In other action Tuesday, the council approved the reappointment of Robert Knecht as the city’s public-works director.

Half of the state’s wetlands — often described as “earth’s kidneys — could be deregulated under a new proposal, but lawmakers are looking at a compromise that would take wetlands’ size and quality into account.

“Less is more. If coach Hardaway can find a way to make fewer substitutions the Tigers may be able to get back on a long winning streak.”

The archive of 60 years of Ernest Withers’ photographs joins the national set of historic places as the Beale Street entertainment district marks 10 years of operation and management by the Downtown Memphis Commission.

Testimony continued for a second day in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the financially strapped The Lake District mixed-use development in Lakeland.

Both of Gibson’s Donuts’ large standing mixers broke this past weekend, and no mixers means no quintessential, fluffy, yeast-raised doughnuts. 

Rep. Mark White (R-Memphis) cited prolonged frustration with the board’s locally elected leadership when explaining his plans to Chalkbeat on Tuesday.

The Tennessee General Assembly passed a law in 2023 taking the power away from local DAs in collateral review of death penalty convictions and instead putting the authority in the hands of the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office. 

A Memphis resident has filed an ethics complaint against a Memphis City Council member over an alleged conflict of interest.

Rev. Dorothy Wells came to Memphis to attend Rhodes College in the late 1970s. She practiced law 18 years before entering the ministry. 

The DA’s office will now receive $991,178 for the remainder of the fiscal year 2024, which comes out of the general fund balance. Each following fiscal year, the DA’s office will receive $2.98 million.

The latest Daily Memphis Tigers Podcast with Greg Gaston covers coach Penny Hardaway’s rotation, Memphis’ NCAA Tournament path after snapping its losing streak and some football recruiting talk.

Beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discuss the trade that sent Steven Adams to the Houston Rockets. 

Principle Toyota is considering relocating to west Collierville, but the suburb’s Planning Commission was not favorable to the move.

The bankruptcy case involving The Lake District mixed-use development in Lakeland began Monday with developer Yehuda Netanel among those taking the stand to defend his financial status.