After 17 years as an assistant U.S. Attorney here, Memphis native Kevin Ritz now has the top job. He is more than prepared, but it is also a different challenge: “It’s hard to be in this chair. But you put the facts and the law together, and you do the right thing.”
Born Lola Mitchell, Gangsta Boo was an original member of Three 6 Mafia.
Despite this year’s low water levels, many volunteers and onlookers showed up on Sunday to participate in this year’s Ski Freeze Memphis event — including six-time top fuel champion Clay Millican.
Greyhounds have been racing at Southland since 1956. But Saturday was the last race. The day was a celebration of the end of an era — and for many, the end of a way of life.
Take a walk down memory lane with our collection of 2022 photos from The Daily Memphian.
“I pray that all of us can live in the moment and that we can get some of the best moments we can out of life” in 2023, host Eric Brinson said.
“During the storm, we used text alerts to communicate to 86,940 of our customers,” an MLGW press release said.
The last Memphis City Council Scorecard of 2022 finds the 13-member body unanimous on Klondike revitalization and a tourism surcharge for the city’s convention center hotel. A negotiated settlement of the damage deposit for Memphis In May’s use of the redesigned Tom Lee Park is another matter for another year.
The U of M spring semester starts Jan. 17 but campus reopens for business Jan. 3. It is the second local university to announce damages from the recent winter weather.
Local contractors are seeing and saying similar things: They’re all busy, and they’re all working as quickly as they can.
Gov. Bill Lee granted Oscar Smith a reprieve after finding TDOC failed to properly test lethal injection chemicals, then retained a former federal prosecutor to investigate why it happened.
A suspect is in critical condition after a struggle and shootout with Memphis Police Department officers Friday, Dec. 30.
Most Christian Brothers University students — with the exception of those in the nursing and physician’s assistant programs — are affected by the semester delay.
The New Daisy is coming back, Leonard’s Barbecue will expand to Bartlett and we tell you where to find a good burger for $6.
While these areas might bear the brunt of that area’s aging infrastructure, it’s not limited to them. Related story:
For some areas of southeast and north Shelby County, the advisory lasted six days as MLGW crews dealt with at least 36 water main breaks.
The Shelby County Commission Scorecard calls the roll and explains the importance of the last major votes of 2022, including the county’s part in the deal that moved control of three Germantown schools from one system to another.
Penny Hardaway opens up about Tyler Harris, Horn Lake rentals will have to be registered and our food writers reveal the best dishes of 2022.
When winter weather approaches, roads are treated with a less finely ground version of sodium chloride called rock salt to lower the freezing point, which facilitates ice melting and prevents water from freezing.
While normal water pressure and availability should be restored, Memphians can expect to remain under the city’s boil-water advisory for at least another day or two.
The Daily Memphian’s D.C. Scorecard tracks votes and positions by the city’s four representatives in Washington on two large spending bills and the ongoing saga of Title 42.
Under its drought management plan, MLGW prohibited non-essential water use, including car washes, but rolled back that mandate on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Related stories:
Some suburbs escaped water woes, the city of Memphis denied the MPD failed to properly investigate a 2021 rape and the Grizzlies lost — again.
“Tennessee is in a sound financial position and can afford to provide critical funding to Memphis to repair and replace our aging water infrastructure,” said state Rep. John Gillespie.
The bulk of residents in the suburbs inside Shelby County have water supplied by the individual cities and have not come under the MLGW precautions.