Three Cummings Elementary employees injured in ceiling collapse

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 16, 2022 4:39 PM CT | Published: August 15, 2022 1:37 PM CT

Three faculty members were transported to the hospital, but no students were injured. The school closed for the day and children were taken to Metropolitan Baptist Church.

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Julia Baker

Julia Baker

A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.

Shera Avi-Yonah

Shera Avi-Yonah is an enterprise freelance intern for The Daily Memphian. She has previously reported for Bloomberg News and the American Prospect.

Aarron Fleming

Aarron Fleming

Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.

He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.


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