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Resignation came during an ethics complaint hearing, which had been filed against the city council member.

District 7 Councilwoman Michalyn Easter-Thomas is resigning from her role with Memphis River Parks Partnership (MRPP).

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Criminal trials and civil cases could take even longer in Shelby County with a new law signed by Governor Bill Lee.

During Wednesday’s meeting at the Benjamin Hooks Library, Chief Ethics Officer Monika Johnson told the board that a board complaint was filed January 10, and Easter-Thomas was served with the citizen complaint on February 5.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - ‘Stand your ground.’

Attorneys can now use this ruling for clients who committed nonviolent felonies, like fraud, a DUI, vandalism or theft.

Tenants in two Ripley, Tennessee, complexes, Ripley Terrace and Rolling Hills, are still asking what they should do after receiving another letter telling them to leave, despite the mayor going on record telling them they could stay.

“He was a lover, and a protector," said his mother, Ashley McKenzie-Smith. "He loved being with his family and friends."

Brandon Calloway says he was racially profiled for driving a nice car.

A Tennessee man whose violent arrest for alleged traffic violations is under investigation by state police says he was stopped because he was a young Black man driving a nice car