An autopsy report released Thursday, May 4, by the West Tennessee Regional Forensic Center indicates Tyre Nichols died from blunt force injuries to the head.

A Memphis City Council member could lose her seat, Lee says gun safety laws may be coming and we look into Dillon Brooks’ exit.

Handwerker is the only clergy in the Catholic Diocese of Memphis who served as a community organizer and he was a critical link in an effort that pushed an expansion of Interstate 240 to the east of Midtown, saving hundreds of homes.

Michalyn Easter-Thomas, a member of the Memphis City Council, could lose her seat after taking a job with the Memphis River Parks Partnership this week. 

The autopsy report has not yet been released to the public, but Nichols’ family was briefed on the results Wednesday by Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy.

Using information they learned through their studies, students at DeSoto Christian Academy built mini versions of various themed structures.

The area’s restaurant association wrote an open letter Wednesday to the city and county mayors about crime in a “cry for help,” according to the group’s president. 

A lane of McIngvale Road in Hernando will be closed to traffic soon as construction begins on the new Hernando High.

The Greater 901 Initiative, a political action committee, was identified as the group paying for the earlier poll in an email sent out Tuesday evening.

The meeting was canceled after Memphis City Council Vice Chairman JB Smiley Jr. asked Davis and City Attorney Jennifer Sink about it during the council’s Tuesday meeting. 

Highland Street shooter is charged, Germantown says no to Waffle House and Dillon Brooks gets the boot. 

Jarrad Nathan, 26, is charged with aggravated assault and reckless endangerment.

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County Commission Budget Committee Chairman Michael Whaley talks about the proposed doubling of the county’s capital budget on The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast.

The plan approved Tuesday would create a Cordova council district. A second plan didn’t make it onto the Tuesday, May 2, agenda but will be back for a first vote in two weeks. 

The new $22.5 million grader, delivered to its home port at Ensley Engineering Yard in Memphis in April, will service more than 950 miles of the lower Mississippi River, from Cairo, Illinois, to the gulf. 

The shooter who had been contained inside a local restaurant on the Highland Strip is in custody, according to a tweet from the Memphis Police Department.

Memphis City Council could contradict Tennessee state gun laws and pass ordinances that could ban assault weapons and permitless carry.

A text from the University of Memphis indicated an active shooter situation near campus, at Highland Street and Mynders Avenue. No one at the station was injured, according to the station.

The board also is set to discuss its superintendent qualifications policy, which could decide the future of interim superintendent Toni Williams. Williams is currently a finalist to be the next permanent superintendent. 

Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said Tuesday that Preston Hemphill will likely not be charged in the death of Tyre Nichols.

Chase Harris, 19, is charged with theft of property $10,000-$60,000, auto burglary, five counts of aggravated assault and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon. 

The five-year mayoral residency rule is in effect, FedEx plans to furlough workers and Penny Schwinn steps down.