Former Memphian Alice Marie Johnson, who spent 21 years in prison for drug trafficking before being released in 2018, has been named the new presidential administration’s “pardon czar.”

The city ethics board members voted unanimously Friday, Feb. 21 to dismiss a complaint filed earlier this month against the Memphis fire chief.

The operator of the last charter schools in the Tennessee’s turnaround district asks to continue managing them under Memphis-Shelby County Schools before state takeover.

Ex-cop in Nichols case is arrested, the school takeover bill comes together and Tops is up in smoke — again.

Tennessee Rep. Mark White, the House Education Committee chair, has been working on the legislation for at least the last month.

Emmitt Martin III, who pleaded guilty last year at the federal level to his role in Nichols’ death, turned himself in Thursday after a warrant was issued for his arrest.

Memphis police arrested a suspect in the shooting of Calvin Wilhite Jr. in 2015. A second suspect is still being sought.

Morant was targeted by Chilean thieves, who allegedly took $1 million in property from the Grizzlies star’s Eads home.

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Letter from U.S. Department of Interior stops paid work on cases of hundreds of unattended minors in the Mid-South alone.

XAI may build a solar farm, Memphis police officers are at fault for most of their crashes and Ja Morant is here to stay.

Officer-involved crashes are common because of how much driving the job requires, according to a police best-practices expert.

Last year, xAI agreed to lease 552 acres from the Economic Development Growth Engine. For months, it has been unclear what plans xAI had for the land. 

With temperatures still below freezing, snow and ice have stuck around after Tuesday night’s snowfall.

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Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane sat down for an exclusive interview with The Daily Memphian before TCU retired his college-jersey number.

Temperatures in the area are expected to plunge into the teens Thursday. The high temperature on Friday is predicted to hover near freezing.

City tries to toss the Nichols suit again, Brian Kelsey finally heads to prison and the city says it was ready for snow.

The Memphis City Council addressed MATA funding, Uptown parking, the Cleveland TIF, a blight fee and whether or not the Mud Island amphitheater is safe to use.

Subpoenas request call logs and text messages from Marie Feagins’ first day as superintendent, until two days after she filed a lawsuit alleging board members violated Tennessee open meetings law in pursuit of ousting her.

Two men shot at each other at Raleigh Walmart, but they both missed. One of the men, however, shot himself in the leg and is in critical condition. Police have detained the other man, with charges likely.

“It’s going to be a good couple of days in Memphis,” Memphis Police Department Assistant Chief Don Crowe said. “We’re gonna show Memphis what we’re made of.”

The former state senator’s most recent attempt to stay out of prison alleged government misconduct and that his legal counsel was ineffective.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools and Shelby County’s municipal school districts have canceled classes as some 1-3 inches of snow and sleet are forecasted for Memphis overnight.

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The Memphis City Council voted Tuesday to allocate $80 million in cash — supplied by the state — for repairs to outdated infrastructure at FedExForum and potentially reimburse the Grizzlies for work already done at the publicly owned arena.