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Merrick Garland answered the National School Board Association's plea for broad federal intervention, which will only escalate political warfare.

Jerry Summers: Dayton Had Fleeting Fame From 1925 Scopes Trial Monday, July 26, 2021 - by Jerry Summers Jerry Summers On July 21, 1925, Judge J.T. Raulston fined teacher John T. Scopes in the amount of $100 in violation of the provision of the Tennessee Constitution that prohibited the assessment of any fine over $50 unless it had been imposed by a jury of 12 persons in the historic battle over evolution in the Circuit Court of Rhea County in Dayton.  The all-male jury had mostly sat in the jury room from July 10-21 while renowned litigators William Jennings Bryan (prosecution) and Cla...

A Memphis federal judge sentenced a man to five years in prison Wednesday in an international "swatting" scheme over the use of the Twitter nickname @Tennessee. Federal prosecutors said the scheme led to a person's death. "Swatting" is the practice of falsely reporting life-threatening emergencies at people's homes, causing heavily armed police to rush to the scene. This case involves Shane Sonderman, now 20, a resident of Lauderdale County northeast of Memphis. Federal authorities accused him of working with others, including a minor in Great Britain, to use "swatting" as a harassment ...

Today in History for July 21st Highlights of this day in history: First major battle in America's Civil War fought at Bull Run in Virginia; Scopes 'Monkey Trial' concludes; Peace deal ends Indochina War; Author Ernest Hemingway and actor-comedian Robin Williams born. (July 21) AP

According to a May 6 announcement from True North Real Estate, the buyer was am acquisition company under parent company Black Bear Delaware Trust.