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MEMPHIS, Tenn.– A day after being appointed to an open Tennessee Senate seat, London Lamar hit the ground running as Interim Senator for District 33 and as a panelist on the “Root Cause of Youth Crime” symposium at LeMoyne-Owen College. “Yesterday, we saw three students shot outside the Whitehaven Library. We have a problem in this city […]

Your children’s education is front and center at Tennessee’s capitol. Over the past few weeks, the governor released a new school funding formula, pushed for more scrutiny of school libraries and has supported the expansion of charter schools. To discuss all that we were live Friday with state Sen. Raumesh Akbari (D-Memphis) state Rep. Mark […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — State Rep. London Lamar was selected by the Shelby County Commission on Thursday to serve as Interim Senator for the state of Tennessee, District 33, completing the term vacated by former state Sen. Katrina Robinson. Lamar (D-Memphis) will vacate her House District 91 seat to serve in the appointed Senate role. Regardless […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-Shelby County Schools will be investing $4.5 million throughout the next three years to operate Family Wellness Centers within the region. The centers will be located at Cordova Middle, Booker T. Washington and Manassas High School. MSCS says the centers are designed to expand mental, social and emotional support to students and […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– Memphis-Shelby County Schools is making it optional for students and employees to wear masks in schools, the district announced Friday. The district said the change is in alignment with recent guidance that eases indoor masks restrictions from the Centers of Disease Control and the Shelby County Health Department. However, some parents we spoke […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board Member Stephanie Love suffered from a stroke on Saturday, February 26, according to a family spokesperson. She is currently hospitalized and undergoing tests and treatment. Currently serving as the Co-Chair of the Community Outreach and Engagement Committee, Love was elected to the SCS Board in 2014 and later […]

Schools across the country will soon offer new advanced placement African American studies, including one Memphis-Shelby County school. These AP classes at White Station High School will give students a chance to learn a curriculum shaped by professors from college and universities. In education matters, we were live with James Smith, the advanced placement manager […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– We’ve been here before. Heavy trees falling on power lines are once causing outages and disrupting day to day activities in the Mid-South. Right now, over 5,000 Memphis Light, Gas and Water customers are without power. Downed trees knocked out power at E.E. Jeter Elementary in Millington forcing the school to dismiss class […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Multiple trees and power lines downed by heavy winds, rain and even ice could be seen in parts of Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi Thursday. Rain and below freezing temperatures caused slick roads and dangerous conditions. The photos below are a growing gallery of images detailing storm damage from February 24, 2022. If […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Gov. Bill Lee and state educational officials unveiled details Thursday on a proposed new funding formula that would direct more investment into students in Tennessee schools. The Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act (SB2396/HB2143) would transition Tennessee’s K-12 public schools to a student-based funding approach, replacing the complicated Basic Education Program currently […]

UPDATE: A flood warning has been issued for Shelby and Fayette County until 6 p.m UPDATE: A flood warning has been issued for Tate and Tunica County until 9 a.m. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Winter Storm Warning goes into effect at noon Wednesday until 6 p.m. Thursday as ice, sleet and freezing rain moves over […]