Long lines formed outside the Shelby County Clerk’s Mullins Station office Thursday, Sept. 1, despite a policy instituted in July that was intended to eliminate such scenes. 

“For more than seventy years, Audubon Park has been a significant site of recreation and entertainment for Memphis residents,” the proposal states. A state board will consider the proposal in two weeks.

The item would have required the winner of the 2023 Memphis mayor’s race to get a majority of the votes either on election day or in a runoff.

With Memphis Light, Gas & Water Division now leaning toward staying the TVA as its power supplier, suburban leaders’ focus shifts to representation on the utility’s board.

Teri Dockery, a counselor at the YMCA, is the newest Memphis City Council member.

Keyon Moore, Zancarrion Johnson and Kayvus Jones have been charged in connection with the shooting. 

The agreement announced Thursday, Sept. 1, bypasses a city backstop of a reserve fund Carlisle Corp. had sought. Instead, the city puts up $10 million to be repaid by the One Beale developers in 10 years.

TVA’s long-term contract proposal offers a 3% reduction in MLGW’s current base rate but also includes a 20-year termination notice compared to the current five-year notice. The City of Memphis has responded to the recommendation.

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MSCS will explore options for Germantown namesake schools, Church Health celebrates 35 years and we hear a personal account of what it’s like to drive through Alfredo sauce. 

State of Tennessee divvying up more than $4.5 billion for K-12 education.

John Avis, a Memphis educator who had served in Memphis schools since the mid-1970s, died in a traffic accident.

Mulroy, a Democrat, defeated incumbent Republican Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich in the Aug. 4 general election.

Native Memphian Aftan Strong will lead the group of judges that will hear cases on a daily basis in the court.

The shooting occurred at the corner of Horn Lake Road and Horn Lake Cove in Southwest Memphis.

The 12 council members have seven applicants for the seat, vacant since the Aug. 9 resignation of Jamita Swearengen.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools may soon begin moving to reach an agreement with two suburban districts before it loses ownership of four campuses at the end of the year.

The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common Omicron strain. Shots could begin within days.

Christ Church Memphis will vote on leaving United Methodist, Van Turner announces big plans and Bill Hardgrave talks the future college sports (and his drag racing past). 

At Thursday’s meeting, MLGW management will recommend whether they think the utility should continue with TVA or go with a different power provider. 

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As tensions continue between Memphis in May and the Memphis River Parks Partnership, the festival’s stance has communicated to potential ticket-buyers that anything different than the old festival on the old footprint is destined to be a lesser experience. But it doesn’t have to be. 

About 60 United Methodist churches in Tennessee and West Kentucky have recently disaffiliated and many are expected to join a more conservative offshoot of the denomination that does not recognize same-sex marriage or ordain gay/lesbian clergy.

Tutonial Williams, the finance chief for MSCS, will lead the district while it searches for a permanent replacement for former superintendent Joris Ray.

Another round of suburbs add their input Tuesday, Aug. 30, on the potential MLGW-TVA split.