The Tuesday vote came with concerns that some library employees don’t believe they will have to reapply for their jobs.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members voted to close five campuses at the end of the school year. The decision impacts 2,650 students and staff, and could be the first round of a total 15 school closures within three years.

The Memphis Riverline Hotel, which is connected to the Renasant Convention Center, will operate as an independent flag associated with Marriott until it meets brand standards when it will become an official Marriott hotel.

The lawsuit claims Memphis illegally blocked access to MPD records after DOJ’s civil rights findings.

In November, a jury found Latoshia Daniels guilty of second-degree murder and reckless endangerment in connection with the shooting death of Brodes Perry.

The commission also approved a $250,000 contract for “trauma-informed, restorative group programming and staff training services” at Memphis-Shelby County Juvenile Court.

This will be at least the second partnership CBU has signed with another school to provide new classes, all with an eye to increasing enrollment.

The bitter cold that battered Memphis in January has led to February utility bills that are much higher than last year and last month. 

The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office has partnered with a local AI start-up to implement its evidence management tool.

Meet two Grizzlies fans who are just happy to be here. Plus, Comeback Coffee is coming back – sort of.

After the Memphis Safe Task Force was deployed last fall, the Collierville Police Department did something unexpected. 

District officials estimate 2,650 students would go to a new school or get new classmates, a smaller figure than it could be. That’s because many of the students who are zoned to attend the schools don’t, according to district data obtained and reviewed by The Daily Memphian. 

The candidates each talked about their differences with each other as the campaigns move past introductions.

A total of 121 candidates made the deadline to file their qualifying petitions with the Shelby County Election Commission.

Topping the council’s agenda are final votes on the first step toward a Hyde Square plaza Downtown, as well as discussion on changing the status of library workers and an update on the city’s bus system.

MSCS audit reveals payroll problems, the Sheraton reno has a timeline and we’ve got the recipe for a Good Fortune ramen bowl.

This week brings us the NFL Combine and two Tigers tackles who get to attend and a deadline to not run for office. 

The regular audit is separate from the state-ordered forensic audit of the Memphis school system. The forensic audit is underway. 

Faculty sets a tone: Bodies will be treated with dignity. Usually, however, students don’t need the reminder. At the end of the semester, many even linger to say goodbye to their bodies.

Maybe, just maybe, a class at Christian Brothers University can focus attention back on the murders of Beau and Shea Grauer, two brothers killed seven months apart in two separate Midtown shootings that appear unconnected.

Some worried the Memphis Safe Task Force’s launch would drive crime up in the suburbs.

Also in the political roundup, Rose says he has a plan for state control after the Task Force; Buckner says the Task Force has a secret; and Smiley says the county mayor has a role to play at the jail.

Also happening this week: Another election deadline is coming, and a private karaoke studio opens.

Commissioners are also voting on an effort to restructure its diversity efforts in keeping with the Trump administration’s ban on such programs.

Since its inception in 2003, the Mid-South Raptor Center, which is run entirely by volunteers, has rehabilitated and released more than 2,000 wounded wild birds of prey.