The not guilty verdict was still echoing across Memphis as Tyre Nichols’ family and supporters gathered in front of the National Civil Rights Museum Thursday to make sense of the trial’s outcome.
3 former Memphis officers acquitted in fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he fled a traffic stop
A jury took about 8 1/2 hours over two days to find Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith not guilty on all charges after a trial in state court in Memphis.
Ex-officer says he regrets his failure to stop the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
Former Memphis police officer Desmond Mills Jr. testified Tuesday that he regrets his failure to stop the beating of Tyre Nichols after Nichols ran away from a traffic stop in 2023.
The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.’s final days suffers a devastating fire
Clayborn Temple was central to the 1968 sanitation workers strike in Memphis that drew King to the city where he wound up being assassinated. Before the Monday morning fire, the Temple was undergoing a $25 million restoration slated to finish next year.
Former Memphis officers were frustrated when they fatally beat Tyre Nichols, prosecutor says
Opening arguments have begun in the case of three former Tennessee police officers charged with second-degree murder charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. A prosecutor Monday said that the ex-officers were frustrated, angry and full of adrenaline when they fatally beat Tyre Nichols after he ran away after a 2023 traffic stop.
TN passes $60 billion budget, slashes money for starter homes, boosts funding for state AG
The Tennessee General Assembly approved a $60 billion budget Wednesday, as federal funding cuts put a large portion of that money at risk.
Tennessee joins multi-state effort to deny medical treatment based on religious beliefs
The measure would allow doctors, nurses and insurance companies to refuse procedures that go against their moral or religious beliefs.
Memphis lawmaker proposes a way around local taxes for developers
Developers could skirt local taxes by making an agreement directly with the state under a new proposal in the Tennessee Senate.
Missouri woman pleads guilty to federal charge in plot to sell Graceland
A Missouri woman has pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a brazen plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale. Lisa Jeanine Findley pleaded guilty in front of a federal judge Tuesday to a charge of mail fraud related to the scheme.
Stax Music Academy’s teen students mark 25th anniversary, Black History Month with concert
The Memphis music studio where some of America’s most recognizable songs were recorded decades ago is now a museum. But next door, trumpets blare, drums boom, and singers craft the soulful sounds of Stax Records’ biggest hits.
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