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A peculiarly located human heart has Tennesseans scratching their heads this week. Per a report from regional outlet WBIR-TV, the heart in question was found in a salt pile at a Tennessee Department of Transportation facility in the McEwen area last week. At first, the heart was mistaken for what the report describes as a […]
Jackson, Mississippi is experiencing a dangerous water shortage. Declaring a state of emergency on Monday, Gov. Tate Reeves said the state’s capital and largest city will not have dependable running water or pressure for an undetermined period. “Until it is fixed, it means we do not have reliable running water at scale,” said Reeves, a […]
Council members in a small Alabama city have moved to terminate two officials with its local police department, as well as to disband the department itself, after an officer shared a racist text message. Per the Associated Press, Vincent Mayor James Latimore said last week that Vincent Police Department Chief James Srygley and Assistant Chief […]
Rapper Omeretta the Great sparked much debate when she cast doubt on rappers claiming Atlanta, and T.I. has offered his input. In her song “Sorry Not Sorry,” the rising rapper and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta cast member made it clear how she feels about artists from the surrounding areas of the city repping Atlanta. “College Park is not […]
A pastor and noted pandemic-denier in Tennessee is now making headlines for holding a book-burning ritual and livestreaming it on YouTube. Pastor Greg Locke, of the Global Vision Bible Church in Mt. Juliet, was reported by the Guardian and others this week to have staged a “bonfire” comprised of what he called “occultic materials.” Included in […]
Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves has signed medical marijuana into law, saying discussion surrounding the bill has “consumed an enormous amount of space” in the state’s news cycle. The legislation was signed Wednesday and becomes law “immediately,” per the Associated Press, though it will take several months before residents see the opening of the first medical […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets A convicted Alabama sheriff who previously held office for more than three decades has addressed the press for the […]
Preliminary numbers show that the overwhelmingly vaccine-averse state of Alabama “literally shrunk” during the first year of the pandemic. During a recent press briefing, per regional Birmingham outlet WBRC, Alabama State Health Officer Scott Harris first made special mention of the recently reported nationwide stats showing that 1 in 500 Americans have died from COVID-19. Lamenting that figure as “staggering,” […]
Seven Black men have been pardoned nearly 70 years after they were executed in 1951 for the alleged rape of a white woman. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam granted the posthumous pardons on Tuesday after meeting with family members of Francis DeSales Grayson, who was 37; Booker T. Millner, 19; Frank Hairston Jr., 19; Howard Lee Hairston, 18; […]
From February to May of this year, according to police in Atlanta, there have been eight reported instances of men being “lured to remote locations” by suspects on Grindr who then robbed them. During a press conference on Wednesday, officials from the Atlanta Police Department shared a description of one suspect and outlined what they […]
