Lifeline to Success, the nonprofit, will put the funds toward its new rehabilitation center, Welch Home for Success, and a 12-month demonstration program.

MLGW warned that crews will be performing routine gas maintenance at one of its electrical substations at 9645 Winchester Road. 

Re-arrests are down after bail reform, Medtronic may invest millions and we look at cases dismissed over ties with the officers charged in Tyre Nichols’ death. 

The Daily Memphian celebrates its fifth anniversary by asking long-term writers to share a few of their favorite stories. Here are those stories and why the authors chose them, in their own words.

Most of the cases dismissed as a result of their ties to the five former Memphis Police Department officers accused in Tyre Nichols’ death were street-level drug offenses, weapons violations and driving violations. 

State Rep. Kevin Vaughan (R-Collierville) and other West Tennessee Republicans have pushed Strickland to finish allocating cash for the slow-moving renovations to Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium. 

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For about 10 days, starting in late August, the image was on display in the school’s law review offices on the fourth floor. It was also shared digitally.

The report was in response to two resolutions passed by county commissioners, both of which asked for data centered around the bail order.

Documents show gaps remain in the City of Memphis’ plan to fund the FedExForum and Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium renovations. 

One intern is working on general assignment news; another is focusing on high school sports.

The former teacher joined the school board last October to represent District 7, which includes east Whitehaven, Oakhaven and Hickory Hill.

Calkins hopes the stadium funding plan doesn’t scare off the Grizzlies, Drake and Zeke get a brass note and we look at how Hattiloo is selling out shows. 

“One of the first questions is going to be: if this water is essential to prosperity and growth, whose? Should it be those who dream about it in dry places, or those who are next to it?”

Prosecutors say Kelsey’s request for bail is another delay tactic. The parties are set for oral arguments on the bail motion Thursday, Sept. 21.

“The city’s proposal to fund stadium renovations is now out there for all he world to see. How should Memphians think about that? They should hope that Robert Pera and the Grizzlies don’t hold a grudge.”

“Who starts up a newspaper these days? What a preposterous thing to do. But in just five years, The Daily Memphian has become one of the things that binds this city together. That’s worth pausing to celebrate.”

Brooks will be the featured speaker at the MIFA annual luncheon Sept. 21, and also will speak at Rhodes College while in Memphis. 

This week marks two years since the Collierville Kroger mass shooting. Plus, FedEx Corp. reports first-quarter earnings and U of M researchers reveal breaches in the aquifer.

After 41 deaths at 201 Poplar, since the start of 2019, Shelby County government is in the process of renewing its contract with Wellpath, the largest health care provider for jails and prisons in the country.

The opening day of early voting in Memphis elections posts numbers closer to opening day in 2015 than 2019. Also in the round up, trying to apply a “blue wave” strategy to nonpartisan city elections.

Former Mayor Willie Herenton talks on “Behind The Headlines” about his bid to return as mayor, a recent discussion he had with millennials and his leadership of MPD.

Dignitaries including Gov. Bill Lee were present as Alliance Healthcare Services celebrated a facility being built in Binghampton that will cover behavioral health, addiction, and walk-in help for children and families. 

A judge is slated to issue an order by the end of next week allowing for the public release of additional video, audio, reports and personnel files related to the Tyre Nichols case. 

The National Weather Service at Memphis expects the river to approach, or maybe surpass, last year’s record low by the end of the month.

U.S. District Judge Mark Norris is weighing how the civil lawsuit over Tyre Nichols’ death should proceed and what parties should be involved.