to pile up in Shelby County, along with new allegations that some doses were stolen and a newly revealed incident in which children were apparently vaccinated.
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