Editing Selmer, Tennessee (section)

==History==
The community is named after [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]], Alabama.  It incorporated in 1901.<ref name="Tenn-Blue-Book"/>

On June 16, 2007, a [[Pro Modified]] [[drag racing]] car driven by Troy Warren Critchley lost control while performing a [[Burnout (vehicle)|burnout]] routine during a car show charity parade on Mulberry Avenue in downtown Selmer.  His car left the road and struck part of the crowd attending a charity parade for "America Can! Cars For Kids".<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.carsforkids.org/AboutUs|title=Cars for Kids™️| access-date=February 19, 2024}}</ref> Six young people were killed (two died at the scene of the accident, and four died later at hospitals), and 20 others were injured. Lawsuits filed against the city and event organizers asked for more than $US 85 million in damages.<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web |last1=Jones |first1=Yolanda |title=Crash victim’s family sues city, claims Memphis police didn’t follow procedures |url=https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/2016/07/30/crash-victims-family-sues-city-claims-memphis-police-didnt-follow-procedures/90572568/ |website=The Commercial Appeal |access-date=28 May 2024 |date=July 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="JackSun">[http://www.jacksonsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070618/NEWS01/706180315/1002]{{dead link|date=March 2018|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}</ref><ref Name=MSNBC>[https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna20607405 "Lawsuits over parade accident cripple charity"]</ref> The City of Selmer approved a $500,000 settlement in September 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Selmer Discusses Cars for Kids Settlement |date=September 7, 2011  |url=https://www.wbbjtv.com/2011/09/07/selmer-discusses-cars-for-kids-settlement/ |access-date=27 May 2024 |publisher=WBBJ News}}</ref>  On March 4, 2008, the McNairy County grand jury returned an indictment against Critchley on six counts of vehicular homicide due to recklessness, a Class C felony, and 22 counts of reckless aggravated assault, a Class D felony. Neither <em>Cars for Kids</em> nor the City of Selmer were named in the indictment.<ref Name=IndAppeal>[http://www.independentappeal.com/html/cfk/index.html "The Independent Appeal newspaper - March 5, 2008 Grand Jury indicts driver in Cars for Kids tragedy; NO festival this year"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080326000318/http://www.independentappeal.com/html/cfk/index.html |date=March 26, 2008 }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{Cite web |url=http://tn.gov/safety/newsreleases/2008/080320SelmerInvestigation.html |title="Tennessee Department of Safety - Race car driver indicted by special Grand Jury" |access-date=March 28, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120221225/http://tn.gov/safety/newsreleases/2008/080320SelmerInvestigation.html |archive-date=November 20, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Troy Critchley pleaded guilty to 28 charges of reckless assault and was sentenced to 18 months' probation.<ref>{{cite web |agency=Associated Press |title=Drag racer pleads guilty in Tenn. parade deaths |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna26207572 |website=NBC News |access-date=28 May 2024 |language=en |date=14 August 2008}}</ref>

On [[Tornado outbreak and floods of April 2–5, 2025#Selmer–Hornsby, Tennessee|April 3, 2025]], a tornado of at least [[EF3]] intensity struck the city in the early hours, killing six people and injuring twenty one others. The city lost an estimated $10,000,000 in property damage. The tornado touched down in Downtown and Oak Hill neighborhoods destroying multiple homes and buildings.