Young wants to fight crime pandemic-style, Philip Ashley Chocolates are getting more exclusive and Caleb Mills’ knee injury is “not good.”

The reappointment of Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis as police chief is among the slew of mayoral appointments that the Memphis City Council is slated to consider at its first meeting of 2024.

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The Tennessee Supreme Court is looking for a new justice after Justice Roger Page announced his retirement.

“I think it’s time for us to figure out a solution, and it’s hard to believe that the solution is Wanda Halbert as county clerk,” said the Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on WKNO’s “Behind the Headlines.”

“We hear our citizens loud and clear,” said Memphis Mayor Paul Young. “They want to see action. They want to see us strategizing and figuring out how we’re going to reduce the chaos, the hurt and the pain that we see in our community.”

Wiseacre hops on non-alcoholic trend, Southaven’s top cop will retire and Chukis’ chips aren’t free (but they’re worth the price.) 

The first woman to lead the state’s highest court will oversee negotiations between lawyers for Nicole Freeman and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr., Chief Jailer Kirk Fields and Shelby County government. 

Shelby County Criminal Court Division 7 Judge Lee Coffee made the decision during a motion hearing Wednesday, Jan. 3, after Abston’s attorney filed a change-of-venue motion, specifically requesting a jury from Davidson County.

Macon Moore was chosen to lead Southaven’s police department in 2019 following a national search. 

The holiday’s most extensive outage was caused when part of a high-voltage transmission tower broke, triggering a safety response. 

Mark Ward will fill in for suspended judge, Ja Morant hands out a late Christmas gift and we remember Elmore Nickelberry and Tony Bologna.

Graceland will host its four days of events beginning Friday, Jan. 5, and finishing on The King’s Monday, Jan. 8, birthday, with a fan meetup, stories, tours, music and, of course, cake. 

Memphis ended the year 2023 with 397 homicides, breaking the city’s previous homicide record by more than 50 additional killings. 

Fouché served in city government for years, succeeding Ursula Madden for the top communications job in September 2022.

In an NPR interview in 2018, Elmore Nickelberry said, “I knew I wasn’t no garbage man. I just worked in garbage.”

The Tennessee Supreme Court has appointed a senior judge to fill in for Shelby County Criminal Court Division 9 Judge Melissa Boyd while she is suspended. 

The Lake District developer defends troubled project, Union Depot is ramping up and we tell you where to get fried chicken with cheesecake.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young offered fresh “hope” at his swearing-in ceremony. And while that won’t solve the city’s many problems, it is at least a good start. 

Paul Young and 12 of the 13 city council members took the oath of office at the Cannon Center to begin new four-year terms at City Hall. Young said the city will rise or fall depending on what happens in the next four years.

Bill Lee has held office as a “conservative education revolution” has swept states controlled by Republicans.

Experts suggest we need to abandon the old notion of fixed, deadline-driven — and occasionally self-loathing — New Year’s resolutions.

Also happening: Cleotha Abston’s attorney requests Davidson County jurors for his trial, and the Shelby County Commission holds its first committee sessions of the year.

In 2023, Memphis lost artists, activists, coaches, athletes, entrepreneurs, medical professionals, restaurateurs, public servants and the area’s “unofficial LGBTQ historian.” 

Today, we remember them once again. 

Jim Strickland’s years as mayor took Memphis into its third century of existence, through the COVID-19 pandemic and brought it face-to-face with some of the worst crimes and crime waves in its modern history.

The Saturday parade and block party on Tiger Lane is one of four events in three days that includes Paul Young taking the oath of office as mayor of Memphis Monday at the Cannon Center.