For the third time, William Boone, a lifelong resident of Collierville, is seeking a position on the Collierville Board of Mayor and Aldermen. He is challenging an incumbent he’s faced previously.
Sugarmon, who unseated Dan Michael in the Aug. 4 election, is the first African American to be elected as Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge. He will take office Sept. 1.
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Memphis-Shelby County Schools will honor late rapper Young Dolph and three other prominent district alumni at its annual Alumni Hall of Fame Gala Friday night, Aug. 26.
With the funding, MATA is looking to add “service in the streets,” but it also hopes to move to a new headquarters within three years.
Mulroy is looking to fill 12 vacancies in the District Attorney’s office as he expects some employees and prosecutors to leave, including a few resignations that had already been planned.
One Germantown mother is challenging Angela Griffith, the current school board chair. The race is one of two contested school board races on the Germantown ballot.
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 Freedom Awards will be held Oct. 20 at the Orpheum.
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. Related story:
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.
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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.