Last days of early voting could bring ballots cast to 80,000
Almost 65,000 had voted early or absentee through Thursday according to the latest figures from the state. The next-to-last day of the voting period on Fridays is usually the highest.
Almost 65,000 had voted early or absentee through Thursday according to the latest figures from the state. The next-to-last day of the voting period on Fridays is usually the highest.
Ritz’s nomination by President Joe Biden goes to the U.S. Senate for confirmation.
Class of 2022 grad willing to lend a hand, while getting a chance to compete alongside the pros.
Lee said Friday, July 29, at Knowledge Quest’s Teen Tech Center that more than 2,000 families in Memphis and Nashville have applied for school vouchers and 40 schools have expressed interest in accepting those vouchers.
MALS is a 501(C)(3) organization providing civil legal services to individuals facing critical situations in the Memphis area including domestic violence, mortgage foreclosure and wrongful denial of healthcare.
This marks the second connection made through records obtained by The Daily Memphian through open records requests to show Ray supervised a woman named in divorce filings as having had alleged affairs.
The Shelby Literacy Council grant denial will force the organization to pause its services in August, leaving nonprofit at risk of permanently closing.
In the middle of an election campaign, District Attorney Amy Weirich appears on Thaddeus Matthews’ show as her office simultaneously prosecutes him on several misdemeanor allegations. Legal experts say it appears to be a conflict of interest.
“In the four years that we have been here, something suddenly happened in May,” Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert said during a Thursday press conference.
This year’s game will be played on Dec. 28 and kicks off at 4:30 p.m.
Off the bench last season, Clarke averaged more than 10 points per game on 64.5% shooting – one of the best percentages in the league.
Law Wright says he’s approaching his final high school season with the same kind of approach he did the backyard games with his brothers Hays, a sophomore who is the backup at Central, and Brooks, a seventh grader at Bellevue Middle.
A Collierville High alumna and Collierville Elementary parent is seeking a seat on the town’s board of education.
A delegation from the Association of British HealthTech Industries just completed a two-day tour of Memphis to establish stronger relationships with local health care organizations.
It’s a formidable schedule. It’s also one that, in all likelihood, Memphis wouldn’t have been able to assemble if not for its return to relevance in the last few years under coach Penny Hardaway.Related story:
Network channel TLC captures local visiting Manhattan-based Kleinfeld Bridal salon and rapper Tommy Wright III is on the first track of Beyonce’s newly released album, “Renaissance.”
Lakeland was designated an adventure tourism district for the state of Tennessee in 2017.
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Of the roughly 3,000 Americans who have been exonerated since the late 1980s, only 30 have been from Tennessee, Jessica Van Dyke said at the meeting.
Miccos serves milkshakes, sno cones — which are actually New Orleans-style “snowballs” — sundaes and more.
“In that wonderful Memphis sort of way of zero degrees of separation from anybody and anything in the rest of the world, I’m related to Teddy Roosevelt.”
Thursday was media day for Memphis football! Until Memphis basketball broke in. Thoughts on the 2022 hoop schedule. And on Tiger football, too.
Plans include affordable housing, office and retail tenants, and a Northside High Hall of Fame.
The Political Roundup looks at some sparks in the early field for Shelby County in the 2026 county elections and examines the political divide over what kind of a relationship a majority Democratic or blue city should keep with leaders of a red state.
Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor, a White Station High graduate, takes the helm of the Baltimore City Health Department on Aug. 4.
An hour and eight minutes into free agency, the Grizzlies had reached four agreements and were one reported contract buyout away from having the 15-man roster the team could take into next season.
The Four Way in South Memphis knows special-occasion food doesn’t have to be relegated to holidays and family gatherings.
While many people enjoy the sound and fury of fireworks around Independence Day, there are dangers associated with the firecrackers and Roman candles.
Hundreds gather to soak up the history (and heat) where former Mayor Willie Herenton, Booker T. Jones, and Earth, Wind & Fire founder Maurice White got their start.
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“A decade after leaving the NFL, it’s basically as if the Memphis Tigers' Ryan Silverfield is back coaching professional football.”
The Shelby County Election Commission chairman and the elections administrator talked about low voter turnout and election off year mechanics on “Behind The Headlines.”