The marker unveiled Wednesday is about the past but also the present push to restore and renovate the Klondike area where Lee lived out his life after he saved the lives of 32 people on the Mississippi River in 1925.

Surveillance clips show the shooting that killed Darrin Pigram inside the Burger King where he worked. The release comes days after officials said there would be no charges filed against the officer. 

Also happening this week: A vegan restaurant closes its doors, and there’s a duck-calling contest.

Together4Students is the latest local group to join a cadre of Memphis advocates for school reform. It is urging the district to drop its state takeover lawsuit.

“If you want something to be better, you have to get out there and do your part,” said one voter.

Young pitches ideas for spending SpaceXAI taxes, the Memphis Flyer has new ownership and Cotton Row is hot right now. 

The state isn’t just taking over school systems. It’s taking over airports. 

More improvements are coming to internal controls, procurement, human resources and cybersecurity processes at Memphis-Shelby County Schools, Superintendent Roderick Richmond told board members.

On nine of the past 17 weekdays, at least part of the building has been closed, often with little public notice, confusing residents who are expected to appear for scheduled court dates.

The Memphis City Council also approved a change to the city’s structure for the trustee status MATA is currently operating under.

Robert Spence, the attorney for the coalition of liquor stores fighting The Station, indicated that his clients may need to “reassess” a pending Chancery Court lawsuit in the wake of the council’s decision.

Seattle-based Noisy Creek owns six publications nationwide, including Seattle’s The Stranger, the Portland Mercury, the Chicago Reader and the Anchorage Press.

Mayor Paul Young’s administration pitched how it plans to spend about $3.3 million on the 5-mile area around SpaceXAI’s Colossus I data center.

Private development at Liberty Park has stalled, and the City of Memphis is looking to end its contract with the joint venture managing the project.

Darrin Pigram, 41, who was shot and killed on May 13, was being sought on a warrant for charges of aggravated assault, aggravated burglary and a weapons violation.

City workers get parental benefits, the state airport takeover firms up and we look back at the life of Henry Hooper II.

As they often do, the college’s property transactions point to a larger transformation.

Henry Hooper II, who died July 12 at the age of 87, had an illustrious life and career.

The vacancy was created by the resignation of Scotty Hendricks Jr.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young signed an executive order that puts in place up to six weeks of fully paid leave for full-time city employees following the birth, adoption or fostering of a child.

The Memphis City Council will act on the appointments for the city’s CFO and CAO and take final votes to add a pair of city charter change referendums to the Nov. 3 ballot for Memphis voters to decide.

Most of the early and absentee votes in the first two days of the ongoing early voting period were cast in Democratic state and federal primaries.

The organization hosted its 12th annual youth “hackathon” at the FedEx Institute of Technology July 16-18. 

State preps for airport board takeover, the Grizzlies aren’t summer champs and we look at when Ramble On might ramble in. 

We also talk about an area of Downtown that drivers may want to avoid ... until September.