The Shelby County Health Department recommends local hospitals adopt the “opt-out” approach, in which an HIV test will be part of a patient’s medical visit unless they decline. 

A woman has pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off Graceland and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale.

Brian Kelsey is now an inmate at FCI Ashland in Kentucky, according to a federal Bureau of Prisons database.

A fired federal worker is back on the job, the next sheriff may get a pay raise and there’s a new way to have a cozy afternoon in Germantown. 

Memphis is now one of six cities nationwide that is home to two public universities with the Carnegie R1 designation. 

Author Jared Sullivan wrote a book critical about TVA but he doesn’t think the state should give up on the federal power provider. 

The commission approved more money to buy the property that goes with the old Commercial Appeal buildings. Deals on the three remaining adjacent parcels for the 16-acre site are still pending.

County commissioners are considering a raise for the whoever is elected Shelby County sheriff in 2026. Meanwhile, a proposal to give the next group of commissioners a pay raise was withdrawn.

The new General Sessions Criminal Court judge was chosen by Shelby County Board of Commissioners on Monday, Feb.24, on the third ballot. She takes office March 1.

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Kendra Lawler was one of the federal workers recently laid off as part of a large-scale reduction in force. Many of those affected were classified as probationary. 

DeSoto County officials have adjusted the wording of legislation in hopes of Mississippi law enforcement assisting with detaining illegal immigrants.

The ethics complaint against Memphis’ fire chief is dismissed, a police reform task force is named and Arlington parents get calls from AI Dolly Parton. 

Former federal Judge Bernice Donald will lead a team of nine local task force members, including Toney Armstrong, former director of MPD. 

Also happening this week: Michalyn Easter-Thomas provides a Chelsea Greenline update, and Evergreen Presbyterian turns guns into garden tools. 

Commissioners could also have more to say about the forensic audit of Memphis-Shelby County Schools they approved last month. Plus, the body will vote on several millions of dollars for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

Also, U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn goes to the White House with the new FBI director, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen tracks Trump and the City Council walks the line with Elon Musk.

Snow days are gaining a cult following in Arlington, all because of the “voices” announcing school closings.

A large volume of court-reform bills filed by Shelby County legislators will appear in Tennessee House of Representatives and Senate committee hearings in coming weeks.

For a few days, Kendra Lawler sat at home, stunned. Early last week, though, the veteran felt compelled to speak out.

Hundreds of Mid-South students got to meet medical and science professionals at the Black Men in White Coats event at Baptist Health Sciences University in the Memphis Medical District. 

The affordable housing market in Memphis continues to show investors competing with first-time homebuyers for starter homes. 

“... They are not committing any other crime,” Worth Morgan said. “But they are being exploited and they are taking a job away from somebody here in Memphis that would want that job.”

The Lowery Communication Center offers hands-on experience in broadcasting, podcasting and media production for students at the Memphis college.

A hold order on federal funding for lawyers who represent youngsters who arrived in the United States without a parent was rescinded Friday. It would have affected local groups like Advocates of Immigrant Rights and Latino Memphis.

The bill comes as a separate bridge — America’s River Crossing — is slated to begin construction by the fall of 2026.