Feagins has denied wrongdoing, and issued a lengthy rebuttal to the board’s claims during a meeting on Jan. 14.

“We’ve got several pathways,” Tennessee Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, told The Daily Memphian. 

MSCS board members voted on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to name Roderick Richmond as interim superintendent moments after terminating former district head Marie Feagins. 

Marie Feagins’ tenure as superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools is over. 

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As the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members gathered to vote on Marie Feagins’ future as the district’s superintendent, members of the public turned out to support her.

The Division of Neighborhood Improvements was outlined as a more focused approach to persistent blight in the city’s residential areas. City Council members want to know more about the latest shift in the city’s blight strategy.

Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy defended himself against the state’s ouster attempt and shared a limerick with the Collierville Rotary Club.

The vending machine, a pilot project, is part of a larger effort to increase access to harm-reduction supplies across Shelby County, which recorded 910 suspected opioid overdose-related deaths in the last two years. 

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board met to vote to fire the districts superintendent of nine months, Marie Feagins. Watch the meeting here.

Former Memphian Richard Barnett, 64, was released from Federal Bureau of Prisons custody at 11 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2025.

The Memphis City Council took up the reappointment of C.J. Davis, which had been on hold for a year.

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Two county officials told the Shelby County Commission last week that the xAI supercomputer could generate at least $13.5 million in tax revenue. 

The long-delayed Memphis City Council votes on closing two Chickasaw Gardens streets to auto traffic has been delayed indefinitely.

The shooting is still under investigation, according to the TBI. 

Conserving electricity means turning thermostats to 68 degrees or below, unplugging unused appliances, and avoiding running the washer, dryer, dishwasher and other appliances that use a lot of electricity. 

Young proposes a new city division, a Germantown woman is prepping for another round on “Jeopardy” and somebody called 13 in last night’s Grizz win. 

The funding aims to bolster interest in the humanities and provide an income for students who cannot afford to work unpaid internships. 

Three local experts talk about how proteins, carbs and fats make up the building blocks of the body and how they keep people energized, functioning and healthy. 

In addition to Steve Mulroy’s time as an elected official, there are two other things many people have learned about him over the years: He’s a huge Star Trek fan, and the man just loves limericks. 

It’s unclear whether the board will stray from its 5-4 division.

The city council agenda also includes a discussion of the proposed Chickasaw Gardens street closures but no vote on the long-delayed pair of resolutions for another two weeks.

In frigid temperatures, dozens of demonstrators marched Monday from the Shelby County Jail to the National Civil Rights Museum in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, calling for justice and unity.

With an ouster vote looming, Marie Feagins’ tenure in the Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent position could be just as long as her pursuit of it. 

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