And in the race for Shelby County General Sessions Court clerk, candidates with experience relevant to the job but names unknown to the voters lost the usual game of local musical-chairs politics. Joe Brown, the Democrat. Paul Boyd, the Republican. These guys again? 

Pittsburgh-based Alpha Capital Partners has just purchased the 196-unit Luther Towers apartments in East Memphis for $8.45 million.

The Memphis Tigers' seven-game winning streak is over, after an 8-1 defeat in Oxford at the hands of the No. 8 Ole Miss Rebels.

While the fight was for second place in the Democratic primary field of 13, Joe Brown emerged the victor in his second election in a year. He faces Republican Paul Boyd, upset in a Probate Court re-election bid two years ago in the August county general election.

Biden won big in the county and across the state with Bloomberg betting big on Super Tuesday as his entry point to the Democratic nomination. Bloomberg's early organization in Memphis proved no match for Biden's post-South Carolina momentum.

A Senate committee recommended passage of legislation enabling people to carry handguns without a state permit, despite hearing from police officers and the parent of a woman whose son was gunned down at an Antioch Waffle House.

With the backing of state Rep. Kevin Vaughan, medical cannabis legislation passed a House subcommittee Tuesday. The measure would set up a state system for clinical treatment and research, according to the bill's sponsor.

Strickland told city council members Tuesday that the referendum isn't binding on the city and that most voters would support such a use of extra revenue beyond a restoration of benefits cut by the city six years ago. The idea is still in the talking stage, with Strickland to take his plan to the council in April when he presents his city budget proposal.

Court monitor in consent decree case believes city has violated social media search sanction. A trial has been set for March 17. 

All of the kits from the backlog that first came to light in 2012 have been tested, Memphis Police say. About 6,000 cases in which DNA was found are awaiting investigation.

Responding to Cyntoia Brown's case, legislation by state Rep. London Lamar of Memphis has passed in the House enabling victims of human trafficking to use it as a self-defense in criminal cases.

Among the new applications to the planning board is a request to develop six, $400,000 condos about a block southeast of FedExForum.

President and CEO Bill Rhodes cites mild winter in portions of the U.S. for sales that fell short of consensus estimates. 

Science Scholars of Tomorrow Symposium is all about making science jump to life for students the hospital would like to see on the staff someday.

An Atlanta area company has filed for a zoning change from residential to employment for a neighborhood vacated by an airport noise abatement program in the 1980s.

The freshman last played for the Tigers on Jan. 29 at Central Florida.

Latoshia Daniels, who is accused of shooting and killing Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church Pastor Brodes Perry, is preparing for trial. Judge Glenn Wright asked Leslie Ballin to prepare to set a date.

A “massive act of nature” killed 23 people and destroyed buildings and homes from Benton County to downtown Nashville, Mt. Juliet and Cookeville early Tuesday, leaving people’s lives shattered as emergency workers searched for more missing people, officials said.

Democrat Joe Brown and Republican Paul Boyd are leading the way in the General Sessions Court Clerk primaries.

The Grizzlies put a franchise-record nine players into double-figures in the biggest road win in franchise history, a 39-point blowout of Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks. 

The Apple film had a private screening with actors from the film Monday evening at The National Civil Rights Museum. Most of those involved say the story of black businessmen trying to overcome discriminatory business practices still feels familiar today.

Germantown's Board of Education approved a land swap Monday night that will give up 15 acres of land at Forest Hill Elementary in exchange for 21 acres of city property at Houston Levee Park. A previously proposed water tower will be placed off school property under the deal.

Patrick Fitzgerald, described as one of the key executives in FedEx Corp.'s sports-related branding and marketing efforts, has announced his departure from the company effective March 31.

Polls across Shelby County are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday with the state's presidential primaries topping the ballot. The presidential campaign Memphis voters saw for the past year has been mostly on the Democratic side with a few appearances by the contenders themselves.

Everything you need to know to vote on election day, from finding your precinct to keeping your long fingernails and voting in confidence.