Russell Wigginton, president of the NCRM, says on “Behind The Headlines” the museum’s expansion includes digitizing 11,000 items not currently on display. 

“I have never heard anyone associate the name Audubon with racism. Our parks should not become political, race-related objects! How many taxpayers’ dollars are paid for unnecessary, renamed street signs and new park signs?”

Committee members asked that additional input surveys be created once the district’s board of education picks a search firm that will help MSCS find superintendent candidates.

The investigation concluded they violated multiple department policies, including excessive use of force, duty to intervene and duty to render aid.

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A 15-year-old accused in the July killing of Rev. Autura Eason-Williams will be transferred to adult court while a second 16-year-old suspect will stay in juvenile court.

Four members of Germantown’s Harvest Church were killed in a plane crash in Yoakum, Texas, leaving behind church leaders, family members and community officials. 

The Germantown Republican pleaded guilty on Nov. 22 to two counts related to his unsuccessful run for Congress in 2016; about two weeks later, the Tennessee Supreme Court suspended his license to practice law.

A definitive date has not been given, but the city said in a statement earlier this week that the footage would not be released until Nichols’ family meets with officials for a private viewing. 

Some Germantown residents say no to a medical office, the Tigers claw their way to a win and Beale Street gets the Blues.

Representatives from Memphis-Shelby County Schools and its two teacher unions had collaborative conferencing sessions Wednesday and Thursday, Jan. 18 and 19, coming to an agreement on two topics and leaving one for when the groups reconvene.

“The challenge we have is that the city government does not control the courts,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said. “We don’t control the state laws. We don’t control, we can’t control, gun regulations and gun access.”

Grizzlies keep the streak alive, a Germantown developer is saving the trees and a columnist says we should rename Audubon Park.

A local Memphis business is creating an alternative for runners and cyclists to refill their water bottles on the go.

Vincent Astor, who many considered the unofficial LGBTQ historian for the Mid-South, died on Monday, Jan. 16. Astor spent his life advocating for and raising awareness for the LGBTQ community in Memphis.

During a MLGW board meeting Wednesday, CEO Doug McGowen indicated that load forecasting would be part of the TVA review, “because there were some real issues to talk about there.”

“My concern is with a controversial name that is still attached to one of this city’s most prominent and widely used regional parks ... Audubon Park, named for artist and naturalist John James Audubon.”

The United States Attorney’s Office, in coordination with the FBI Memphis Field Office and the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Tyre Nichols.

Van Turner and Paul Young talked about returning to Memphis after college and the role that’s played in their campaigns at separate fundraisers Saturday, Jan. 14.

MSCS also confirmed that it will select one of the firms at its next business meeting on Jan. 31

A second suspect has been arrested in Barshay Wilson’s slaying, changes are coming to Downtown PILOTs and Memphis home sales took a dip last year.

The late state Rep. Barbara Cooper always stayed at the same hotel when she was in Nashville. She grew close to one worker, who saw her as a mother figure and knew exactly what she wanted for breakfast and dinner.

Jazmin Miller is on course to help heal trauma on several levels, including the complicated feelings she says many Black people have with agriculture as an institution. 

About 50 people, including family, friends and coworkers, attended the memorial service for Nichols at M.J. Edwards Funeral Home on the edge of Orange Mound. 

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The joint statement from Mayor Jim Strickland and Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis Tuesday, Jan. 17, came as the funeral of Tyre Nichols was underway. 

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Cassius Bryant, 22, is the second suspect charged in the death of the University of Memphis nursing student.