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Herron files motion to seal Floyd/Wu case from the public and media
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter A motion for order to “protect minor child” has been filed by Attorney Roy Herron for plaintiff Yueh Feng Wu with the Weakley County Chancery Court on March 10. The motion states that Jo Floyd widely distributed the minor child’s personal and confidential information to the public and…
Read MoreCounty Commission honors Westview Lady Chargers
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The County Commission gave special recognition and passed a resolution to honor and congratulate the Westview High School Lady Chargers Division I—Class 2A State Champion Basketball Team. The resolution was sponsored by all eight Martin Commissioners: Larry Taylor, Larry Kelly, David Bell, Brian Donavant, David Hawks, Billy Hazelwood,…
Read MoreMother of man arrested for rape of child charged with coercion of witness
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter On Jan. 9 Investigator Kerry Workman with the Weakley County Sheriff’s Department was informed of female child sexual assault allegations made against 34-year-old Andrew Daniel Webster of Palmersville. During the investigation it was disclosed by an 8-year-old female juvenile that Webster raped the child, took explicit photos and…
Read MoreGreenfield Board discusses clear well rehab, comp time and beer permit
Story by Shannon Taylor, Senior Investigative Reporter The Greenfield Beer Board met prior to the regularly scheduled board meeting and Mayor Cindy McAdams said the beer license application for Cox’s Oil, which was sold to Tri-Star Energy out of Nashville, was to be discussed. City Attorney Beau Pemberton said that he looked at the application…
Read MoreBudget amendments to Weakley County School fund had shaky start in HEED
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter A resolution authorizing budget amendments to the general-purpose school fund got off to a shaky start in HEED. Director of Weakley County Schools, Randy Frazier, spoke on the resolution stating, “two things on this resolution—they’re both grant monies—one is a reimbursement on special ed for high needs for…
Read MorePeople for Black History at UTM collaborates with UTM Student Government on resolution
Story by Shannon Taylor, Senior Investigative Reporter David Mason, Senior at UTM and representative for the newly formed campus organization ‘People for Black History’, says that the group has been petitioning at UTM for the last several weeks to demand action from the faculty senate in condemning the “two recently enacted White supremacist “education” laws…
Read MoreMaloan refuses to recuse himself, Washburn takes the case
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The hearing for default judgement was heard Wednesday Feb. 22 in Weakley County Chancery Court. Prior to that hearing Jo Floyd filed a motion to disqualify the trial court Judge from participating in the matter. Her reasoning for this included that Chancery Court Judge Michael Maloan was biased…
Read MoreCommunity Concerns with Shannon
Our next question comes from Sabrina Bates from Martin. Sabrina asked, “Why isn’t there a time set aside at school board meetings for parents?” Sabrina said that she covers school board meetings in Carroll County too and that they don’t have a spot on their agenda for parents to ask questions either. I reached out…
Read MoreTornado survivor files complaint against UMCOR
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter On March 1 Dresden resident and tornado survivor Brandi George filed a formal complaint against UMCOR (United Methodist Committee on Relief) regarding the issues with UMCOR, their staff and the WCLTRG (Weakley County Long Term Recovery Group). The following details the issues George has filed in her complaint.…
Read MoreFour candidates applied for Weakley County Schools Superintendent position
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Weakley County School board announced that four candidates have applied for the superintendent position. The current Director, Randy Frazier, will be retiring in June of this year after serving for 14 years as Director and 37 in the school system. School Board Chairman Steve Vantrease named the…
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