More than 50 troopers will contribute to an ongoing “surge” over the next few weeks, after state Sen. Brent Taylor pleaded for more help fighting crime in Memphis. 

The charge stemmed from a fight involving him, Morant and college basketball player Joshua Holloway in July 2022. The fight was allegedly over a pickup game of basketball at a house Morant owns in Eads.

In something of a domino effect, the Smith family donation for the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium will free up cash for the Memphis Grizzlies and the City of Memphis to do renovations at FedExForum. 

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Former MPD officer is sentenced in pepper-spray case, the Tigers take a trip to the tropics and we help you get a start on holiday shopping. 

After he lost one son to gang violence and another was sent to prison, Randy Taylor, a Memphis Police Department officer, created local nonprofit Hope Activated to mentor the city’s youth.

After William Skelton’s one-year diversion, his case will be dismissed, and he will be eligible for expungement.

The council also takes a final vote Tuesday, Nov. 21, on a fiber broadband initiative and sets a December vote on a proposed MLGW rate hike.

Nashville and Shelby County governments have pulled out of their more than 3-year-old legal dispute with the state over a 2019 private school voucher law.

Shooter found dead after manhunt had history of domestic violence, county faces another inmate death suit and Nineteenth Century Club may be spared from white paint. 

The Johnson family is raising cattle on about 15 of the 200 acres they own in Mississippi. During long spells without rain, the grass dries up, and the Johnsons have to buy hay. Then the pond dries up and they have to use a hose from the house to water the cows. 

Here’s a look at all 13 members of the Memphis City Council that takes office in January.

The lawsuit filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee alleges the Shelby County jail is understaffed, poorly supervised and holds inmates longer than necessary.

Also happening: The Memphis Tigers take a trip to the Bahamas, and we’ve got your guide to mastering Thanksgiving with recipes, music and more.

“I’ve had some tests and all, but we’ll be going through a few more things,” said Bellevue Baptist pastor Steve Gaines.

The man found dead after allegedly carrying out killings of four victims and critically injuring another had a checkered past that involved charges of attempted second-degree murder, state charges of domestic assault and federal charges of felon in possession of a handgun.

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Dr. Dale Viox was sworn in Saturday, Nov. 18, in Nashville during theTennessee School Boards Association Delegate Assembly at the Opryland Convention Center.

Eight hours of meetings focused on federal education funding and whether Tennessee should give that funding up wrapped last week. Here are some of the main takeaways.

Four female victims are dead and one injured after separate shootings Saturday that seem to be related, police said. The male suspect was later found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot. 

Jamie Steward and her husband Chris Steward first met Kamryn and Marcquese ten years ago, when the two children were 5 and 3 years old, and on Saturday, Nov. 18 the Stewards officially made them a part of the family.

“There’s something that’s got to be done so no other mother has to feel this pain,” said Angela Kirkendoll, whose son Myra died this week. 

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland talks about coming to the end of his 8-year tenure as mayor in the first part of a two-part interview on “Behind The Headlines.”

Here’s a look at how the 2023 election season shook out, and what’s coming up on the ballot for Memphis voters in 2024.

Oher has been battling the Tuohys in court about a conservatorship that gave the couple control over Oher’s finances, education and medical decisions as well as the ability to sign contracts on his behalf.

Memphis City Council Chairman Martavius Jones is proposing a pay raise from the current $170,817 Mayor Jim Strickland makes to $210,000 a year starting Jan. 1 when Mayor-elect Paul Young takes office.