A series of changes in the leadership of Memphis-Shelby County Schools may be giving way to a more gradual but no less profound series of changes within the district.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water, which serves the Memphis metro area, is TVA’s largest customer.

If ICE officials come to school campuses, Memphis-Shelby County Schools officials have directed principals to ask for identification, the purpose for visiting and whether the official has a warrant or other documents.

Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Anthony Buckner also said another inmate was found unresponsive at the jail Friday, Jan. 31, after experiencing a “medical emergency” overnight.

County wants more control over MSCS funds, broken jail doors will take two years to fix and another big live music venue is on the way. 

Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery said on “Behind The Headlines” that he would like to see the commission have line-item control of MSCS spending.

Throughout the past week, pairs of elected officials have toured FedExForum two by two, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young discussed crime, blight and debt, but also called on Memphians to “say yes” to promoting the city and working toward goals of economic growth for all.

Germantown leaders submitted three names to administration before appointing Scotty Hendricks Jr. to school board. He was the only name to appear on the list of all five aldermen.

The 636 doors, which operate on a sliding mechanism, have failed repeatedly throughout the last year, leading to a rise in inmate-on-inmate assaults and assaults against jail staff.

The Memphis-based PGA Tour event’s Positively Memphis Community Fund will aid local organizations with grants ranging from $1,000 to $25,000.

State lawmakers push ahead immigration bill, Tigers football coaches are in the money and a 10-year-old is Corky’s No. 1 fan.

Tennessee lawmakers fast-tracked Gov. Bill Lee’s $5.5 million proposal to create a state immigration division and allocate funding for training grants for local law enforcement agencies seeking immigration agreements to cooperate with federal authorities.

“Tennessee students did well relative to other states, and we did better than some of our neighbors,” Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds said.

A week before Thanksgiving, a local real estate agent got a call to look for a 16-acre site close to the Medical District.

Memphis police said, at 3:32 p.m., officers responded to a shooting in the 900 block of College Park Drive, north of the Soulsville area.

A new agreement will allow Shelby County Health Department to provide screenings, treatment, preventative care and education to public middle and high school students, whose HIV infection rates are rising at an alarming rate. 

President Donald Trump’s budget office rescinded a memo freezing spending on federal grants less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion. In Memphis, the change left many with whiplash but also a sense of relief.

The Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators has a new leader in state Rep. Jesse Chism, D-Memphis.

School voucher bill sails through, Harris wants state funds for new Regional One and two Grizz rookies are heading to All-Star weekend.

The Education Freedom Act passed the state House Education Committe, the House Government Operations Committee, the House Finance Ways and Means Committee and the House Calendar and Rules Committee.

City University School of Independence is among a handful of Memphis-Shelby County Schools charters farthest from initial enrollment goals. 

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talked of the new hospital site as a connection of the Medical District to Downtown, where there is now a lot of vacant land and blight.

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