HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (WMC) - Investigators have identified the two people killed in a plane crash in Marshall County, Mississippi, on Sunday. “It was in a very dense wooded area. It appeared the plane first struck a large pine tree and from there went on to the ground, again, where it burst into ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - State lawmakers, Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) and Lt. Governor Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge), held a press conference to share the initial findings of the Memphis-Shelby County Schools audit. This news comes amid a possible state takeover, a plan headed by GOP lawmakers that would seek to implement an advisory board over the MSCS board. During the event, lawmakers ...
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This Wikipedia article gives this explanation for the origin of the word gee-gee: The Chester Racecourse site was home to the famous and bloody Goteddsday football match. The game was very violent and, in 1533, banned by the city, to be replaced in 1539 by horse racing. The first recorded race was held on with the consent of the Mayor Henry Gee, whose name led to the use of ...