A third suspect, an adult, has been arrested and charged with murder in the carjacking and slaying of Rev. Autura Eason-Williams.

Memphis has a quality housing problem, the City Council looks over the debt cliff and Tigers football could have a “big year.”

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board rejected on Tuesday evening, July 26, applications for three charter schools, but the schools could still gain approval by going an alternate route. 

“The difference is that we know about this infection, it’s been here since 1950,” said an infectious disease expert. “We’re so far ahead with monkeypox, compared to where we were with COVID. But it makes it just truly a different type of problem altogether.”

Even as housing prices are rising substantially in some parts of the area, the value of housing in other areas has been stagnant or even falling. 

The two contenders for Shelby County Mayor clashed for the second time in a week, this time at the Memphis Rotary Club’s traditional mayoral debate.

Council chairwoman Jamita Swearengen and council member Worth Morgan are running for county positions. The possibility of either or both winning is behind a scramble by the council to draw new district lines.

The Supreme Court issued its judgment in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Tuesday, initiating the 30-day countdown on Tennessee’s abortion ban.

Lines at two locations of the Shelby County Clerk’s office moved briskly Tuesday afternoon, July 26, as employees implemented a new waiting system.

Some City Council members think the city could take on more risk with One Beale’s Grand Hyatt, while some say other projects come first.

Four Ukrainian physicians toured the Memphis VA Medical Center Tuesday, July 26, to learn about burn treatment, trauma management, intensive care and other skills needed in a war zone.

Dr. Daniel Chatham, a local pediatrician, plans to seek a seat on the Germantown Municipal School District Board of Education.

Amaia Iratzoqui specializes in “research around the gendered causes and consequences of victimization, including domestic and intimate partner violence.”

The appointment of Memphis lawyer Andre B. Mathis to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals remains stalled, awaiting a floor vote by the Senate.

A second suspect has been charged in Rev. Autura Eason-Williams’ death, Graceland is having money problems and there’s a new speakeasy coming to South Main (but you’ll need a password to get in). 

Shelby County reported its first confirmed case of monkeypox on Monday, July 25, marking the 18th reported case in Tennessee. 

Among other topics, the discussion of the city’s capacity for bond debt will come into play during Tuesday morning committee sessions. 

Rep. Steve Cohen led the unveiling of a sign proclaiming the Odell Horton Federal Building. 

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Superintendent Joris Ray had a supervisory role over at least one of the women with whom he is alleged to have had had an affair, according to personnel files from the Memphis-Shelby County School System.

The Shelby County Clerk’s office will implement a callback system beginning Tuesday, July 26, in an effort to eliminate the long lines of people waiting to renew auto license plates in person. 

TONE responds to an unauthorized pro-abortion banner at Orange Mound Tower, the federal building gets a new name, and the suburbs map out park plans.

Memphis Crisis Center‘s role in the mental health of the community has expanded with the launch of 988, a new national crisis hotline that officially launched July 16. 

Shelby County’s early voter turnout so far is higher by far than any other county in the state and mostly Democratic with an estimated 35,000 in the first week once numbers from Friday and Saturday are posted Monday. Meanwhile John Rich campaigns for Brent Taylor and Republicans shuffle their endorsement ballot to highlight the county clerk’s race.