News of the Day: September 3, 2020

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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.

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