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  • Education

    Amazon adopts 20 schools in largest MSCS Adopt-A-School partnership

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

    By Aarron Fleming September 28, 2022
  • Germantown

    Rise and shine: Toasted Yolk opens Monday in Germantown

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

    By Abigail Warren September 28, 2022
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    Join Magnolia Homes for their 15th annual Live Life Well® event

    With more than 40 years in the homebuilding industry, Magnolia Homes is celebrating 15 years of its Showcase of Homes event, held the weekends of Sept. 19-21 and Sept. 26-28 in four of its communities.

    Magnolia Homes
  • Public Safety

    Kevin Ritz sworn in as U.S. Attorney for Western District of Tennessee

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

    By Julia Baker September 28, 2022
  • Metro

    MLGW chair Mitch Graves to serve as interim CEO

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

    By Keely Brewer September 28, 2022
  • Update City of Memphis

    Strickland proposes return to the police, fire pension plan cut in 2014

    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.

    By Bill Dries, Julia Baker September 28, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Ezekiel Kelly indicted on 26 additional charges

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

    By Julia Baker September 28, 2022
  • Education

    Dunn begins term on Arlington school board

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

    By Michael Waddell September 28, 2022
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    The Early Word: IARP heat is off the Tigers, but Memphis wrasslin’ is still hot

    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).

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 28, 2022
  • Education

    MSCS seeks dismissal of contract lawsuit

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

    By Aarron Fleming September 28, 2022
  • Premium Public Safety

    When homicide victims don’t get the media spotlight

    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. 

    By Don Wade September 28, 2022
  • Education

    MSCS board names new chair and vice chair

    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.

    By Aarron Fleming September 27, 2022
  • Elections

    City Council approves $16.5 million in parks projects line items

    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

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Strickland says too early to discuss possible police missteps in violent crime chain

    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. 

    By Bill Dries September 28, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Memphis City Council to consider resolution enforcing curfew for juveniles

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

    By Julia Baker September 28, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    Ursula Madden leaves City Hall for BlueOval City

    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.

    By Bill Dries February 07, 2024
  • City of Memphis

    MATA and LeMoyne-Owen partner to bridge technology gap for bus riders

    “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. 

    By Alicia Davidson September 27, 2022
  • Business

    Memphis-based Varsity Spirit named in lawsuit alleging sexual abuse

    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. 

    By Rob Moore September 27, 2022
  • Collierville

    Collierville Schools program helps teachers bring experience to the classroom

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

    By Abigail Warren September 28, 2022
  • Public Safety

    Alleged arsonist responsible for South Memphis fires arrested

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

    By Julia Baker September 27, 2022
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    The Early Word: Grizz are back in a big way; plus, Audubon Park’s lake will stay open to all

    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. 

    By Bianca Phillips September 27, 2022
  • City of Memphis

    City Council continues crime, rape kit discussions

    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.

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2022
  • Shelby County

    Shelby County Commission appoints four new judicial commissioners

    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.

    By Bill Dries September 27, 2022
  • Shelby County

    Shelby County Commission approves two midwives for Choices in post-Dobbs grant

    The commission split along the same partisan lines that split a vote by the previous commission this past January on funding for the center for reproductive health that has nothing to do with abortions.

    By Bill Dries October 08, 2022
  • Elections

    County Commission confirms Harris executive appointments

    The 10 reappointments were voted on individually Monday. There was only one no vote against any of the nominees.

    By Bill Dries September 26, 2022
  • Health Care

    Reproductive rights advocate walking across state to protest abortion ban

    Outside Planned Parenthood’s Memphis Health Center, supporters joined Francie Hunt on the first leg of her 538-mile trek across Tennessee to protest the state’s abortion ban. 

    By Aisling Mäki September 27, 2022

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