A man has been charged in the Margolin shooting, diesel was found in Germantown water (again) and we’ve got a hot tip for staying cool. 

It spawned careers, including that of a young Cybill Shepherd in 1968 when she was a model in Hunter’s catalog; employed a-yet-undiscovered Charley Pride and created advertising history in the energy-crisis-prone ‘70s.

A report verified by a third-party arbiter and reviewed by the city administration shows 252 separate items of damage totaling $1.4 million, most of it incurred during the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

More than 80 Memphis high school graduates were honored with a dinner reception at Memphis City Hall Wednesday night after being awarded scholarships from the Memphis City Council HBCU Scholarship Fund. 

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has charged a man in connection to a shooting at Margolin Hebrew Academy-Feinstone Yeshiva of the South in East Memphis.

The St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend is the largest single day fundraiser for the hospital.

The collaboration is a new joint effort between the three districts to engage with industries and create opportunities for students.

The court announced Wednesday, Aug. 2, that it’s partnering with a residential boarding school “designed to train young boys to excel in academics and athletics.”

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation provided an update Wednesday, Aug. 2, on the case of the alleged shooter at Margolin Hebrew Academy in East Memphis. Here are the things we know about the situation and some of the information that still is unclear.

Voters on the western edge of Shelby County go to the polls Thursday, Aug. 3, to elect their state representative for the fourth time this year.

Nikki Dildine and her team will work on a school-by-school basis supporting transportation safety programs.

Downtown’s Mobility Center opens soon, West Nile is here and the DOJ wants public input on the MPD.

The Zoom meeting was one of many meetings with individuals and groups the federal agencies will host in response to the U.S. DOJ’s pattern or practice investigation into the Memphis Police Department. 

Watch The Daily Memphian and WKNO’s Memphis mayoral debate from Tuesday, Aug. 15, here.

Hagerman has worked as the chief prosecutor for multiple high-profile cases, including the killings of Memphis rapper Young Dolph and school teacher Eliza Fletcher.

Alleged Margolin Hebrew shooter was former student, FedEx is losing two board members and Baptist is closing minor meds.

The new federal investigation puts Memphis in the company of other cities that have been the subject of scrutiny after high-profile instances of police violence. 

The nine Democratic commissioners voted for a resolution for “extreme-risk protection order” measures. Of the two Republican commissioners present for the vote, one recused himself and the other was not in the room for the vote.

The alleged shooter is reportedly a former student at the Academy and is Jewish, per an updated statement from Congressman Steve Cohen.

“Chief Deputy Buckner is an exemplary law enforcement professional with a proven track record of excellence,” Sheriff Floyd Bonner said in the release.

A panel of three state judges ruled Friday that the ban targeting the Tennessee Education Association no longer needs to be blocked.

ServiceMaster builds two schools in mere weeks, Constance Abbey serves its last lunch and Slice Midtown offers Little Italy faves.

The commission votes Monday, July 31 on a solid waste fee hike for Northaven, a move to a two-year property tax reappraisal cycle for taxation purposes and equipment to convert microfilm and microfiche archives to digital files. 

The Shelby County Juvenile Court has introduced the “concept” of settlement to its delinquency dockets, the second phase of a program started in January. 

Chris Ivie expects the project to set standards for how temporary schools are built in an age of escalating weather disasters — the schools were destroyed by a March 31 tornado.