A somber mood hovered over the China exhibit as the Memphis Zoo grieves the death of Le Le, its male giant panda.

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The U.S. District Court judge suggested the plaintiffs take their grievances to Congress, not the court system. 

Cleotha Henderson, aka Abston, was arraigned on multiple counts Friday, including a charge of first-degree murder in the killing of Eliza Fletcher.

Bishop Brandon Porter said the officer injured in Thursday’s shooting was also the director of security at his church. 

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Le Le was born July 18, 1998, in China and came to Memphis in 2003. At that time, Memphis was one of four U.S. zoos to have panda bears.

Memphis City Council considers police reforms, city launches text alerts and the TVA’s smokestacks are coming down. 

Construction begins this winter where the old campus gym sat. Buckman Hall will be torn down in 2024 for the second phase of the campaign. 

“It took me to more of a business mindset and helped me approach photography in a totally different way,” said Memphian Erica Ross of Arrow Creative’s “The Look” fashion photography contest, which Ross won in 2021.

Memphis journalist Samuel Hardiman has joined The Daily Memphian as an enterprise and investigative reporter. 

“No pursuit is worth the loss of innocent life,” Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said.

The City of Memphis has a new system to alert citizens of emergency situations.

On The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast, Michalyn Easter-Thomas talks about trying out a ban on traffic stops by police for certain offenses. Other council members want a department-wide review.

Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown and Lakeland students will return to school Friday as the Memphis area begins to thaw out. Millington Municipal Schools, Memphis-Shelby County Schools and DeSoto County Schools will remain closed.

The demolition of the three 400-foot-tall chimney stacks at the now-defunct Allen Fossil Plant is the final step in a four-phase plan to prepare the site for redevelopment, and repurpose the 500 acres of land it occupies in Southwest Memphis.

The women who formed a grief group last summer are organizing “A Time to Mourn” — a special service of grief and lament at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 17 in the Church Health Community Room in Crosstown Concourse.

A heavy police presence was spotted at the White Station Poplar Library around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2.

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Memphis City Council member Frank Colvett formally announced his candidacy Thursday, Feb. 2.

Car thefts in Memphis are up more than 100%, Paul Young has the most mayor money and the Grizzlies need help.

It took five years — five years — for New York City police officer Daniel Pantaleo to be fired after Eric Garner’s death in 2014. In Memphis, in 2023, it took 13 days for five officers to be fired for their roles in Tyre Nichols’ death. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools and seven suburban districts announced canceled classes Thursday because of continued icy conditions. 

Tyre Nichols was a skateboarder. He was a photographer, and he also loved sunsets — especially at Shelby Farms Park. 

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The Memphis area can expect freezing rain and sleet for tonight through Thursday morning with temperatures as low as 20 degrees. 

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The Mississippi Boulevard Celebration Choir sang the popular gospel worship song, “You Are My Strength,” as Nichols' family, the Rev. Al Sharpton and family attorney Ben Crump listened with the church full of grievers.

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