In an indictment obtained by The Daily Memphian, Ezekiel Kelly is charged with 26 counts in addition to the first-degree murder charged in the death of Dewayne Tunstall.

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Memphis area roads affected include Walnut Grove Road, Macon Road, Raleigh Lagrange Road, North Houston Levee Road and Tenn. 194. 

Ezekiel Kelly is indicted on 26 new charges, MLGW names its interim CEO and there’s a new gym for future ninjas.

Amazon has partnered with Memphis-Shelby County Schools, adopting 20 schools to provide assistance in the largest such partnership ever for MSCS. 

The new breakfast restaurant is located on the east side of the suburb.

President Joe Biden nominated Ritz for the position July 29, and the U.S. Senate confirmed him unanimously Sept. 22.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland will eventually nominate a replacement that Memphis City Council confirms.

Mayor Jim Strickland touted the proposal, on its way to the Memphis City Council for the next budget season, as a way to retain and recruit public safety employees in the police and fire departments. For the police and fire unions, the proposal is the second part of a two-part push to restore what the City Council cut.

The additional counts include five counts of reckless endangerment, four counts of criminal attempt first-degree murder and commission of an act of terrorism.

Jonathan Dunn began his term on the Arlington Community Schools Board of Education as the body addressed third-grade retention based on TCAP scores.

The Memphis City Council wants cops to enforce curfews for kids, Memphis Grizzly Danny Green is here to stay and we look at why some homicide victims make headlines (and some do not).

The lawsuit was filed in August by one of the district’s two teacher unions, the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association.

While some murder victims are remembered publicly as real, complex people, others are seen as simply statistics. And for their loved ones, that can make the pain even worse. 

Althea Greene, who has served as vice chair for the last two years, will replace Michelle McKissack as board chair. Sheleah Harris will replace Greene as vice chair.

The set of a dozen appropriation resolutions topped a relatively uneventful council agenda Tuesday, Sept. 27.

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Memphis City Council to consider resolution enforcing curfew for juveniles

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland says it’s too early to tell if there were police missteps in how they handled the violent crimes of the last three weeks because investigations are still underway. 

The resolution also requests MPD work with the city administration on a proposal to open one or more overnight curfew centers. 

Madden has been with Mayor Jim Strickland since he took office in 2016. She leaves City Hall next week to work with Ford’s BlueOval City joint venture.

“There’s a need for training to help our riders take advantage of the technology through our Go901 app ... ,” said MATA chief of staff Bacarra Maudlin. 

The suit claims Varsity and other defendants, including the United States All Star Federation and Premier Athletics, engaged in a conspiracy to cover up abuse. 

Collierville Schools is launching an externship program exposing teachers to varying job experiences that could benefit their students.

Catilena “DC” Collier, 22, was arrested Monday, Sept. 26, according to a press release issued by the Memphis Fire Department. 

A state committee may look into the rape kit testing backlog, a pair of Germantown projects move ahead and we read 5,100 pages of MLGW bids so you don’t have to. 

The council discussion is the second since a series of violent crimes earlier this month that have raised new questions about how police and the community are battling violent crime.

The four new commissioners fill all vacancies in the ranks of the entry point for many defendants in the criminal justice system. The Shelby County Commission also set dates for filling a vacancy on the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board.