DeSoto leaders have asked for funding to widen I-55, U.S. 51 and Miss. 305 multiple times, but those requests have fallen on deaf ears. 

Crews working on the $62 million redesign are on seven-day-a-week schedule. The Memphis River Parks Partnership is hosting events next month to field proposals for events in the park as well as food and beverage vendors. 

The Arlington school board recognized the tenure of member Hugh Lamar, who attended his last meeting Tuesday after an election loss earlier this month.

The saga of Willie Herenton’s 1979 selection by the school system has influenced the pick of every superintendent since.

U.S. Marshals make an arrest in Yvonne Nelson’s death, former House Speaker Glen Casada and his aide are indicted in an alleged kickback scheme and MLGW is finally reopening its lobbies. 

The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast takes a closer look at the numbers in the certified vote totals from August, previews the nearly complete November ballot and features a few political notes.

The Downtown, Whitehaven, Lamar and Millington offices will return to their previous capacity, but the Summer Avenue location’s lobby will remain closed as MLGW scouts a new office space. 

Criminal defense lawyers say there are effectively no exceptions to the Human Life Protection Act of 2019.

If MLGW opts to enter into a contract with a new electric supplier, the board will make a recommendation to the council, at which point Tabors Caramanis Rudkevich would step in. 

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When U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen hosts the Federal Transit administrator Wednesday, Aug. 24, at the Memphis Area Transit Authority’s maintenance shop and head office in North Memphis, the good and the bad will be on display.

The goal was to set new boundaries for the District 4 special election in November but the map, released just ahead of the Tuesday vote, featured changes to other districts. The council appeared likely Tuesday, Aug. 23, to reopen and redraw the map next year ahead of regular October 2023 city elections.

Collierville school leaders took a formal stance on the third-grade retention law.

Ray was put on paid leave on July 13 after the Board voted 7-2 to open a full investigation into allegations of his misconduct that were first reported by The Daily Memphian days before.

Once the more than 80 cameras and docking stations arrive, Germantown police officers will undergo special training.

Burning questions about The Daily Memphian? CEO Eric Barnes is ready to answer them. 

With a desire to help with personnel, employee pay and infrastructure, Thomas Stephen Jr. is part of a four-candidate race seeking Bartlett’s Position 2 alderman office.

During an emergency meeting Monday evening in response to the area’s recent violent crime, leaders announced a new Raleigh Community Action Plan.

A warrant was issued for Tifanee Wright by the Memphis Police Department Aug. 16. She was wanted for second-degree murder in connection with Nelson’s death. 

Casada and his former chief of staff, Cade Cothren, were indicted on 20 counts of bribery and kickbacks, wire fraud and money laundering.

Emmanuel Akot leaves the Tigers before he starts, Downtown’s Fire Station No. 5 comes down and the Memphis Grizzlies show interest in Kevin Durant. 

The results show 23.6% of Shelby County’s registered voters cast ballots.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board will meet Tuesday evening to vote on one item — the employment of superintendent Joris Ray.

Until recently, the building housed a Memphis Fire station and headquarters for the department.

The council sets the district lines for the Nov. 8 ballot special election in council District 4. Meanwhile, the council plans to appoint someone to the seat in the interim to serve until the special election winner is certified.