The current building in Overton Park will continue to be known as the Brooks Museum of Art while it’s still occupied, but the name of the new Downtown location will be more Memphis-focused. 

The Memphis City Council voted Tuesday to accept $350 million in cash from the state, while Gov. Bill Lee said the state would always work to do what is in the city’s best interest.

The Mississippi River hits a new all-time low, a Tigers basketball rivalry is brewing and more tacos are coming to Summer Avenue.

Some of the newly elected city council members will likely be at the Tuesday, Oct. 9, council session to prepare for taking office January 1. The current council is scheduled to take first votes on two referendums that would change future city elections if approved by city voters.

“Court proceedings can’t happen without court-appointed attorneys, but attorneys can’t afford to take cases at the current rates. The criminal justice and juvenile court systems are running out of options,” said Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice Holly Kirby. 

Rabbi Micah Greenstein of Temple Israel was supposed to leave last Sunday to lead a trip to Israel, and a separate group of Memphians are currently stuck in the country.

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“I’ve been coaching for a while. There is no other parent who has been as selfless, as humble, as willing to serve as Tim Shelton,” ECS head lacrosse coach Kyle Story said.

The Daily Memphian’s D.C. Scorecard finds bipartisan support for Israel among the city’s representatives in the Capitol but disagreement on what if any role the U.S. unfreezing Iranian assets may have played Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza.

Attorneys for the U.S. government have argued the defense is looking to tarnish Tyre Nichols’ character during the May 2024 trial, while attorneys for the defense say Nichols’ state of mind that night is key. 

TBI cuts rape kit testing time in half, Shaq brings big eats and Paul Young comes with swagger and hope. 

Bacardi Harris is challenging incumbent school board member Jerald Wheeler in a special election next month for the District 3 seat on the board.

At the core of Tim Hnat and Santosh Kumar’s tech company is AI technology developed at the University of Memphis.

Turnaround times at the Jackson Crime Lab, which processes sexual assault evidence kits from Memphis, decreased from 51 weeks to 18 weeks between July 2022 and August 2023. Last year, the numbers were getting worse.

With those words and what he said in his victory speech, the mayor-elect embodied the swagger and the hope that his supporters believe he could bring back to Memphis.

This year’s Memphis Music Hall of Fame class will be inducted, the solar eclipse will be visible from Memphis and we could learn Mikey Williams’ fate with the Memphis Tigers. 

Memphis Light, Gas and Water officials said an equipment failure impacted a “large portion” of Downtown Sunday morning, Oct. 8.

The staff furloughed on Sept. 21 and Torrey Bates, the executive director, was fired.

The Memphis Grizzlies reunited with fans, including the mayor-elect, Saturday at FedExForum. It’s a fresh start for the Grizzlies as they embark on a new season, as well as for the city.

The 2023 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Ironman 70.3 Memphis race started and ended Saturday, Oct. 7 at Shelby Farms Park. Anthony Federico won the men’s division and Jessica Jones was the first female finisher.

Relocating for the rest of the school year “is the best and least disruptive option as we restore this historic gem,” Memphis-Shelby County Schools wrote in a letter to families.

A reporters’ roundtable on WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines” recaps the 2023 Memphis election result. Meanwhile, the next campaigns to come in the new year will include referendums that could change city elections.

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Most said Young is a good listener capable of improving the local economy. They described him with words such as “deliberate,” “vision,” “different,” “new” and “refresh.”

Here is a quick recap and four takeaways from the 2023 Memphis municipal election.

“There is no indication that younger voters went to the polls in any significant numbers. But many of those who did show up clearly favored Young.”

The Daily Memphian caught up with the major candidates who found themselves behind Paul Young when all the votes were counted. Floyd Bonner Jr. and Willie Herenton, who finished second and third, respectively, weigh in on whether they’ll make another run at elected office.