The voter registration deadline for the Nov. 8 ballot gives a sense of urgency to the latest canvassing forays into the city to increase not only voter registration but voter turnout. 

The MSCS board chairwoman, who in August won a second four-year term, referred to the board’s $480,000 severance package for superintendent Joris Ray as a “challenge” in which the school board showed leadership.

Since June, the MFD has responded to eight different fires in a neighborhood on the eastern side of Coro Lake. 

With an effort to keep a close-knit community, local church groups will work with law enforcement in the Olive Branch area on a Faith & Blue Day next month.

A new report shows the Greater Memphis area’s medical device industry, which has a nearly $4.1 billion yearly impact on the local economy, added nearly 2,000 jobs and grew its economic output by $1.4 billion since 2015. 

Tigers tight ends coach Brad Salem grew up as a coach’s kid and became one himself. His two sons Eli and Jeremiah are on track to follow the same trend. 

A new lawsuit against the City of Memphis alleges that MPD officers failed to follow up on leads from a 2021 rape and asserts a proper investigation might have prevented Eliza Fletcher’s death. 

The owner of Paula & Raiford’s Disco in Downtown Memphis was charged with misdemeanor assault Thursday, Sept. 15, according to Shelby County Criminal Justice records.

Elixir offers a sort of choose-your-own adventure. The party includes five separate rooms, each complete with its own theme, musical era and uniquely paired cocktail.

Brent Hammonds, David Parsons and Kevin Quinn discussed their qualifications and what they see as the priorities for the suburb improving. The fourth candidate — John Lackey — did not participate.

During its 20 years, more than 687,000 patients have visited The Eye Center at the Southern College of Optometry, and 10,000 have received for free or assisted eye health and vision care made possible through private grants and donations.

On this Daily Memphian Memphis Grizzlies Podcast, beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington break down the release of the NBA top 100 players lists from ESPN and CBS. 

Three former Tigers running backs scored their first touchdown of the season. 

Aislinn McEwen has concerns about books coming under scrutiny in school libraries and has included it as a major platform in her run for a seat on the Bartlett City Schools Board of Education.

Hulsey Britt and Frankey Anderson approached Kenneth Wayne Alexander with a proposition: to curate a combined art space, restaurant, and entertainment venue dedicated to Black culture and Black excellence.

The 2022 class features a whopping 27 inductees, including wrestlers, Grizzlies players, Tigers greats, prep coaches and others. 

Chloe Sexton’s BluffCakes are huge, 7-ounce cookies that sell out in minutes because Sexton took her story to TikTok and when people got to know her, they wanted to take a chance on her cookies, too.

Between the Sept. 14 deadline to file qualifying petitions with the Shelby County Election Commission and this past Sunday’s deadline for candidates to withdraw the field stayed the same in the last judicial race of this election year.

The Commission Scorecard tracks votes on an attempt to change who investigates ethics complaints and selection of a new chairman and chairman pro tempore at the first meeting of the term.

Coach Ryan Silverfield is looking for the Tigers to improve on their shortcomings from the 44-32 win over Arkansas State. 

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Others receiving votes were Rockvale, Lebanon, Houston, Jefferson County, Farragut and Centennial.

“Simply put, the Mississippi River corridor is America’s original Main Street — and it should be treated as such,” said Greenville, Mississippi mayor Errick Simmons.

In a lawsuit filed last month, the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association said teachers were asked, even “threatened,” to sign contracts without job descriptions or salary amounts.

“Unfortunately, over the course of the last several weeks there have been many reports of new operations and customer service issues at your offices,” the county mayor wrote in the memo to Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert. 

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Bates was the No. 1 overall recruit in the Class of 2021, according to 247Sports, when he committed to Memphis.