M. David Rudd, whose presidency officially ends this month, is a Gulf War veteran and licensed psychologist.

Abby Parrill-Baker will serve as U of M’s interim provost.

The new Outage Improvement Advisory Team holds its first meeting, Midtown gets a new Spanish restaurant and Hernando can’t seem to settle on a site for its animal shelter.

The 51-member panel held its first meeting Thursday, March 17.

“It’s neat seeing kids sitting at the edge of the pavement in awe when a kangaroo calmly comes up to them and sits. They’re intrigued by you, but not too interested.”

Moody’s campaign to upset incumbent county Mayor Lee Harris points to letters exchanged by city and county attorneys highlighting issues between local leaders and jurisdictional lines, specifically over the city’s possible role in contact tracing.

A Memphis attorney faces prison time, ESPN is coming to Memphis and lots of development projects are moving along. 

The Uptown development got underway last year with the first phase completing 11 cottages in June.

A bill sending ownership and operation of Germantown Elementary, Germantown Middle and Germantown High schools from Memphis-Shelby County Schools to Germantown Schools passed the state’s Senate Education Committee Wednesday.

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.