In a statement released Tuesday, Oct. 12, by Smiley’s campaign, Cohen touted Smiley’s connection to the state’s major cities.

We’ve got politicians in court, running for seats and remembered, and you can’t make a big bad breakfast without breaking a few eggs. 

The second-term Memphis City Council member declared his candidacy Monday, Oct. 11. In his interview with The Daily Memphian, Morgan talked about what to expect from his campaign.

Attorneys for state Sen. Katrina Robinson have filed a motion asking for a new trial or acquittal after she was found guilty last month of four wire fraud charges. 

A street dance competition pops and locks into Memphis, event planners have a new job, and what nursing homes can teach us about the coronavirus. 

A veteran Public Defender is seeking to become the first Indian-American to serve as a judge in Shelby County. But Sanjeev Memula is considering which of the nine criminal divisions of General Sessions Court he will seek.

More low-income people have government healthcare now that TennCare has been effectively prohibited from taking away coverage. It’s a big shift from before the pandemic when the agency frequently took people off the rolls.

Some parents remain unsure about their children receiving the shot. But one family’s experience of living in Europe and seeing unvaccinated classmates contract chickenpox was a game-changer.

Maverick doesn’t speak. Nor does he perform heroics worthy of his ancestor, the TV star of “Lassie.” But the crisis response dog can listen, as he did for Kroger employees after the recent mass shooting in Collierville.

Exclamations of “Opa!” could be heard throughout the crowd Friday and Saturday at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church as community members celebrated the return of festival.

Shelby County Schools reported 140 new COVID-19 cases among students and 24 among staff at its public and charter schools this week. This week’s case count is the lowest since school started, Aug. 9, 2021. 

The lawsuit, filed in federal civil court, in Tennessee’s Middle District, alleges the scheme between Methodist and West Cancer executives cost Medicare and Medicaid more than $800 million in fraudulent payments. 

Lee and Schwinn gave few details about whether or how much the state would increase funding for schools. But Lee said he suspects the state will increase funding, and will have the proposal ready for the state legislature when it meets in January.

Tony Allen and Toney Armstrong are both in the news this morning, we’ve got totally SFW video of a chainsaw massacre and the area’s mask mandate will probably stay in place for a bit longer. 

Surveillance video shows a five-man crew with chainsaws and other equipment in Martyrs Park on March 10. That’s the day that a 200-yard-wide swath of trees were cut — without permission — from the public riverbank.

The leaders of the two housing and community groups talked on “Behind The Headlines” about a larger scope and plan for affordable housing in a city that needs about 40,000 new units of the housing.

Artist Theaster Gates talked Thursday about the installation having the same impact “The Bean” and the Tamir Rice Pavilion – both in Chicago – have had with the public finding the ultimate uses for them to make them destinations.

Shelby County Schools is revisiting the idea of a “peace force,” an internal police department reporting directly to the district, following last week’s shooting at Cummings K-8 Optional School.

Memphis Health Center aims to use its new mobile health clinic to travel through ZIP codes that are flagged by the Shelby County Health Department for having the lowest COVID-19 testing numbers and highest positive test rates.

Shelby County Schools has announced that employees can receive up to 10 consecutive days of paid sick leave while in isolation following a positive COVID-19 test. 

The county clerk is appealing for a county audit of how her office is funded a week after the Tennessee Comptroller ended a similar investigation, saying he found no evidence of fraud and that revenue in Halbert’s office was going where it was supposed to go.

The next step for Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis is creating a strategic plan best utilizing the department’s current resources and ultimately leads to crime reduction – and a safer city.

The Shelby County Health Department is giving Pfizer doses at its offices at 814 Jefferson.

Watch the COVID-19 Task Force Briefing live now.

Former Memphis Tigers player Chris Douglas-Roberts among those charged with conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud totaling nearly $4 million.