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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Four Memphis mayor hopefuls — Van Turner, Paul Young, Floyd Bonner and J.W. Gibson — made their case to voters in a televised debate on WREG Tuesday night. ► WATCH the full debate Crime and their plans to reduce it was at the top of the agenda during the debate. Three of […]

CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave Tuesday as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall. Idalia also pummeled Cuba with heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday, leaving […]

Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave Tuesday as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall.

MASON, Tenn. — Folks in the small Tipton County town of Mason are living with little to no water pressure, but the new mayor says change is on the horizon. Mayor Eddie Noeman said the previous administration did not use the town’s revenues properly make needed repairs to the water system, and increased usage from […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Thursday, Magna announced its plan to invest $790 million to build three new supplier facilities in Tennessee, creating up to 1,300 new jobs. Two facilities will be at Ford’s BlueOval City supplier park in Stanton, TN. It will include an 800,000-square-foot frame and a 140,000-square-foot seating facility. Approximately 1,050 jobs will be […]

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters on Tuesday blocked highways and train stations and massed in central Tel Aviv during a day of countrywide demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul plan. The protests, now in their seventh month, have taken on a sense of urgency in recent days as Netanyahu […]

BOSTON (AP) — Revelers across the U.S. braved heat and heavy rain to take part in Fourth of July activities Tuesday — celebrating the nation’s founding with parades, fireworks and hot dog eating contests at a time of lingering political divisions and concerns about the country’s future. In Boston, people dodged raindrops to nab a […]

Ford and SK On will receive a $9.2 billion government loan for their BlueOval SK battery joint venture, according to a report Thursday from The New York Times. The Department of Energy loan—the largest so far by the Biden administration related to EV manufacturing—will help finance construction of battery plants in Kentucky and Tennessee. Ford […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday it has conditionally offered a loan up to $9.2 billion to support the construction of Ford Motor Company’s Blue Oval SK manufacturing plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. The DOE called the loan “the largest single federal investment ever made in the automotive industry.” The six-acre […]

The Tesla Cybertruck isn’t keeping the man in charge of Ford up at night. On Tuesday, Ford CEO Jim Farley sat down with CNBC’s Jim Cramer and talked EVs, the Blue Oval’s partnership with Tesla, and the Cybertruck. Ford’s F-Series lineup has been the bestselling vehicle in America for 41 years. It includes the F-150 […]

HAYWOOD COUNTY, Tenn. — A group of farmers in Haywood County say they are ready to go to court to get a “fair deal” for their land from the Tennessee Department of Transportation. At issue is a proposed roadway connecting Interstate 40 to Ford’s Blue Oval City in Haywood County, and whether TDOT is paying […]