Here’s everything you need to know going on in the Mid-South:
- Mississippi has made its final selection in its new state flag competition. The proposed flag features a magnolia flower emblem and the phrase “In God We Trust.” Now, it’s up to the voters to vote on the flag in November.
- With multiple break-ins of Memphis firefighters’ cars at various stations across the city, the Memphis Firefighters Association is offering a reward to anyone that helps lead to the arrest of the culprits.
- The negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic on local businesses continue. The Peabody Hotel announced it has to lay off over 50 employees.
- Teenager Kamani Fisher was arrested in the attempted assault and kidnapping of a woman on the Germantown Greenway Trail on Monday.
- The president of the Memphis Police Association Mike Williams is retiring, and Essica Cage, the first African American woman ever in the position, is taking his place.