Weakley County TN
People 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 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 MoreSchool board hires consultant for Director search
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter The Weakley County School Board held a special-called meeting and voted 5-3 with four absent to hire Wayne Qualls as a consultant for the Director of Weakley County Schools (WCS) search. The price to hire Qualls was $5,000 not to exceed $7,000. Qualls said this is his…
Read MoreCommunity Concerns with Shannon
Our next question comes from Bethany Mendenhall from South Fulton. Bethany asked, “We just started a new Obion County 4H Homeschool Club. Our group wants to know how we can lend a hand to serve our county and surrounding areas.” I reached out to a homeschooler in Dresden that is a part of Martin…
Read MoreSafe Haven Baby Boxes for Weakley County
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter A local resident wants to see Safe Haven Baby boxes come to Weakley County. Dresden resident Chris Wilson said, “While there is a safe haven law in place, there is no safety box that can keep people dropping a baby off anonymous to make it more accessible for…
Read MoreHead Start Center Manager’s Actions Raise Questions
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter After a Dresden woman came forward regarding a NWTN Head Start Center Manager’s involvement in her custody case, concerns were raised regarding the policies and procedures involved in the program and how a Center Manager became involved in a local custody case as a key witness in the…
Read MoreCommunity Concerns with Shannon
by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Our first question comes from Kim Longacre from Martin. She asked, “Do we have a city-wide clean-up day coming soon? There’s a lot of litter up and down Hyndsver Road as well as the parking lots behind downtown.” Kim, The Northwest Tennessee Local Food Network is organizing an Earth…
Read MoreNick and Shannon: A Valentine’s Day Story
by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter Sometimes home isn’t four walls. It’s two eyes and a heartbeat. We met about three years ago. Our love story is not some grand, sappy, ooey-gooey love story, but it’s ours and one day when Nick is old and senile sitting in a nursing home, maybe he’ll look at…
Read MoreLawsuit Filed in Collision that Claimed Two Lives
Story by Shannon Taylor Senior Investigative Reporter On Feb. 7 a wrongful death lawsuit was filed by a Martin resident, Kristy Sawyers, as surviving spouse and next of kin for her husband, Steven Sawyers, deceased, and on behalf of beneficiaries (two children). Sawyer’s named defendants Bruce Conley, the administrator ad Litem for the estate of…
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