Joyce Washington
WCLTRG provides first community recovery update
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Weakley County Long Term Recovery Group (WCLTRG) held their first community recovery update on Jan. 19 at the Civic Center in Dresden with a small crowd attending and very few survivors in attendance. This is their first community update since their inception in March 2022. Secretary Joyce…
Read MoreOne year later, WCLTRG faces scrutiny
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Dec. 10 marks the one-year anniversary of the tornado that swept through Dresden, upending the lives of everyone whose path it crossed. Early on, residents had hoped that help would come, but now many feel that hope was lost due to the Weakley County Long Term Recovery Group’s…
Read MoreWhat does Joyce Washington want: to break down conversation barriers
By Sabrina Bates News Producer In 2014, a “big, black country girl from Northwest Tennessee” took a leap of faith and put herself in the spotlight for a chance to sit in the Tennessee General Assembly. Joyce Washington of Martin knew it would be a hard-fought battle to unseat an incumbent farmer from his post…
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