By FOX 26 Digital PublishedJuly 2, 2023 Texas – CONGRATULATIONS to the new Miss Texas 2023, Ellie Breaux! Breaux took home the crown on Saturday night at the 2023 Miss Texas 2023 competition held at the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson, Texas. The new Miss Texas is from Houston […]
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Lets Take A Sentimental Journey
Will They Pave Candy Montgomery’s Como Motel Paradise And Put Up a Parking Lot? June 22, 2023 | Karen Eubank | 2 Comments | Historic Preservation I often passed this place in the mid-2000s when I lived in Bonham, TX. I mainly took HWY 75 back and forth to my destinations. It brought back memories of my […]
Is Shell Oil An Environmental Friendly Neighbor?
Oil spill from Shell pipeline fouls farms and a river in a long-polluted part of Nigeria By TAIWO ADEBAYO In this grab taken from video, workers stand by a container to collect oil spill waste, in Ogoniland, Nigeria, June 16, 2023. An oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria […]
Millington Digs Out Of Dark
Millington, Tn resident Aaron Merritt takes on the task of clearing a big tree that landed perfectly away from his home. by Don Mooney Memphis, TENN—Millington was one of several locations that received significant damage during Sunday’s severe storms. Millington Fire Chief Mike Gill says several planes were tossed at […]
Stax Magic At The Overton Shell
by Don Mooney 6-24-2023 Memphis, TENN—As the sun slowly set on the Overton Shell the lawn filled with chairs and blankets of patrons of all ages, being teased by the Stax sound as they eagerly anticipated hearing familar sounds that created what the world has come to know as Soulville. […]
A bridge over Yellowstone River collapses, sending a freight train into the waters below
By MATTHEW BROWN 20 minutes ago Several train cars are immersed in the Yellowstone River after a bridge collapse near Columbus, Mont., on Saturday, June 24, 2023. The bridge collapsed overnight, causing a train that was traveling over it to plunge into the water below. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown) COLUMBUS, Mont. […]
What A Difference A Year Makes
A Year Without Roe: Here Are the Stories of People Denied Abortions This year, facing stringent bans and terrifying health concerns, people fled their home states to get abortions or performed their own. By Carter Sherman June 21, 2023, 8:49am It’s been a year since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. […]
Our Tragic History That Must Be Taught
A trip to the birthplace of the blues is also a visit to a region soaked in the history of bigotry and the struggle for civil rights. It’s a past that we need to acknowledge and that today’s students need to learn about. OPINION | June 23, 2023 • Jabari Simama […]
Guess What’s Coming To Dinner
US approves chicken made from cultivated cells, the nation’s first ‘lab-grown’ meat By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR today Chicken every Sunday is about to take on a whole new meaning. From farm to table-an old wive tale. For the first time, U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved the sale of […]
CARLTON MCCLELLAND TO ASSUME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ROLE AT THE SOULSVILLE CHARTER SCHOOL
MEMPHIS – The Soulsville Foundation announced today that, after an extensive national search, the new Executive Director for The Soulsville Charter School next school year will be Carlton L. McClelland, who joins the school after more than 20 years of service to Memphis-Shelby County Schools. He began his career as […]