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  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Third graders are behind; Charlie’s is triangulated

    Morant’s social posts lead to wellness check, alleged Huey’s shooter is back in jail and Tina Turner has died.

    By Bianca Phillips May 25, 2023
  • Premium Elections

    McKissack says MSCS email mentioning mayoral candidacy was a ‘screw-up’

    Michelle McKissack sent an email about the district’s third grade reading scores Wednesday afternoon in which she referenced her mayoral candidacy, an “oversight” that could run afoul of district ethics rules. 

    By Samuel Hardiman, Aarron Fleming May 25, 2023
  • Public Safety

    Man accused in Huey’s shooting indicted and back in custody

    The indictment was obtained Tuesday, according to court records. Harris is indicted on charges of theft of property $10,000-$60,000 and theft of property $2,500-$10,000.

    By Julia Baker May 25, 2023
  • Germantown

    Germantown has Tennessee’s highest third grade language arts proficiency

    TCAP test results shows nearly 80% of the Germantown school district’s third graders scored proficiently on the English language arts portion. Tennessee Department of Education released district-level data Wednesday.

    By Abigail Warren May 24, 2023
  • Education

    ‘She is the future:’ Memphian graduates as Stillman College valedictorian

    “If I could give advice to anyone struggling in college, it’s to ask for help when you need it,” said Memphian Hannah Fields, who recently graduated valedictorian of her senior class at Stillman College. “You can’t do everything yourself; nobody can do everything alone all the time.”

    By Alicia Davidson May 24, 2023
  • Memphis Grizzlies

    Deputies conduct wellness check on Ja Morant

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office confirmed to The Daily Memphian deputies conducted a wellness check on Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant on Wednesday after social media posts raised concern.

    By Drew Hill May 24, 2023
  • Education

    TCAP test: More than 75% of MSCS third graders are behind

    The district has 8,500 third graders across both district-managed and charter schools. That means that around 6,494 of them did not score proficient on the test.

    Related story:

    Germantown has Tennessee’s highest third grade language arts proficiency

    By Aarron Fleming May 24, 2023
  • Guest Columnists

    Opinion: Memphis City Council did not back down on gun reform

    “We must continue to let our state representatives know how their gun laws have completely upended our city and that we demand Tennessee’s urban cities be given the authority to impose their own firearm laws. It won’t be a quick or easy road.”

    By Dr. Jeff Warren May 24, 2023
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Drag ruling will come by Pride; Christ Church breaks away

    Memphis parks have equity issues, Greenlaw won’t be a detention center and Arlington school board approves a pay raise. 

    By Bianca Phillips May 24, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    Parks and rec: Memphis’ ParkScore hurt by access, equity

    “Memphis has very large parks, but those large parks are not dispersed in a way that they can benefit the majority of residents.”

    By Keely Brewer July 07, 2023
  • North Memphis

    MPD reverses decision on youth curfew center

    ”We don’t have the capacity to pick up children and take them where they need to go,” Davis said, after announcing that the Greenlaw Community Center won’t be used to hold curfew breakers.

    Related story:

    MPD to share Greenlaw Community Center with city parks department.

    By Julia Baker May 24, 2023
  • Update Suburbs

    Here’s how suburban third graders fared on the TCAP

    Under state law, third graders who score less than proficient on the TCAP are at risk of retention; some local suburban districts revealed between 7.3% and 12% of their students may need to retake the test. 

    By Abigail Warren May 24, 2023
  • Public Safety

    MPD to share Greenlaw Community Center with city parks department

    The Parks and Recreation Department’s website shows that open youth and adult gyms currently operate out of the center. MPD will also run its ongoing community programming from the center. 

    By Julia Baker May 23, 2023
  • Premium East Memphis

    Christ Church and 161 other United Methodist churches OK’d to leave

    More than 80% of the 840 UMC churches — and 87% of the members — in the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Annual Conference have chosen to remain with the United Methodist Church.

    By Jane Roberts May 24, 2023
  • City of Memphis

    25 contenders pull October election petitions on opening day

    If the last two city elections are any guide, the opening day total for qualifying petitions will be about a third of those who ultimately file for the 15 city offices by the July 20 deadline.

    By Bill Dries May 23, 2023
  • State Government

    Judge to rule on Tennessee ‘drag ban’ by June 2

    “This is an effort of a reactionary group of lawmakers to push LGBT people back into the closet,” said attorney Brice Timmons. “We’re talking about pushing people back four decades.”

    By Ben Wheeler May 23, 2023
  • Premium Education

    Bailey: Arlington school board members are considering a raise — if you hadn’t heard

    “Under the proposed budget, each of the board members’ annual financial compensation could move from the current $6,495 to $12,000 a year. And that current amount already is more than any other suburban district.”

    By Clay Bailey May 23, 2023
  • Premium The Early Word

    The Early Word: Grindfather pleads guilty, and third graders face retention

    City candidates pull petitions, Arlington school board members may double their pay and JJJ peddles caffeine gummies.

    By Bianca Phillips May 23, 2023
  • Education

    Sharon McNary, ‘triple crown’ of principals, retiring after 40 years in district

    McNary’s leadership produced two big faculty awards, high test scores and a neighborhood that knows her by her smile and Mustang convertible.

    By Jane Roberts May 23, 2023
  • Premium Arlington

    Arlington school board wants to almost double its own salaries

    The Arlington Community Schools board will consider its annual fiscal year budget Tuesday evening, and included in the numbers is a significant increase to board members’ salaries.

    By Michael Waddell May 23, 2023
  • Elections

    Memphis City Council, mayoral hopefuls begin to pull petitions

    The opening day crowd to get petitions at the Election Commission’s Downtown office had a few surprises, a party bus and even some camaraderie among competing candidates.

    By Bill Dries May 23, 2023
  • Public Safety

    U.S. Attorney’s Office prosecuting 26 people for gun crimes with ‘switches’

    Switches, small steel or plastic squares that affix to a semi-automatic weapon and engage the firing pin, can make a gun capable of firing dozens of rounds of ammunition in seconds. 

    By Julia Baker May 22, 2023
  • North Mississippi

    NWCC breaks ground on Southaven workforce, nursing center

    “Many of us know that training for these high-wage, high-demand careers are needed right now, and the demand will simply just continue to grow in the future,” said Michael Heindl, president of NWCC since 2018.

    By Beth Sullivan May 22, 2023
  • Education

    More than half of Tennessee third graders fall short on state test

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools began releasing state-mandated test scores to students and families Monday, in a year when the district estimates that 41% of third graders would be at risk for retention.

    By Aarron Fleming May 22, 2023
  • Memphis Grizzlies

    Tony Allen pleads guilty in health care fraud case

    Tony Allen pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, according to court documents. 

    By Drew Hill May 22, 2023

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