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Family rejects $26M from AI company to keep farmland from being turned into a data center

By Brenda Ordonez and Gray News staff MAYSVILLE, Ky. (WXIX/Gray News) — A Northern Kentucky family is standing firm by turning down $26...

Shelby County deputies accused of choking, holding man at gunpoint, court docs say

By Stuart Rucker MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - Court documents reveal new details following the arrest of two Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies...

Arlington mayor accused of stealing $70 shorts calls shoplifting citation a ‘misunderstanding’

By: FOX13 Memphis News Staff MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The mayor of Arlington was cited for shoplifting after he was caught stealing...

FBI opens first Memphis office in over 30 years

By: FOX13 Memphis News Staff MEMPHIS, Tenn. - For the first time in 31 years, the FBI has new home...

Taylor says MSCS audit release will show ‘colossal waste’ in school district

by: Raven Copeland MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Lawmakers and the community are awaiting Wednesday’s release of the forensic audit of Memphis-Shelby County...

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Taylor says MSCS audit release will show ‘colossal waste’ in school district

by: Raven Copeland MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Lawmakers and the community are awaiting Wednesday’s release of the forensic audit of Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The audit release could determine if Republican lawmakers’ push...

Memphis school district audit identifies $1.1M in ‘waste and abuse’

by: David Royer, Deja Davis, Jessica Gertler, Raven Copeland, Alex Coleman MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An interim report from the state’s audit of the Memphis-Shelby County school system was unveiled by state leaders in Nashville on...

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...

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