The deaths are two of at least seven housed at the overcrowded jail to die this year.

Feagins’ attorney demands retraction from The Daily Memphian, the jail and courts could move to New Chicago and FESJC tees off.

Methodist Olive Branch President David Baytos has served as Methodist University interim president since Tim Slocum left in January. 

While most county commissioners support building a new jail, not all of them agree on where its built, who pays for it and who’s included. 

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Cleotha Abston was convicted last year for raping Alicia Franklin in 2021. He later pleaded guilty to the murder of Eliza Fletcher in 2022, and was sentenced to life in prison. 

Darian Nolen, 33, died at the Regional Medical Center at Memphis the night of Feb. 6.

A special election after a redrawing of districts has set the ballot for the November general election in North Mississippi.

The Daily Memphian is not removing the story or retracting any of its reporting because the story is accurate and the information reported was legally obtained. The news organization also is refusing to pay Feagins $50,000.

A plan to build a new jail and relocate every criminal and civil justice institution in Shelby County to the former Firestone plant site in North Memphis was presented to the Shelby County Commission.

Blackburn’s announcement makes official what had been expected for some time from the ally of President Donald Trump. 

Today on The AM/DM podcast, editorial director Mary Cashiola and enterprise reporter Samuel Hardiman talk about a mayoral retreat, complete with bowling, at Bass Pro Shops at the Pyramid. 

The city will soon own a Downtown hotel, a former Tiger is fighting for his life and a new cafe offers Juiced What You Needed.

UT Martin passed its first hurdle to open a local campus, where it plans to expand its equestrian, veterinary and agricultural offerings.

Memphis City Council members are weighing whether there is an easy and quick way to make the change or whether the change will take a charter amendment voters would have to approve.

MATA’s interim leader told the council all the buses are ready but only for a pared-down system and that former leadership spent more than a million dollars in federal funds it hadn’t secured.

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The $900,000 intended for “integrity in policing” could instead fund several different projects across this city. 

Julian Bolton, an attorney who also mentored younger politicians in the community after leaving the County Commission in 2006, died Monday. He was 75.

After closing, Carlisle Development Corp. will take over running the hotel that’s attached to Renasant Convention Center and start the process for redeveloping it.

Editorial director Mary Cashiola and public safety reporter Aarron Fleming talk about the challenges the Shelby County Jail is facing.

More xAI could mean more pollution, Memphis’ golf history is set in stone and the Tigers don’t crack the Top 25.

Overton Park has completed a project to recognize locals who have made an impact on the game of golf. 

The Daily Memphian reported July 21 that the city paid a Memphis consulting firm $10,000 to facilitate the one-and-a-half-day retreat. Here’s what it cost taxpayers. 

New documents shed some light on xAI’s long-term plans for the former Duke Energy Plant in Southaven that it bought last month.

This first day of school, Memphis-Shelby County Schools third grader Willie Perry felt “nervous and excited at the same time.” Adults interested in the school system have reasons to feel the same about the new academic year.

The funding — generated from $2.8 million interest income on federal grant money — would support a police reform task force appointed in late 2024. The Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis, Children and Youth Wellness Crisis Center and PURE Academy are also proposed to receive a piece.