Cleotha Henderson is arraigned for a 2021 rape, the University of Memphis is short a few deans and a provost, and eight music legends are inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
President Bill Hardgrave hopes to hire a new provost as well as several new deans by late spring or early summer 2023.
Judaea Driscoll, a student at Southwest Tennessee Community College, and Joshua Carlucci, who’s in graduate school at the University of Memphis, are our fall 2022 journalism interns.
Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, presented a lecture Thursday, Sept. 15, at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library, citing how passive violence can eventually lead to physical violence.
During a campaign stop Thursday, Sept. 15, in Memphis, Dr. Jason Martin pointed to low funding levels for the TBI crime lab despite a state surplus of $2 billion
The Carlisle name follows a $1.5 million donation by the developers to the $62 million Tom Lee Park redesign. It honors the late Gene Carlisle, the family patriarch who called the One Beale real estate “the best piece of dirt in Memphis.”
For two shows, Pete Pranica will transform into Mark Twain. Call him Big Twain, maybe? It’s all for the benefit of the Tennessee Shakespeare Company. And it’s just the latest evidence that Pranica is a great Memphian.
The man accused in the death of Eliza Fletcher has also been charged with especially aggravated kidnapping, aggravated rape and illegal possession of a firearm after results from a rape kit submitted in 2021 linked him to that crime.
Amtrak canceled its local route in anticipation of a rail strike, Audubon Park’s golf course is getting a new look and Malone Park Commons gets more money.
The Shelby County Election Commission also approved two new polling places for the Nov. 8 election day.
The proposed “Restoring Law and Order Act” would include federal grant programs for more police and detectives focused on violent crime as well as a General Accounting Office examination of delays in processing rape kits.
The Audubon Park golf course will change dramatically with the redesign; every hole will be part of the project and the course itself will be expanded.
A gag order has been placed on the Ezekiel Kelly case, Rapper 2 Chainz is bringing a touch of Atlanta to Memphis and we tell you where to eat fish and spaghetti (together).
The election will fill the vacancy left when Tarik Sugarmon resigned last month to become Juvenile Court Judge.
In wide-ranging discussion about violent crime, the Memphis City Council voted to ask the state for at least 50 more state troopers for at least six months and a digital messaging system similar to Amber Alert.
Greater Community Temple COGIC will host the fourth “Better Community Summit” Saturday, Sept. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in an effort to curb local violence.
Between February 2017 and October 2020, Glenda Adams, a former Shelby County Assistant District Attorney, sold Aaron Neglia, a personal injury lawyer, traffic accident report information.
“Correct and accurate test results of discharges into rivers and stream and the honest reporting of those results to regulatory authorities are important parts of the Clean Water Act’s regulatory framework,” said U.S. Attorney Joseph C. Murphy Jr.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools has been named an advancing district under the Tennessee Department of Education’s district accountability rankings.
Friends and family support help a former felon go from prison to running restaurants.
A gag order has been placed on the case of Ezekiel Kelly, accused of shooting six people and killing three during a rampage last week.
A preliminary hearing was set for 20-year-old Eduard Tabora, one of three suspects accused in the carjacking and slaying of Rev. Autura Eason-Williams.
The Fed delivers mixed news on the Memphis economy, Stern Cardiovascular has been hacked and bird’s nest egg rolls are coming back.
The committee proposal is a reaction to last week’s violence in the city, with more discussion to come at committee sessions later this month before a vote.
The ordinance would take the power to appoint the county ethics officer away from the county attorney’s office. It comes eight years after that office investigated whether Brooks lived in the commission district she represented, and concluded she didn’t. Shelby County Commission weighs forming public safety committee in wake of recent violenceRelated story: