City Council Votes 8-0 To Make Juneteenth The 12th Holiday For City Employees Tuesday, May 11, 2021
The City Council voted 8-0 on Tuesday night to make Juneteenth Independence Day the 12th paid holiday for city employees. Vice Chairman Ken Smith was absent.
There was no discussion. The council earlier had several meetings on the topic.
Councilwoman Demetrus Coonrod had urged passage of the new holiday last year, but the council then only passed a resolution commemorating the day.
She again brought it up this year, and former Councilman Jerry Mitchell and Vice Chairman Ken Smith both voiced support.
Juneteenth is a holiday on June 19 celebrating the emancipation of freed slaves in the U.S.
Roll on, Mississippi
W. Ralph Eubanks considers the literature, landscape, and legacy of the Magnolia State in âA Place Like Mississippi.â
photograph by w. ralph eubanks
âOn these Mississippi roads, the past and the present exist side by side. The past is there for all to see, yet perhaps is only noticeable to those who still remember it. Perhaps it is not the past Mississippi is losing on this landscape. Instead we are witnessing how the past and future are slowly becoming knitted together into one seamless garment.â â W. Ralph Eubanks, A Place Like Mississippi
From a Yazoo City cemetery to Rowan Oak, on the banks of the Mississippi River and in the shade-dappled heart of Piney Woods, on the paper-scented shelves of Square Books and the sun-blasted dirt of the Delta, author W. Ralph Eubanks has searched for â and found â Mississippi. The author has confronted its myths and its most mundane realities, sought out its soul in story and song. The r
How Jenny Hill Became Chattanooga s Ultimate Multi-Tasker; New City Council Member To Serve On School Board Until August 2022 Monday, May 10, 2021 - by John Shearer
Jenny Kellogg Hill
Jenny Hill right now is the ultimate Chattanooga multi-tasker, who wants to be a positive contributor in all the various facets of her life, too.
Not only has she served on the Hamilton County School Board from District 6 since 2018, when she beat Michael Henry for Joe Galloway’s vacated seat, but she was also recently elected to the District 2 City Council seat in the April 13 runoff election.
And her victory over successful businessman Thomas Lee by a vote margin of 2,721 to 1,762 for the open seat came as some outside her circle of support tried to use her school board position, and failure to relinquish it if elected, as a campaign issue sure to bring about defeat.
Investigators: Questions surround Mississippi manâs death in police custody as lawsuit is filed Robert Loggins, 26, died inside the Grenada County Jail Nov. 29, 2018 and his death was ruled accidental by the state medical examinerâs office. Jailhouse video, officer interviews and a lawsuit are now calling into question how Loggins died and why. (Source: WMC) By Jessica Jaglois | May 6, 2021 at 9:55 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 3:39 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A new lawsuit is shining light on how a Mid-South man died in police custody.
Robert Loggins, 26, died inside the Grenada County Jail Nov. 29, 2018 and his death was ruled accidental by the state medical examinerâs office.
Investigators: Questions surround Mississippi manâs death in police custody as lawsuit is filed
Investigators: Questions surround Mississippi manâs death in police custody as lawsuit is filed By Jessica Jaglois | May 6, 2021 at 9:55 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 3:39 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A new lawsuit is shining light on how a Mid-South man died in police custody.
Robert Loggins, 26, died inside the Grenada County Jail Nov. 29, 2018 and his death was ruled accidental by the state medical examinerâs office.
Jailhouse video, officer interviews and a lawsuit are now calling into question how Loggins died and why.
Before Loggins died in police custody, officers responded to his cries for help in a homeownerâs backyard. A neighbor dialed 911 early that morning because she heard someone shouting for help outside.