〽️icaela Watts
@megawatts2000Reporter in residence @psr_memphis, formerly @memphisnews. I named my cat Typo in honor of my tweets.
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I'm not on here enough to really be relevant to anyone, but just in case -- I started work this week at @psr_memphis covering criminal justice, the environment, and whatever else I can convince me editor to let me go at. mawatts1@memphis.edu for tips and tricks.
State Sen. Brent Taylor suggested that I look at his Twitter. So, I did. Here's my story fact checking his criticisms of DA Steve Mulroy. New from me: State Sen. Taylor is seeking to oust DA Mulroy. The move is rooted in misinformation mlk50.com/2024/07/03/sta… via @MLK50Memphis
The Links at Pine Hill is packed this AM. For all its problems, people forget what Memphis has to offer. Sure doesn’t look like a war zone.
Just want to make sure all the info about the Walbert ouster is correct. The suspension was requested jointly with the ouster petition, the state requested the suspension hearing to be AT LEAST 20 days after the petition was filed. She still does not have an attorney on file.
Deadline nears for County Clerk Wanda Halbert hearing, suspension wreg.com/news/local/dea…
MPD said 16 people were shot at an Orange Mound block party tonight. Two of them are dead. According to police, at least two suspects fired into the crowd of "200-300" people. commercialappeal.com/story/news/loc…
.@LucasFinton learns evidence suggests the late Officer McKinney was killed by friendly fire. While the murder charge is off the table for the 17-yr-old involved in the fatal shootout, 13 other felony charges could see the teen sentenced to 400 years.
The DA’s office will not charge the 17-year-old believed to have been involved in a shootout with the MPD Friday with murder because “evidence indicates” Officer McKinney was killed by friendly fire. They will seek to try the teen as an adult. commercialappeal.com/story/news/loc…
Da bomb squad on Union Ave as Memphis police investigate a suspicious item left at the WMC studio. Chick-fil-A took got that line of cars outta there real quick.
Today at 4:30, MSCS had an "emergency meeting with attorneys" in a closed session. This was publicly noticed within an hour of it happening. Chalkbeat reporter (me) observed Atty. Herman Morris exiting the building before the evening's 5:30 work session go.boarddocs.com/tn/scsk12/Boar…
I’m so tired of playing “Is it Bally or is it my wifi?” Does anyone else have consistent issues with the app loading? All diagnostics from various devices say my wifi is fine.
BREAKING: Tami Sawyer will be the Democratic Nominee for General Sessions Court Clerk with 141/142 precincts reporting, Sawyer holds strong with an unofficial vote 2k lead. Sawyer will face Lisa Arnold in August during the general election. commercialappeal.com/story/news/pol…
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