Jessica Gertler
Reporter at WREG-TV (Memphis, TN)
News Channel 3 Reporter. Foodie. Coffee addict. Book worm. Music lover. Dog mom. UT Knoxville alum. Story idea? DM or email me at [email protected]
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4 days ago |
wreg.com | Jessica Gertler
SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — The Memphis Shelby County School board hired a public relations firm behind closed doors last fall. It sparked concerns among some taxpayers as they demanded to see how the board is spending their money. “Who’s paying the fees for outside legal and PR firms? Is it us taxpayers?” one taxpayer asked the board during a meeting in January. The hire came just weeks before the board voted to fire the MSCS Superintendent, Dr. Marie Feagins.
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1 week ago |
wreg.com | Jessica Gertler
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The search has lasted weeks to find the inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail. A jail that has a series of issues. The same issues at 201 Poplar in Memphis. Ten inmates escaped from the jail in New Orleans earlier this month. It sparked a massive manhunt and garnered the nation’s attention. Many are asking, how this could happen? “This facility was never designed to be a maximum security jail,” the sheriff later stated.
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2 weeks ago |
wreg.com | Jessica Gertler
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Department of Justice is dropping its investigation into the Memphis Police Department, as more officers were internally investigated last year. The DOJ had accused MPD of discriminatory policing and excessive force, but now under a new administration, it announced Wednesday it is retracting what it said about MPD. No further action or threat of court action will be taken.
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2 weeks ago |
wreg.com | Jessica Gertler
SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — Memphis Shelby County Schools wants us to pay more than $7,000 to see public records that show how your taxpayer money is being spent. This all started when the owner of a local security company was going through a recertification process to prove she’s a woman and minority owned business. The portal she logs on to complete that process lists her previous contracts.
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3 weeks ago |
wreg.com | Jessica Gertler
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — China, India, France, Greece and more — the former Memphis Area Transit Authority CEO took a number of international trips on the taxpayer’s dime, according to new records WREG Investigators obtained. Within the hundreds of pages of expense reports, former CEO of MATA Gary Rosenfeld documented his international excursions, and the trips were paid by you, the taxpayer.
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Sheriff Bonner takes the stage. Thanks volunteers. Says he conceded to Paul Young. Congratulated him. He said we all want what’s best for Memphis. Tomorrow I wake up as the sheriff of Shelby County https://t.co/hsz50b2TTo
I’m told Sheriff Bonner is about to come out and give a speech. Campaign staffers just told me he was talking to Paul Young on the phone. I asked what was said. They responded he congratulated him on a great campaign
Polls are closed. We have crews at various watch parities and at election commission HQ. I’ll be posted at Sheriff Bonner’s watch party tonight. Be sure to stay with @3onyourside for the latest! https://t.co/FWmhMM2PbE
