Friends and family support help a former felon go from prison to running restaurants.

Two Memphis natives are partnering with 2 Chainz and serial entrepreneur Mychel “Snoop” Dillard to open an Esco location off of Beale Street. 

A gag order has been placed on the case of Ezekiel Kelly, accused of shooting six people and killing three during a rampage last week. 

A preliminary hearing was set for 20-year-old Eduard Tabora, one of three suspects accused in the carjacking and slaying of Rev. Autura Eason-Williams. 

On Tuesday, Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board members approved financing for the Grand Hyatt hotel and final phase of One Beale development.

According to a post on Tennessee MileSplit, Gabriel Higginbottom, was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack following Saturday’s Gulf Coast Stampede in Pensacola, Florida.

The ordinance would take the power to appoint the county ethics officer away from the county attorney’s office. It comes eight years after that office investigated whether Brooks lived in the commission district she represented, and concluded she didn’t.

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“Love thy neighbor” is what attendees at an interfaith gathering at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church were reminded of Monday, Sept. 12.

The board delayed a decision on townhomes in southwest Collierville. The board was concerned it would not review a final site plan.

The Tigers have four consecutive home games starting with Saturday’s home opener against Arkansas State. Memphis is 11-2 at home the last two seasons. 

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Christian Brothers University placed in the top 20 in its category in the latest U.S. News and World Report college rankings, rising from last year, while other local colleges and universities fell. 

According to the Fed, overall labor market conditions remain tight, with contacts across the Eighth District reporting that workers remain scarce. 

Collierville, Germantown, Munford, Covington, MASE, Fairley, Freedom Prep and Lausanne are all ranked in this week’s version of the AP state high school football poll.

Collierville and Lakeland were the only districts in Shelby County designated reward schools by the Tennessee Department of Education. The honor is reserved for schools in the top 5% for performance, growth or both.

“MLGW’s decision on its future power supply is one of the most consequential single decisions that any community has made in the history of SACE’s work throughout the Southeast region over the past three decades,” said the executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. 

The project is the second film to be created based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 memoir. In 1988, a TV movie version of “Elvis and Me” was released with the same title.

The council’s monthly crime update from Memphis Police brass could be more than a regular check-in. Last week’s violence has renewed a long-running civic discussion. And it has moved swiftly to questions about the criminal justice system.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools Deputy Superintendent John Barker has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation into a complaint levied against him. 

The Memphis Tigers basketball team has been inked to a deal to play in the 2024 Maui Invitational since 2020, but now the Tigers know who they could face on the island.

Three local owners of small businesses opened up to share their stories of success during a seminar hosted by The Daily Memphian last week. 

Standouts from Bartlett, CBHS, Collierville, Covington, DeSoto Central and Houston are up for consideration this week. Voting ends Thursday at 5 p.m.

One started out as an automotive service manager. The other was a zookeeper. Now, they are nurses, filling gaps in a national shortage.

“Women should be able to run — to exist in any space at any time — without fear of violence. But that isn’t the reality we live in,” says guest columnist Sarah Hunter Simanson.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is taking issues with comments from Mayor Jim Strickland about enrollment and truancy.

ShotSpotter was installed as part of test in Memphis last year, but a lawsuit out of Chicago claims the gunshot detection system isn’t as effective as advertised.