The National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for much of Shelby County Wednesday, Aug. 9, warning of winds up to 60 miles per hour. 

Mayoral candidates spend big on ads, the FedEx-St. Jude par-tee gets started and Belltower is coming to Shelby Farms.

Here’s a look at some of the candidates’ messaging. 

Hallie Ross is the first alum to serve as principal of Houston High School. Ross formerly served as the vice principal of Collierville High School.

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann has defeated state Sen. Chris McDaniel in the state’s bitter Republican primary for lieutenant governor. Other statewide candidates also faced off Tuesday night.

DeSoto County voters elected two top officials Tuesday, Aug. 8, in the Republican primaries for DeSoto County sheriff and district attorney for the 23rd Circuit Court District.

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Reeves defeated two first-time candidates: John Witcher, a physician who has criticized COVID-19 vaccinations, and David Hardigree, a military veteran. Presley, a cousin of rock ’n’ roll icon Elvis Presley, ran unopposed.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education discussed plans to increase student achievement going into the new school year at a committee meeting Tuesday, Aug. 8.

The council is challenging the administration on the delayed development that is a key part of financing the remake of the Fairgrounds to Liberty Park and what it sees as hesitation in an expansion of the council’s office space at City Hall.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee issued a formal call for a special session of the Legislature to begin Aug. 21 in the Capitol. It includes mental health orders of protection, with a lot of conditions, among the topics to be considered.

Jaylin McKenzie, 20, was shot by an officer after police tried to stop a vehicle in Southeast Memphis shortly before midnight on Dec. 16, 2022.

“These locations have been the site of repeated crimes in the neighborhood and have been the subject of numerous complaints from residents as being not only the site, but the drivers of crime in that neighborhood.”

A short Memphis Police Department presentation Tuesday identified the roads and intersections where the most car accidents have occurred this year. 

U.S. Attorney sues Memphis property owner, local attorney sues Germantown and Arnold’s Smokehouse has something for everyone.

The ballot question would go to voters in 2024 if the council approves it. The council voted down a similar referendum last year.

According to emails released to The Daily Memphian, the MFD prepped for an “all hands on deck” situation while preparing for potential civil unrest following the release of footage of Tyre Nichols’ traffic stop.

Dr. Scott Strome was the face of much of UTHSC’s community outreach during the pandemic, including the large public testing site it created and staffed at Tiger Lane.

For decades, two parcels in the 3500 block of Southern Avenue were leased to successive dry-cleaning businesses, which allegedly disposed of chemicals on the property — less than a mile from a well that pumps drinking water to Shelby County. 

The move to primaries in what are now nonpartisan races began in response to book and curriculum topic bannings in Florida. 

The special Monday, Aug. 7, meeting was short of a quorum that’s needed to take any action. 

Anita Albury was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017. Now, she’s one of seven people suing a southwest Memphis business. 

Teachers, students and faculty geared up for the first day of school Monday, Aug. 7, as more than 110,000 MSCS students headed back to class for the 2023-24 school year.

A local attorney filed a petition for access to records related to water test results in Germantown.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office said it does not suspect foul play but said the official cause of death has yet to be determined by the medical examiner.

Homeless women’s center faces closure, Compost Fairy flies back into Memphis and the Tigers take the Dominican Republic despite illness and injury.