“We thank you, thank you, thank you,” Floyd Bonner Jr. said. “All of us want the best for Memphis.”

The 14-day early voting period drew nearly 58,000 voters with a turnout bigger than Thursday’s Election Day across the city.

Craft approved Wright’s request to separate his trial from Richardson’s. Wright is still scheduled to begin his trial Oct. 23, but Richardson’s new trial date, which will occur later, has not yet been set.

The man accused in the Margolin Hebrew Academy shooting has a new attorney and has been indicted on an aggravated burglary charge.

Here’s a look back at Election Day in Memphis, from voter turnout to results in the mayoral and City Council races.

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The alleged FedExForum shooter appears in court, Tigers hype basketball season and Leftwich Tennis Center opens soon (and costs more).

The statewide association will speak in a unified voice in Nashville on issues that affect the nonprofit sector and will also conduct research. 

Polls are open Thursday, Oct. 5, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. across the city. Voters are deciding 11 contested races for Memphis City Council and a mayor’s race that will see a new leader elected to start in January.

If you are going to vote on the city’s Thursday, Oct. 5, election day, here are the basics — what to expect and how to prepare to cast your ballot.

Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet, continued her 11,000-mile journey through the U.S. and Mexico with a stop in Memphis Wednesday, Oct. 4.

The Sept. 7 shooting at a Lil Baby concert resulted in critical injuries to one man, who was later upgraded to noncritical. 

On the same day as an apparent suicide at the Shelby County Jail, the sheriff’s office talked about a program that would use peer-guided healing ciricles within the facility and the need for mental health facilities.

Election Day is tomorrow, when voters will select 13 City Council members and a new city mayor. Here’s everything you need to know about this Memphis municipal election.

The utility wants to move its headquarters to a larger building, a $31 million, 300,000-square-foot facility in the Goodlett Farms area, north of Shelby Farms Park. 

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The proposed rate hike would fund $1.2 billion of power grid improvements over the next five years.

The nonprofit that runs four of the city’s tennis facilities announced price increases for the newly renovated tennis center. 

Film commission has its biggest year, Bartlett tables a new mosque and Memphis is a hub for Black tech talent.

Two polls made public – one in August and one in early September – showed essentially a four-way race for mayor among Floyd Bonner, Willie Herenton, Van Turner and Paul Young.

Attendance figures for the Beale Street Music Festival hit a 30-year low, according to the report released Tuesday, Oct. 3. The festival’s annual report promises further word on the 2024 festival’s future in the coming days.

After agreeing on the short-term spending bill last week that lead to the Tuesday, Oct. 3, vote on ousting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Congressmen Steve Cohen and David Kustoff parted company on McCarthy’s political fate.

During the darkest hours of his 13-year bout against drug and substance addiction, Todd Crandell never thought he’d see the light of day as life closed in on him at deafening speed.

Justin Jones’ attorneys argue Cameron Sexton “led an illegal and unconstitutional effort to expel them — all in an effort to quash legitimate and open discussion about the use of weapons of war in murdering six Nashville citizens.”

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