“We really tried to focus on celebrating Memphis music in all its different genres, from blues to soul to rock and roll to punk.”

“The perception is that crime is up. But the reality is that crime is up,” said Bill Gibbons, president of the Memphis-Shelby Crime Commission. “No doubt about it.”

The $25 a year increase in the wheel tax was a last-minute compromise that funds the three major projects it is aimed at, but does not build funding for future schools projects. The commission takes a second crucial vote on the tax hike Wednesday.

The TBI identified the driver Monday as 21-year-old Jarveon Hudspeth. Hudspeth was killed Saturday after an altercation with a Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy. 

Several individuals were arrested by the Mutli-Agency Gang Unit during the Memphis Police Department’s Operation Broken Bottles and were found to have allegedly targeted 21 businesses, mostly liquor stores, over the last seven months. 

Four police officers, flock cameras, replacing officers’ handguns, a 6% increase in pay for city employees, the Houston High installation and more are part of the Memphis suburb’s now-approved budget.

A Saturday night pool party in the Oakleigh subdivision outraged residents in the affluent and usually quiet suburb.

Philip B. Daniele III, 54, AutoZone’s executive vice president of merchandising, marketing and supply chain, will take over as president and CEO in January. 

The entertainment lineup surrounding the 34th Southern Heritage Classic has been released.

Here is a cursory tour of where the team stands and the business left to conduct. 

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On Sunday night, wind gusted to more than 75 miles per hour. Shelby County was not alone in power outages, which were widespread across Hardeman, Fayette and Tipton counties. 

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Memphis closes a 12-game road trip and the second half of its 2023 International League season with a 16-6 win over the Iowa Cubs.

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The new office will open in mid-September at 2029 Peabody Ave. The nonprofit organization, headquartered in Nashville, helps wrongfully convicted individuals seek exoneration.

Kaue Costa scored 18 times and assisted on 11 others as the Lynx finished 16-1-1 and won their third title overall with a 3-0 victory over Chattanooga Boyd-Buchanan.

The Shelby County Commission meets Monday, June 26, with a new version of the wheel tax hike that failed earlier this month on the agenda. 

Ja Morant’s childhood friend, Davonte Pack, said during the deposition that the “fight” was minimal. 

Memphis Obstetrics and Gynecological Association assists patients from puberty to menopause and beyond, offering prenatal, maternity and diagnostic services.

Absentee voting for the August primary begins Monday in Mississippi.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water said Monday morning that it could take days for power to be fully restored following Sunday night’s thunderstorms. 

This D.C. Scorecard includes the censure of the Democrat who made the House’s case for former President Donald Trump’s first impeachment and a grilling of the special counsel who investigated the FBI’s handling of allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 election.

With the start of the early signing period having come Wednesday, a look at the Memphis Tigers’ Class of 2024 football signees and NCAA transfer portal pickups.

Pancreatic cancer affects Black Americans at a rate higher than that of any other population. 

Three lawsuits in Tennessee are testing the extent to which courts will protect transgender rights against a state legislature and executive branch that have aggressively sought to roll those rights back.