Crosstown High students stage a walkout, Tennessee passes abortion exemption and Memphis cops can have tattoos now.

This is the first hiring expo MPD has hosted in 2023. The police department hopes to bring in more than 280 recruits this year.

The Shelby County Election commission has set a hard April 15 deadline for any new district lines to be submitted to it. The council now plans to take its final vote on new district lines in May.

The Shelby County Commission has filled two vacant seats in the Tennessee General Assembly from Shelby County in the past year — one following an expulsion and the other resulting from the death of a legislator. Here is how the process works.

Protests were planned at more than 200 schools across the U.S., including White Station High School, Memphis Business Academy High and Crosstown High in Memphis.

A bill that would add a narrow exemption to one of the strictest abortion bans in the United States is on its way to Gov. Bill Lee’s desk for his approval.

The National Weather Service of Memphis canceled the tornado watch for Shelby County just after 2 p.m. 

Gershun Freeman’s family files a lawsuit, local chefs feed tornado victims and pretty tacos are coming to Front Street.

As the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board of education is nearing the end of its months-long search for a new superintendent, The Daily Memphian talked to board chair Althea Greene to look back on the process and discuss what lies ahead for the district and its new leader.

Supporters, critics differ on merits of proposed legislation. 

The museum was transformed into a living memorial for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at NCRM’s MLK55 commemoration. King’s distinctive and punctuating speeches echoed through the plaza at full volume as visitors entered and exited the museum.

Rep. Justin Pearson spoke at the Tuesday, April 4, ceremony at the National Civil Rights Museum marking the 55th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. 

The White House reaction to the threatened expulsion of three Democratic state Representatives by the majority Republican leadership of the Tennessee House includes calls for an assault weapons ban among other measures.

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The city council meets Wednesday, April 5, in special session to take the first of three votes on changes to its district lines for the October elections.

An additional suspect in the shooting at Prive restaurant was apprehended by U.S. Marshals and local law enforcement agencies, and a third suspect has been identified by the Memphis Police Department.

More severe weather is predicted, Grizzlies’ future is uncertain and Tommy’s Burgers has more than burgers.

Jim Strickland is bullish on the Memphis Tigers as a deserving candidate for promotion from the American Athletic Conference as the Big 12 and Pac-12 look to expand.

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The National Civil Rights Museum will break ground May 16 on the expansion of the museum’s Legacy Building.

Brody Winemiller’s first-inning home run the highlight as the Dragons improve to 14-2.

The Shelby County Commission postponed indefinitely a plan to buy the Metro Shopping Plaza, which is on the northwest corner of E.H. Crump Boulevard and Danny Thomas Boulevard.

Last summer, the Shelby County Health Department’s air monitoring branch was operating with only two employees, and the State of Tennessee gave the local program until June of this year to resolve the issue. 

Tennessee Republicans on Monday, April 3, introduced resolutions to expel state Reps. Justin Pearson, Justin Jones and Gloria Johnson after their protest in favor of gun-safety legislation last week. They could be voted on as soon as Thursday.

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The Shelby County Commission chose former city council member Janet Hooks to be Wanda Halbert’s special adviser.

The Democrats — Reps. Gloria Johnson and Justin Jones — could face expulsion, along with Rep. Justin Pearson, who also participated in the protest. Pearson had no legislative committee assignments to be stripped from.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has proposed $140 million to establish a school resource officer (SRO) grant fund that would place a trained, armed security guard at every public school in the state, among other measures.