Lighting and surveillance improvements are the first phase of a $5 million investment to improve security on campus and surrounding area. 

The attorney representing Sterilization Services said in a recent letter that the company will leave its Florida Street facility before next May. 

A soul legend will play the Orpheum Theatre during Southern Heritage Classic festivities, a viral singer-songwriter will play 1884 Lounge, a harpist will play The Green Room and hardcore punk bands will take the Growlers stage.

Memphis University School’s Makhi Shaw scored twice and was part of a strong defensive effort in a victory over Melrose.

“If Williams doesn’t care ‘at all’ about his image, even as his own freedom is in jeopardy, do we really think he’s going to care about doing what’s best for a Tiger team that aspires to make a championship run next season?”

The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department, Walls police and Memphis police were all involved in a chase Wednesday night that began in Mississippi and ended with one arrest in Tennessee. Four other suspects remain at large.

The peak day is expected to be Friday, Sept.1, when more than 10,000 people could pass through the checkpoint.

The sentencing decision was announced Thursday in a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee. 

The Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals has affirmed a 2022 ruling from a local judge, allowing former death row inmate Pervis Payne to serve his two life sentences concurrently, making him eligible for parole in four years. 

Chancellor Melanie Taylor-Jefferson proposed halting construction on the new Brooks Museum of Art Downtown, contingent on Friends for Our Riverfront posting a bond that would cover the cost of stopping construction.

The Jaguars are off to a flying start in Class 5A behind their talented sophomore quarterback.

As my mother would likely say, “the grits at Otherlands stick to your bones and hold you over for anything the day throws at you.”

The Grizzlies will play their first 25 games without Ja Morant, but staying afloat is certainly achievable. 

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With a focus on building its reserves in case of an emergency and funding earmarked for parks, Hernando will fund its upcoming fiscal year budget with adjusting property taxes.

The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department released a statement Thursday, Aug. 31, regarding the death of Demarcus Williams, who was killed in a confrontation with one of its deputies earlier in the week.

This week, WLOK’s Stone Soul Picnic moves indoors, the Central Library hosts an LGBTQ 1980s dance party and former members of R.E.M. sing songs about baseball.