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“I don’t feel safe”: Black Memphis residents report harassment by Trump’s police task force
By:Wendi Thomas and Katherine Burgess When Reggie Williams turned 18 two decades ago, his mother entrusted him with his birth certificate. Keep...
City Council passes ordinance to allow xAI property tax revenue to benefit community
By: Shaquiena Davis The ordinance allows tax funds from xAI to be used to support communities surrounding the supercomputer, including...
Memphis City Council approves $2.5M emergency relief fund amidst federal government shutdown
By: Gabriel Huff The Memphis Emergency Meal Provision and Housing Interim Services Loan Fund (M.E.M.P.H.I.S. Fund) will allocate $2.5 million...
‘Tennessee Three’ Democrat announces bid for Congress against longtime Memphis representative
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One of three Tennessee lawmakers who drew national attention in 2023 when Republicans in the Tennessee...
Shelby County lawmakers torn over National Guard deployment to Memphis
By: Sam Stockard Tennessee lawmakers representing Shelby County are running into a partisan split over the looming deployment of National...
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Judge recuses self of ‘further involvement’ in Lindsey Whiteside case
By Hannah Kozlowski MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The judge in the case of a former Desoto County Schools assistant basketball coach and former youth pastor convicted of sex crimes against a child has...
Lawmakers react to new data about expanded school voucher program
Data shows white students received the most vouchers, along with other disparities between the public school population and voucher recipients. By: Olivia Dague KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — WBIR requested data from...
MSCS mass messaging system taken offline due to data breach
Author: Jeremiah Hall The software used to distribute mass texts, emails, and calls was breached, but MSCS students and officials were not affected, said the district. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The...
FOX13 EXCLUSIVE: Letter sent to MSCS by board member surrounding Whitehaven STEM Center
By: Rosalyn Freeman MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The new Whitehaven STEM Center is nearly complete, but community leaders said they still don’t know where all the money went or why the...
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