The son of Martin Luther King Jr. returns to Memphis on the anniversary of his father’s assassination for the National Civil Rights Museum’s annual commemoration. 

Juvenile Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon said only about 50%-60% of children in the facility attend classes. He also said the court mandated Feb. 28 parent visitation, which has been suspended for four years, be reinstated.

U.S. District Judge Mark Norris on Thursday, April 4, denied motions by defense counsel for the officers, of which several had been filed.

New juvie has more kids than the sheriff’s office can handle, Ja Morant splits with his agent and the party is over in Southaven. 

“It is critical in the face of such tragedy that we don’t surrender to hopelessness. We’ve got to strengthen our resolve, amplify our voices and expand our reach,” said the executive director of Memphis Child Advocacy Center.

U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn was in Memphis Wednesday and talked with The Daily Memphian about crime, a proposal she is sponsoring to strip federal funds from cities with a no-cash bail policy and whether Memphis is a “soft-on-crime” city.

The lab’s namesake, who grew up on a dairy farm in Whitehaven, and went on to be a successful businessman, died last month.

“Basically, every teacher would move up the equivalent of four steps in one year,” Lakeland School System Superintendent Ted Horrell said at a budget work session for the coming fiscal year.

The cases represent 15% of the felonies that have come through the DA’s office this year, Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said during a Wednesday press conference.

A group of organizations allege the youth detention facility’s leadership and staff deny visitation and do not provide sufficient education or time outdoors.

Legislation to let some public school teachers carry handguns gained momentum as the GOP-controlled legislature quashed new attempts to tighten the state’s lax firearm laws following last year’s mass school shooting in Nashville.

Melissa Boyd will plead guilty Friday in her criminal case, her lawyer Arthur Horne told The Daily Memphian Wednesday.

Related content:

Embattled judge Melissa Boyd resigns

Young says new police rank may prevent federal oversight, two FedExForum projects move ahead and homeless pups get home training in jail.

Sports authority board approves part of $550 million in planned renovations to FedExForum and provides a look at the upgrades the Memphis Grizzlies are planning.

MPD and its police union disagree over the recent creation of a frontline supervisor role, but Memphis Mayor Paul Young says the second lieutenant rank is needed to avoid another U.S. Department of Justice consent decree. 

Six women in the Shelby County Department of Corrections and three dogs are participating in a program to improve the women’s emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills while giving dogs training to make them more adoptable. 

Founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1921, the parochial school ICCS shares a campus with the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, the mother church of the Diocese of Memphis. 

The move stops a planned vote Thursday, April 4, that would’ve likely seen Shelby County Criminal Court Division 9 Judge Melissa Boyd removed from the bench. 

An intense thunderstorm Tuesday morning knocked out power to tens of thousands of MLGW customers, according to the utility’s outage map. 

Judge Melissa Boyd wants to resign, Church Health will teach you how to cook and Marc Gasol shares what might have been. 

The sun will only be 97.7% obscured in Memphis on Monday. But that doesn’t mean locals can’t join in on some solar eclipse fun at parks, rooftops and gardens.

Days before a vote that could see her removed from the bench, a criminal court judge wants to resign from her post, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Memphian. But the vote should move forward, regardless.

“I’ve been ... hearing some great stories and then hearing some of the sharper and harder stories about the work that remains ahead and lies ahead,” New MSCS superintendent Marie Feagins said at the first stop on her tour of 20 schools this month.

The University of Memphis got in on the April Fools' Day foolery with an announcement that the college’s nickname would no longer be the “Tigers.” 

MPD top brass may be deposed in Nichols case, Memphis Showboats start the season strong and you can build your own doughnuts in Collierville.