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MLK50: A News Source for The Most Vulnerable
By Peter White MEMPHIS, TN — Wendi Thomas runs an online news operation in Memphis called MLK50. She specializes in investigations that do not endear her to the power elite there. Memphis Mayor Jim Stickland […]
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Franklin Residents Face Racial History
By Clint Confehr FRANKLIN, TN — With citizen groups talking about disrupting bias and why it’s hard for white people to talk about racism, another group has reached its $150,000 goal toward placing a bronze […]
Knoxville
Middlebrook Appointed to Lead Police Advisory Review Committee
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — LaKenya Middlebrook was chosen by Mayor Indya Kincannon as the new Executive Director of the Police Advisory and Review Committee for Knoxville. The purpose of PARC is to strengthen […]
Knoxville
Taking it to the Streets: Mural of BLM
By Vivian Shipe KNOXVILLE, TN — It happened. Despite the late night announcement by Mayor Indya Kincannon to the 10 pm News that it was a no go…Despite the”mysterious’’ water main break at 6:15 am, […]
Memphis
Clergy Members “Upset” by Memphis Mayor’s Claim of Consensus on Police Reform
By Maya Smith Memphis Flyer MEMPHIS, TN — A group of Black clergy members said they were “surprised and upset” by city officials’ at last week’s press conference in which they laid out steps to […]
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Civil Rights Museum Seen as Alternative to Changing Road Named After Racist Senator
By Clint Confehr COLUMBIA, TN — Several Maury County residents want to rename Carmack Boulevard “because of Edward Carmack’s racist history.” Knowing the late U.S. senator’s record, the mayor offered alternatives. “Instead of a change,” […]
Nashville
Drake Succeeds Johnson in Overseeing Services Bureau
NASHVILLE, TN — Chief Steve Anderson announced that Deputy Chief John Drake, a 32-year veteran of the MNPD, assumed command of the department’s Community Services Bureau on Tuesday, June 16, succeeding Deputy Chief Brian Johnson […]
Nashville
Judge Makes Sports Authority Vote Again on Stadium
Chancellor Ellen Hobbes Lyle ordered the Sports Authority to give five days notice before voting again on the soccer stadium construction contract. NASHVILLE, TN – Chancellor Ellen Hobbes Lyle has invalidated the $218 million soccer […]
Nashville
Recovered from COVID-19, Nurse Keeps College Pledge
By Clint Confehr ANTIOCH, TN — An Aquinas College Nursing School graduate feels obliged to warn people about COVID-19 because of an oath she made upon graduating six years ago. The Davidson County mother of […]
