DeSoto County officials celebrated the groundbreaking of the $19 million Agri-Education Center Friday, Aug. 25.

The Germantown employee responsible for the refueling leak that caused the suburb’s water crisis last month was away from the generator for more than a half hour, according to records of the internal investigation released Friday.

The board of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which provides MLGW with electricity, approved a 4.5% rate hike Thursday. The increase will equal about $3.50 more each month for TVA’s 10 million customers across seven states.

Brad Loos will manage the Memphis Athletics Fund and lead the strategic planning of major gifts for the athletic department.

Citizens at the meeting said issues they face include lack of accessibility, long wait times, lack of communication and broken-down buses.

Germantown will begin work on improvements to Wolf River Boulevard and Germantown Road next week. The intersection is one of the busiest in Shelby County.

The videos show some of what occurred the day of the encounter, but they don’t answer a number of key questions. 

“To wear my son’s cremated ashes around my neck this morning, I want justice for my son. My son was murdered. He wasn’t killed,” said Charlotte Haggett, Jarveon Hudspeth’s mother.

Horton Jr. will bring “a wealth of experience” to his new role, according to MSCS interim superintendent Toni Williams.

The Memphis in May International Festival was founded to promote foreign business investment in the city. The tradition will continue with the Greater Memphis Chamber announcing the 2024 honored country next week.

When 12% of the voters can put a candidate in the top four or five, the votes in your Friday night poker game could put somebody over the top.

“I’m not saying (my barbecue) is the best,” Willie Burton said. “But it will be Memphis-style barbecue at its best.”

Half a century ago this month, 39,000 Memphis children — about a third of the then-Memphis City Schools system — were told to board school buses and continue their education at new schools in an effort to racially integrate them.

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Freshman Anna Hauer opened the scoring in the 18th minute and fellow freshman Ashley Henderson (Harding Academy) scored twice to propel the 17th-ranked Tigers to a 6-1 win over Ohio State.

The Chancery Court lawsuit seeks to stop construction on the new riverfront Brooks Museum, charging violations of the terms of the “public promenade” established when the city was founded in 1819.

Three local small business owners discussed their own challenges, successes and lessons learned during a seminar hosted by The Daily Memphian on Thursday, Aug. 24, at the Memphis Botanic Garden.

A California-based electric vehicle manufacturer is now producing EVs in Tunica.

The sophomore quarterback accounts for five touchdowns in a victory against Ridgeway.

The Memphis offense has relied heavily on its tight ends in recent years, and the Tigers are hoping to strike gold for a fourth consecutive time. The next man up is Anthony Landphere.

In an effort to curb crime in Southaven, Mayor Darren Musselwhite is directing the police department to increase patrols on north-south access streets into Memphis.

Portions of video footage from Jarveon Hudspeth’s fatal encounter with a Shelby County Sheriff’s Office deputy were released by the Shelby County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday, Aug. 24.

This week, MEMFix comes to Frayser, a mayoral forum tackles the arts and wrestling stars tackle each other as the WWE brings “Monday Night Raw” to the FedExForum.

If estimates hold true, TVA will experience the highest demand for electricity of the summer Thursday; it would also be the highest power demand during any August in more than a decade. 

While local hotel occupancy rates and demand for rooms buck the national trend, the real bright spot is across the Mississippi River.