Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Melissa Boyd, who had been out on a $5,000 bond since Dec. 13, was taken into custody Wednesday.

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The bill that would help fund FedExForum renovations by allowing Shelby County to reallocate hotel-motel tax dollars to the project cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday, March 27.

First-time pass rate dipped to 65% in 2022 at Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Efforts in 2023 brought it up more than 10 percentage points. 

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Davion Ross missed 11 of 13 games last year with a season-ending injury to his right arm in what was supposed to be his final year of eligibility. 

Collierille’s mayor and aldermen got a first look at conceptual floorplans for the library expansion on Monday afternoon.

The Urology Group is working on its space along Wolf River Boulevard, while Poplar Towers gets a new tenant. Plus, a church is opening an event center.

Gill Family Law firm and Obsidian Public Relations announce an addition and promotion.

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The former superintendent departed under an investigation into allegations that he abused power and violated district policies. 

The youthful St. George’s Gryphons score early and often against visiting ECS, winning a 14-3 run-rule game.

City leaders get an earful from Frayser citizens at Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s third “One Memphis” forum. 

Richard Kinley II played in 40 career games at MTSU. He only participated in three spring practices at Memphis. 

Cohen secured $1.9 million in federal funding for MPD — half for surveillance cameras and the other half for officer equipment. 

The former Commercial Appeal facility was recently split into two entities: an office building and a warehouse.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young told hundreds of community stakeholders during a two-day conference that violence plaguing the city can’t be combatted by flooding the streets with police officers. 

The vote coincides with Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Melissa Boyd’s pending criminal case, a conviction that could put her law license at stake.

The $80 million, which will be divided among 85 awardees statewide, represents just a portion of the total settlement money the state will receive from opioid producers, distributors, pharmacies and marketers over an 18-year period. 

But there are still some lingering concerns about the proposal, which would make the proposed University Schools district the 10th public school operator in Shelby County.

A former restaurant server will open a new art gallery and event space inside Midtown’s Minglewood Plaza Friday, March 29. 

There are a litany of things that can cause a ship or barge to collide with a bridge, with “Mother Nature being a primary one,” according to a waterways management chief with the U.S. Coast Guard. 

Here’s what’s been happening lately for five young Grizzlies of note. 

The former mayor is an alumnus of both the law school and U of M. He was a practicing attorney until he became mayor in 2016.

“I hope that people are keeping score at home and try to pay attention to what’s happening to this guy,” said the DeSoto County district attorney.

“If I wanted to have a sophisticated school, I would have ballet,” Principal Louis Padgett said. “I want (the) boys and girls to be more sophisticated than myself. I said I’d never leave this school until it had ballet.” 

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“No matter what I’m doing, I spend (time) investing in kids and neighborhoods. At New Ballet, I get to do it in a way that’s fresh and exciting.”

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