Weaver has been with the festival for 25 years, most recently as chief financial officer. The MIM board announced the decision Thursday, Feb. 1, as longtime president and CEO Jim Holt officially retires.

The proposed amendment, which would be on the 2026 ballot, would limit financial consideration in bail for the mostly violent crimes covered by the 2022 “truth in sentencing” law.

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Some of the more than 20 bills Taylor filed take aim at Shelby County’s current bail practices and a recent Memphis City Council ordinance that banned pretextual traffic stops by Memphis Police Department officers.

Rep. Kevin Vaughan, R-Collierville, has proposed a new wetlands bill that he says is more equitable to landowners. 

“You took my best friend, my soulmate, the one person that understood me,” the victim’s husband told the defendant. “I will never forgive you.”

Charges are dropped for one in killing of St. Jude researcher, lawmakers try to ban pride flags and Deanie Parker is a double Grammy nominee.

For nearly 50 years, the U of M had taught engineering from the Herff facilities, which were completed in the early 1970s when engineering was taught in classrooms and laboratories and largely did not include research.

Rosenfeld’s retirement is effective immediately, with the MATA board announcing deputy CEO Bacarra Mauldin starts as interim CEO Thursday, Feb. 1. Rosenfeld has led the city’s bus system since January 2017.

Ramon McGhee was found unresponsive in his cell on Jan. 10, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating McGhee’s death.

“We are a pro-life state,” Martin told the House Finance, Ways and Means Subcommittee Wednesday, Jan. 31. “We want to be people that care about the unborn — and the born.”

Crews will close the Mississippi-Arkansas Bridge, also known as the “Old Bridge,” to continue work on the I-55 and Crump Boulevard interchange.

Charges against Marious Ward, the alleged shooter in the case, were not dismissed Wednesday, although concerns were raised about how he was developed as a suspect.

State Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, said the bill targets the pride flag, even though it could prohibit others, such as the Confederate, Thin Blue Line and Black Lives Matter flags.

Germantown residents have local elections this fall. There are three aldermen positions and three school board seats on the Nov. 5 ballot.

A lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee claims the NCAA is “enforcing rules that unfairly restrict how athletes can commercially use their name, image and likeness at a critical juncture in the recruiting calendar.”

Six months after Tennessee hired its first leader to manage school improvement work statewide, the position is now vacant.

City Council will vote on extending health benefits to themselves, the Grizz sign two more hardship players and we’ve got a tip on where to have fun and make friends.

Germantown Board of Education’s meeting Tuesday was full of celebrations for students, the board and its superintendent.

The City Council votes Tuesday, Feb. 6, on extending the city’s health insurance coverage for council members who serve two terms. The calculations are complex and the authority for such a move is controversial.

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Collierville’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen has chosen eight people to interview for school board. The person will serve until November.

Before being chosen for the top law enforcement position, Brent Vickers acted as Southaven’s deputy chief of police. 

In the new footage, other MPD officers are heard describing those in the SCORPION unit as “adrenaline junkies” who are too “hands-on.” One officer is also heard saying, “It’ll be justified.”

“There are tires everywhere,” business owner Corteney Mack said. “They’re everywhere because you have so many tire shops.”

The details of the Education Freedom Scholarship Act draft — which was filed and quickly withdrawn on Monday — conform to those Gov. Bill Lee laid out when he announced the proposal in late November.

The County Commission is considering switching the Shelby County Land Bank into a Shelby County Real Estate Department and giving the new office additional responsibilities.