If your child is in a Tennessee public elementary school, you might want to check their reading scores. Third graders across the Volunteer State are at risk of being held back after the TCAP reading score came out this week and found that 60 percent of third...
Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones (D-Nashville) is in the headlines again after another stunt at the Tennessee House where he attempted to walk in with a child size casket Monday. He was confronted by the Sergeant of Arms and was told he could not enter with the...
First Lady Maria Lee, the wife of Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, shared an update on her cancer treatment on social media Thursday. Mrs. Lee revealed that her disease was "in remission." In August 2022, Gov. Lee publicly shared his wife's lymphoma diagnosis and thanked...
The Biden administration has called its immigration policy “fair, orderly, and humane.” I beg to differ. So would the people who are being trafficked every day at our southern border by Mexico’s vicious and evil cartels. Biden’s open border policies have not only...
The painful thing about the expulsion vote is how it is now being twisted to be about race, State Rep. Mark White (R-Memphis) told KWAM Friday. State Reps. Justin Jones (D-Nashville), and Justin Pearson (D-Memphis) were expelled from the statehouse Thursday, who...
Tennessee state representatives are set to vote Thursday on the expulsion of three Democrat members who broke rules last week. Those lawmakers are State Reps. Justin Jones (D-Nashville), Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville), and Justin Pearson (D-Memphis). Video of...
EXCLUSIVE: The footage below was shown on the Tennessee statehouse floor Thursday ahead of the expulsion vote for three Democrat members who broke rules, State Reps. Justin Jones (D-Nashville), Gloria Johnson (D-Knoxville), and Justin Pearson (D-Memphis). WATCH THE...
Former Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich told KWAM that Tennessee's new drag show law is too vague. A federal judge blocked the law, which would ban these types of events in front of minors. Weirich joined "Wake Up Memphis" with Todd Starnes and Ben...
Germantown Police captured and arrested a car burglary suspect after an extensive chase Wednesday morning. Click here to sign up for KWAM’s breaking news app. Police searched for the culprit for over an hour before locating him. The chase disrupted multiple bus...
50% of hospitals closing soon – help wanted. No, that’s not just a dismal statement you might find plastered across a billboard along I-40. It’s a grim reality in the Volunteer State, especially for the 1 in 5 Tennesseans living in rural and other underserved...
