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DESOTO COUNTY, Miss.– The DeSoto County school board voted Thursday morning to approve $2 million in funding for school resource officers. While school is out for the summer in DeSoto County, many are already looking to the future. Security is top of mind for district leaders as they head into the next school year. Back in 2017, the district said they […]

An Ohio man is dead after scuba diving in some of the deepest waters of Lake Erie.

UPDATE, May 17: The Dyer County prosecutor’s office confirmed the assault charge against Dyersburg teacher Carey Sanders was dropped last week. New story is here. Original story is below. MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Dyersburg teacher is facing charges after he was caught on video throwing a student to the ground. According to the Dyersburg Police Department, […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A state-run youth facility, the Wilder Youth Development Center in Fayette County, is getting failing grades in a scathing report on conditions at the center. Two groups, Disability Rights Tennessee and Youth Law Center, said their investigation and interviews of youth and staff at the facility, along with public data, found beatings and […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Police are searching for three teens they say ran away from the Department of Child Services last month. On Monday, MPD stated India Thompson, Calvin Langston, and Jermaine Sampson ran away from DCS located on 40 Main Street on March 30. Thompson, 17, is described as 5’4’’, weighing 115 pounds. She was […]

FAYETTE COUNTY, Tenn.– There is new information on a weekend disturbance at Wilder Youth Development Center in Fayette County. Tuesday, from the perimeter of Wilder Youth Development Center all appeared to be quiet. A far cry from January 1st when, according to officials from the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, youth in two dorms broke […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis mom who was arrested after an AMBER Alert appeared before a judge Friday morning. Newly released court records detail the extent of the alleged abuse suffered by one of her children. The baby and her three siblings were found safe Wednesday night in Binghampton hours after the TBI issued an […]

Donna Scott Davenport, the sole Rutherford County Juvenile judge, is facing renewed scrutiny over a “filter system” which allowed jail staff to determine when a child is released.

DYERSBURG, Tenn. – The Dyersburg police chief and neighbors say the system failed three young children removed from “deplorable” conditions at home on Brayton Avenue. The Dyersburg Police Department said a probation and parole officer checking on the children’s mother last week discovered the kids living in filthy and dangerous conditions with at least seven […]

HERNANDO, Miss. – DeSoto County Schools Superintendent Cory Uselton is finally addressing claims by a group of pediatricians that their medical advice is being ignored and that their emails to the district aren’t being returned.   Uselton estimated the district had heard from around 10 doctors about the district’s COVID policies. He said some have […]

“I know the video wasn’t very appropriate for the cheer team, but I wasn’t in uniform or anything,” said Te’shauria Akinleye, who said she was recently kicked off Hardin Valley Academy’s cheer squad for the dance videos she shared on her social media platforms.