Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton said the amendment would increase judicial discretion regarding bail and would require judges to say why or why not they granted bail. 

The affidavit says the inmate told the jailer that he “had something for him,” and “I’m going to kill you.”

This week’s announcement that Collierville Schools will close its Virtual Academy at the end of the academic year indicates there are still problems to address before the district takes another run at the idea.

Shelby County judge files an order of protection against her brother, Penny stands by decision to play eldest son and you can get pizza by the slice at Grizzlies games.

Gerald Skahan allegedly sent three text messages where he threatened “bodily harm” or to kill Paula Skahan, according to the complaint.

Linn Sitler, Memphis and Shelby County Film/TV Commissioner, said that Tyler Perry and his team were in Memphis on Tuesday for a one-day local shoot, employing 20-25 local crew members and roughly 200 extras.

The House members of the committee examining federal education funds released their report Thursday, Jan. 25, and recommended greater legislative oversight of federal rules. But they are not, at least yet, proposing any cuts.

County is cleared in COVID-19 vaccine tweet suit, Tennesseans may be waiting months on SNAP benefits and Vince Williams Jr. dominates Miami.

Free courses in nine career fields will begin this winter on all Southwest Tennessee campuses for residents of Shelby and Fayette counties. 

The post-storm water situation in Memphis has cleared up just in time for Mid-South Mission of Mercy, a free two-day dental clinic slated for Jan. 26 and 27 at Bellevue Baptist Church.

Arlington High students will soon have a new device to replicate the human anatomy in a virtual platform.

An Italianate home in South Memphis and an early middle-class housing complex in Midtown have been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.

Officials responsible for administering the food-assistance program for low-income Tennesseans appeared before a state Senate committee Wednesday to explain the problems and how they plan to solve them.

An attorney for one of the former officers previously argued that federal prosecutors in the criminal case should not be allowed to have expert witnesses speak on two key points during the trial.

Commissioner Mick Wright has a number of directives in mind for the coming year, including reducing crime and getting Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert’s office in line.

Judy Martin retired from the health department in 2020 after more than 1,500 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine expired; her lawsuit alleged Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris damaged her reputation with a social media post. 

Collierville Virtual Academy will cease operations at the end of the academic year. The suburb’s Board of Education approved the closure Tuesday evening.

DeSoto County inmates escape, Penny is done playing and we remember Sara Lewis and Jerome Wright.

Three years ago, Memphis Light, Gas and Water issued its first boil-water advisory for the area. Since then, it’s issued four more.

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Jeff Jones, interim superintendent, made it clear the decision was not to rescind rezoning elementary schools but to delay until the 2025-26 school year.

Journalist Jerome Wright, 74, died Monday evening. He covered Memphis for more than five decades. He knew the place better than anyone else. But he became a beloved figure in the city because he treated everyone with kindness and respect. 

The nine directors and city chiefs were approved without a single no vote Tuesday. Public Works director Robert Knecht’s reappointment drew some criticism from council members, prompting a two-week delay.

“She was very disappointed in Memphis about how the so-called Black children were allowed to falter because it allowed different subsets of schools,” said Aaron L. Lewis Jr., Lewis’s son.

Regional One Health is using community-project funding to bring state-of-the-art technology, updated waiting rooms and renovated workstations to the aging county hospital.

The referendum, which would allow the Memphis City Council to set its own pay and that of city division directors, will remain on the August 2024 ballot for city voters to decide.

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