There are 5 article(s) tagged Tikeila Rucker:

• October 2025

  • Memphis wasn’t asked to join National Guard lawsuit, Harris says

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and leaders of other groups seeking to stop the National Guard deployment in Memphis say the city was never offered an option to join their lawsuit.

    By Bill Dries October 20, 2025

• September 2025

  • March against guard deployment targets ‘occupation’ as well as Trump and Lee

    A protest in Downtown Memphis was one of eight marches across the state decrying the coming National Guard deployment in Memphis.

    By Bill Dries September 28, 2025

• September 2023

  • Labor and social justice groups back Turner in bid to repeat 2022 blue wave

    The coalition argues a wave in the 2022 countywide elections can be repeated despite city elections being nonpartisan. Meanwhile, the local Republican party has endorsed Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. 

    By Bill Dries September 05, 2023

• August 2023

  • ‘We cannot continue to watch tragedies unfold’

    Memphians rally two days before the Tennessee General Assembly will begin its Aug. 21 special session to consider gun safety legislation, mental health initiatives and other public safety measures.

    By Julia Baker August 19, 2023

• March 2023

  • Behind the Headlines: Local advocates discuss crime and reform

    Representatives from the Memphis-Shelby Justice & Safety Alliance, a group of various local organizations, discuss crime and criminal justice reform during a discussion on “Behind the Headlines,” which first aired on WKNO at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 24.

    By Julia Baker March 25, 2023