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

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).

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

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. 

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.

The set of a dozen appropriation resolutions topped a relatively uneventful council agenda Tuesday, Sept. 27.

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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. 

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

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.

“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. 

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. 

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

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

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 

The amount of time needed to process a rape kit at TBI’s West Tennessee crime lab in Jackson ranged from 33 to 49 weeks over the past year. The statewide backlog was up to more than 950 kits awaiting testing as of last month. 

Only three bidders — NextEra Energy, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Franklin L. Haney Company — submitted full-requirement proposals to MLGW during its RFP process for a new energy provider. 

Neighbors of the park generally supported the new playground and picnic pavilion planned, but voiced concerns about a rendering from earlier this month that appeared to show the park’s lake as part of the golf course expansion. The city’s parks director says the rendering wasn’t accurate.

In January 2021, there were four licensed sportsbooks in Tennessee and around 230,000 player accounts. As of this month, there are 13 licensed sportsbooks and 1.3 million player accounts. 

Armed protesters cause MoSH to cancel a drag show, the Memphis Tigers win again and NASA monitors Memphis water from space.

At the second meeting of the new term of office Monday, Sept. 26, county commissioners appoint three new judicial commissioners and set the dates for filling a Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seat.