Memphis attorney Aaron Neglia pleaded guilty in conspiracy with former Shelby County Assistant District Attorney Glenda Adams to violate the Travel Act, according to court records. 

Young Dolph’s autopsy report is released; a civil rights pioneer passes; and Southern Heritage Classic owners sue.

Manjit Kaur will likely challenge Alderman Scott Sanders in Germantown’s November election.

This edition of the council scorecard catches up to a council vote on President Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, another chapter in the police residency debate and rewriting the city code of ordinances for the first time in 37 years.

JSU notified the Southern Heritage Classic in February that it plans to withdraw from the series.

Autopsy results show Memphis rapper Young Dolph was shot dozens of times Nov. 17, 2021, as he bought cookies at his favorite bakery. 

Topgolf looks like it might finally be headed to Memphis. An application for a large golf and entertainment venue was submitted to the Memphis and Shelby County Land Use Control Board. 

Letter questions the validity of the process being used to determine what it would take to get a new electric power supplier and build a new system for MLGW to break its 80-year relationship with TVA.

Participants will share their stories live on stage.

In 1959, after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Brown v. Board of Education ruled segregation in schools to be unconstitutional, Jones was one of the first eight Black students to attend Memphis State University (now University of Memphis).

The state House passes bills banning residency requirements and allowing parents to ban books, a Memphis Tigers coach is leaving, and a local woman will go on QVC2 today.

Residency requirements for police and firefighters would be prohibited across Tennessee, not just in Memphis.

The bill comes amid a parents’ rights movement among conservatives, who have fought COVID mandates, banned books in some places, and challenged lessons on race, gender and history.

Seven public housing sites across the city have been sold as part of a new plan to renovate and complete deferred maintenance on the units. 

The last defendant in the Lorenzen Wright murder case goes to trial today, International Paper considers selling its interest in a Russian company and Memphis Animal Services hires a pet reunification specialist.

By the summer of 2024, the South City Museum & Cultural Center will celebrate the people and landmarks of the Historic South Memphis area.

Memphis Allies, a gun violence reduction initiative, has launched through Youth Villages and hopes to reach 2,000 youth and adults over the next four years to get them out of the life of gun violence. The $60 million initiative has launched first in the Raleigh-Frayser area. 

The issue of crime — violent crime in particular — is center stage in the race for Shelby County Mayor, where the first stop is the May Democratic primary.

The city’s animal shelter is hiring a “pet reunification specialist” with a $50,000 grant from a national animal welfare nonprofit.

Democratic county mayoral contender Ken Moody opened the first of what will be several headquarters opened by various campaigns in Whitehaven, underscoring the importance of the area’s Black middle class in the city’s political mix.

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The trial of Billy Ray Turner, accused in connection with the fatal shooting death of former NBA star Lorenzen Wright, is slated to begin Monday, March 14. 

A poll shows most Americans want to avoid switching between daylight saving and standard time.

Airport officials expect peak days to include Friday, March 11, and Sunday, March 13. 

Bipolar ionization devices, manufacturers say, attack and deactivate certain bacteria, pathogens, airborne particles, and volatile organic compounds. But the CDC, EPA, an industry standards association, and even a medical journal beg to differ. 

The Lakeland School System will soon move its offices out of City Hall and occupy a renovated house near the Lakeland Prep campus.