Soul and opera singers, civic promoters and recording-session aces are among the latest class of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, which will surpass 100 inductees this year.

Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert and Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp had different reactions at simultaneous press conferences Tuesday, June 18, following news a local judge had dismissed Wamp’s ouster petition against Halbert.

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Baseball’s top minor leagues, including the International League the Memphis Redbirds play in, are switching to a challenge system full-time for their test of robot umpires.

As audiences wait for the third season of Memphis-native Katori Hall’s TV series “P-Valley” on Starz, a documentary spin-off series will premiere in July.

The Memphis Tigers now are expected to interview up to 10 candidates for their vacant athletic director job, including current interim AD Jeff Crane.

Daewood Davis tied for second in the UFL with five touchdown catches this past season. 

Cooper, the stepson of Rodney Newsom — a former Tigers forward from 1992 to 1996 who was teammates with coach Penny Hardaway — totaled eight points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds in 50 minutes through six games last season.

Memphis football recruiting had a fruitful week.

The honorees will be in Memphis on Oct. 17 for the 33rd annual awards presented by the National Civil Rights Museum.

At the end of the golf tournament, a wish is granted and this year’s wish went to a 12-year-old girl from Bradford, Arkansas.

The Saints also have the top coach after a trip to the state semifinals in 2024.

Memphis-area native and Grammy Award-winning Justin Timberlake was arrested while driving on New York’s Long Island.

Memphis softball coach Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro is leaving the program after going 14-87 in two seasons.

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At a meeting that stretched past 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the Shelby County Commission closed out its budget season with no property-tax hike and a 6% pay raise for county employees.

In the Mid-South, 40% of patients aren’t tested because doctors and hospitals aren’t on board, according to research in a national journal. 

Impacted areas are expected to have received up to 2 inches of rain, with additional rainfall possible. 

Young initially committed to Vermont on April 11 after entering the NCAA transfer portal March 21 but opted to reopen his recruitment last week due to “personal matters.”

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Chase Carlisle, the city council’s budget chair, proposed his version of a budget that stands at odds with Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s proposed 75-cent property tax hike. 

Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy is dropping the diversion program that raised State Sen. Brent Taylor’s ire, but the Eads Republican is still pushing for Mulroy’s ouster.

Cleotha Abston is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, especially aggravated kidnapping, unlawful possession of a weapon and tampering with evidence in the Fletcher case.

James Lewellen, former Collierville town administrator, said Stan Joyner’s decision not to run marked “the end of an era.”