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Memphis Rise Academy students walk out in protest over ICE
2+ hour, 24+ min ago (57+ words) Memphis Rise Academy students walk out in protest over ICE'Action News 5 Memphis Rise Academy students walk out in protest over ICE Gov. Lee visits Dyer Co. to witness duck conservation efforts "Bang:" Scared and on edge, Parkway Village residents recall…...
Google hiring for new West Memphis data center
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (109+ words) Google hiring for new West Memphis data center'Action News 5 WEST MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The city of West Memphis announced Google is hiring for a new data center in Crittenden County, part of a $4 billion investment in Arkansas through 2027. Google began…...
U of M launches $90 million renovation of business school
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (157+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The University of Memphis held a "wall-breaking" ceremony to mark the start of a $90 million renovation project of the Fogelman College of Business and Economics. According to the university, the two-phase project is expected to include $30 million…...
Education Department hands off more of its responsibilities to other US agencies
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (495+ words) Under one interagency agreement, the Health and Human Services Department will take over grant programs that send millions of dollars to schools for safety and community engagement efforts. Another calls for the State Department to take over a portal that…...
School board agrees to close 4 MSCS schools, transfer 5th to another district
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (115+ words) MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Memphis-Shelby County School Board has decided to close four schools and transfer a fifth to Millington Municipal Schools. In a vote Tuesday night, school board members approved the closure of Ida B. Wells Academy in Soulsville, Frayser-Corning…...
Students at Overton High School walk out in protest of ICE activities in Memphis
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (77+ words) Students at Overton High School walk out in protest of ICE activities in Memphis'Action News 5 Students at Overton High School walk out in protest of ICE activities in Memphis This Day in History: Memphis Jug Band records first record in…...
Whitehaven High School band wins 1st place in “show-band” during Mardi Gras Parade
1+ week, 3+ day ago (96+ words) The Whitehaven High School "Sounds of Perfection" band wins first place in the Mardi Gras Parade in New Orleans. MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The Whitehaven High School "Sounds of Perfection" band wins first place in the Mardi Gras Parade in New…...
Justice Department closes 60-year investigation into desegregation in Dyersburg schools
1+ week, 3+ day ago (173+ words) Justice Department closes 60-year investigation into desegregation in Dyersburg schools'Action News 5 DYERSBURG, Tenn. (WMC) - The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced the closure of a 60-year-old desegregation case in Dyersburg on Tuesday. The case was centered around a complaint filed…...
Haywood County Schools receives backlash after mandatory religious school assembly
2+ week, 3+ day ago (206+ words) HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. (WMC) -Haywood County schools changes its practice after receiving concerns about a mandatory religious assembly held in December. According to documents from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a concerned community member reported that Haywood High School held…...
85-year-old seamstress defies retirement assumptions with full-time work
2+ week, 4+ day ago (328+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Aging Untold) " Alice Taylor works five days a week, eight hours a day as a seamstress for Dillard's, handling all the tailoring for Dillard's three store locations in Charlotte. At 85, Taylor represents a growing trend of older Americans re-entering…...