Mayor Jim Strickland announced that micro-loans are going to be available for Memphis business owners. "Our small businesses have been hit hardest by this pandemic," the mayor said. "To help ease the burden, we have the created two micro-loan programs intended to...
During the global coronavirus pandemic, the city of Memphis, Tennessee, has never looked more out of character. Beale Street is a ghost town, the FedEx Forum is empty and Riverside Drive is blocked off. While Memphians are staying in their homes, businesses and...
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issued a warning to local elected leaders who are cracking down on religious liberty. "If you send police after worshippers trying to social distance, you are going to have Mississippians revolt," the governor wrote on Twitter. He...
Collierville Mayor Stan Joyner saved the Easter Bunny! The Tennessee mayor issued a proclamation declaring the Easter Bunny to be an essential worker. PROCLAMATION: “Whereas, this time of year, there is a special visitor who leaves surprises in homes to celebrate...
Police in Greenville, Mississippi raided the parking lot of Temple Baptist Church during a drive-in prayer service and issued $500 fines to everyone in attendance – including many elderly congregants. Pastor Arthur Scott told the Todd Starnes Radio Show that he was...
A black, pro-life lawmaker who supported school vouchers has been expelled from the Tennessee Democratic Party's upcoming primary. State Rep. John DeBerry, who was elected to serve the Memphis area in 1994, was ousted by the party's executive committee on Wednesday...
THE MIGHTY 990 KWAM is offering small businesses across Memphis a free week of advertising. It’s just one significant way the news and talk radio station is lending a helping hand to the community during the global pandemic. “We've covered the stories of neighbors...
Over a dozen churches in Shelby County, Tenn., have allegedly violated the state’s ‘safer-at-home’ orders as a “nonessential business” WREG reported. The county, which encompasses the city of Memphis, ruled last week that churches cannot operate if they have more...
Shocking video obtained by WREG shows a man slamming a concrete truck into cars and trucks on Goodman Road in Desoto County, Mississippi. “I look to my left and I see the police coming down with a concrete truck on the side. Each one of them, each officer on the...
