City Council tackles vacant properties, Memphis music goes into the Hall of Fame and we’re getting another barbecue fest.

The Council of the Great City Schools’ report found that a “recent legacy of leadership and organizational change” had contributed to “consistently low and stable” academic progress at Memphis-Shelby County Schools. 

In addition to competing, barbecue teams will have the opportunity to sell select menu items to attendees. 

Another round of winter weather is headed for the Mid-South Tuesday night, which will be followed by an Arctic blast that will keep temperatures below freezing for the remainder of the week.

Memphis Police officers are investigating the 8-year-old’s death, but said Monday afternoon “there were no immediate signs of foul play.” 

The Memphis City Council will return to the proposed city sale of land to a subsidiary of xAI, and up for a vote Tuesday, Feb. 18, is a $10.5 million budget amendment, including $5 million in emergency funding for MATA.

What happens after someone in Memphis is detained by ICE, the Tigers take a road loss and Hard Times coming to the Edge. 

County officials aren’t putting any dollar figures to the deficit they expect when County Mayor Lee Harris presents his budget proposal in late April. But it’s the talk of the County Commission’s early budget hearings.

”We try to keep predator and prey separated,” a chief deputy said during a recent media tour inside the jail.

Whitney Hardy, who tried to levitate her skateboard at age 7, knows U of M has “the tools, the resources, the mentorship, the partners on campus” for today’s would-be innovators. She shows them how to navigate through to their dreams.

When immigrants are detained in Memphis, they are typically sent to a detainment facility in Louisiana quickly afterward. From there, the outcomes can range from swift deportation to, eventually, legal residence in the United States.

Also happening this week: The five officers charged in the Tyre Nichols case are back in court, and MRPP celebrates Tom Lee’s birthday.

Also, the TacoNGanas raid is felt in the nation’s capital, Tennessee U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty pushes back on “Face the Nation,” Mississippi U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker says Secretary Pete Hegseth made a “rookie mistake” and more.

“All we have is our voice, and you’ve restricted that by saying, ... ‘We don’t want to hear your voice,’” state Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, said during a Jan. 14 rules committee hearing on bill limitations.

Jaren Jackson Jr. impressed two kid reporters from ESPN by FaceTiming Jesser, a YouTube star who makes basketball content with more than 25 million subscribers.

Rain and strong winds are likely Saturday with wintry weather and plunging temperatures hitting Memphis mid-week.

Gov. Bill Lee is pushing for a major revision to Tennessee charter school law to create ways for operators to bypass their local elected school boards.

The TacoNGanas incident and what it means for the immigration effort President Donald Trump promised during his 2024 campaign is among the topics discussed on “Behind The Headlines.”

Bradley Robert Dawson, 40, will have to serve at least 18 years in prison before he can be considered for release, a Fiji High Court registry official in Lautoka said.

In a tearful Valentine’s Day event, Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis brought together heart-transplant recipients and their donors’ families so they could hear their loved one’s heart beat again.

After the ribbon-cutting for the adult wellness crisis center, Alliance Healthcare Services broke ground on the neighboring $11 million children’s wellness center.

On Thursday, xAI’s plans to use natural gas turbines in the long term became public after The Daily Memphian received the company’s recent application to the Shelby County Health Department for an air-emissions permit.

The Memphis-Shelby County Sports Authority is the board that owns FedExForum’s debt and pays the bonds for the publicly owned arena.

A resident who lives near the Pink Palace is suing the museum, saying that its outdoor parties and events are too loud and that a historic schoolhouse on the property violates zoning ordinances.

Several employees confirmed to The Daily Memphian that two paychecks appeared in their accounts on Friday and late Thursday.