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.

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“Love thy neighbor” is what attendees at an interfaith gathering at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church were reminded of Monday, Sept. 12.

Christian Brothers University placed in the top 20 in its category in the latest U.S. News and World Report college rankings, rising from last year, while other local colleges and universities fell. 

Collierville and Lakeland were the only districts in Shelby County designated reward schools by the Tennessee Department of Education. The honor is reserved for schools in the top 5% for performance, growth or both.

“MLGW’s decision on its future power supply is one of the most consequential single decisions that any community has made in the history of SACE’s work throughout the Southeast region over the past three decades,” said the executive director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy. 

The council’s monthly crime update from Memphis Police brass could be more than a regular check-in. Last week’s violence has renewed a long-running civic discussion. And it has moved swiftly to questions about the criminal justice system.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools Deputy Superintendent John Barker has been placed on paid leave pending an investigation into a complaint levied against him. 

Three local owners of small businesses opened up to share their stories of success during a seminar hosted by The Daily Memphian last week. 

State blames delay in testing Cleotha Abston’s 2021 rape kit on backlog, gun detection technology faces lawsuit and group builds tiny homes to house the homeless.

One started out as an automotive service manager. The other was a zookeeper. Now, they are nurses, filling gaps in a national shortage.

The agenda is light Monday for the body of 13 that includes six new commissioners and seven returning. The commission has a nine-member Democratic majority following the August county general elections.

The Democrats didn’t field a candidate in a district that used to be — before redistricting — one of the General Assembly’s most flippable.

The scorecard looks at two special meetings this month that filled an open council seat, shut down another city charter change ballot question and approved a compromise on One Beale.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is taking issues with comments from Mayor Jim Strickland about enrollment and truancy.