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    Political Roundup: Democrats and Republicans chart courses ahead

    In a new world, Democrats are deciding how to climb back after last year’s defeat while Republicans are making their next moves across Tennessee.

    By Bill Dries February 09, 2025
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    The most wonderful time of year: Girl Scout cookie season is here

    From now until March 9, Girl Scout cookies are being sold across Memphis. For six bucks a box, you can get one of nine different options, although Thin Mints and Samoas are the most popular.

    By Jody Callahan February 08, 2025
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    Proposed xAI water plant is the ‘right thing to do’

    Memphis Light, Gas and Water would lose revenue if a water-recycling plant is built. The utility’s CEO still says it’s “what we have been looking for.”

    By Samuel Hardiman February 08, 2025
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    Did no-confidence vote set stage for state takeover of MSCS?

    Shelby County Commissioners Mickell Lowery and Britney Thornton talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the political boundary between the commission and the MSCS board.

    By Bill Dries February 08, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Two more Shelby County Jail inmates have died

    Two Shelby County Jail inmates died on Thursday and Friday, bringing the total to four this week.

    By Aarron Fleming February 09, 2025
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    The Early Word: Say bye to St. George’s Memphis, Smart and LaRavia

    Shelby County Jail is packed, and Greater Memphis is getting more hot pot, more seafood and more burgers.

    By Bianca Phillips February 07, 2025
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    Amid crowding, more Shelby County Jail inmates being placed on suicide watch

    The average population at 201 Poplar has grown by roughly 600 inmates over the past two years.

    By Aarron Fleming February 07, 2025
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    After 20 years, St. George’s will close its Memphis campus

    The private school opened the third campus in an effort to diversify its student body. The Memphis campus could become a public school by the fall. 

    By Laura Testino February 07, 2025
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    The Early Word: No Music Fest, no Peer Power contract, no In-N-Out (for now)

    State lawmakers try to deny education access, the County Commission may order an MSCS audit and business owners deal with egg-flation.

    By Bianca Phillips February 06, 2025
  • Education

    Peer Power, without MSCS contract, seeks distance from Feagins suit

    Without a revived contract with Memphis-Shelby County Schools, the Peer Power Foundation began working instead with area charter schools, board co-chair Dow McVean wrote in a public letter Wednesday.

    By Laura Testino February 06, 2025
  • State Government

    TN lawmakers file bill challenging immigrants’ access to public education

    The legislation would directly challenge a more than 40-year-old precedent that ensures all children access to a free public education regardless of immigration status.

    By Benjamin Smith February 05, 2025
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    Southaven mayor to those who show out at Springfest: ‘We’re going to bust your tail’

    “We are not going to give up one of our greatest traditions because of a few people who have no parenting at home and can’t act right,” Mayor Darren Musselwhite said about the upcoming Springfest.

    By Rob Moore February 05, 2025
  • Shelby County

    Shelby County Commission considers MSCS audit

    The Shelby County Board of Commissioners will vote on the resolution at its Monday, Feb. 10, meeting, authorizing $50,000 from the commission’s contingency fund to pay for the audit.

    By Bill Dries February 05, 2025
  • Music

    No Beale Street Music Fest for 2025

    The three-day festival was “paused” in 2024, Memphis in May officials said at the time, largely due to issues regarding the reconfigured Tom Lee Park that led to a less-than-successful 2023 installment of the event.

    By Jody Callahan February 06, 2025
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    The Early Word: Shelby Farms road talk is back; Tigers fans are besties

    DeSoto officials deny racism claims, FedExForum reno will take a hot minute and an NYC seafood joint is coming to Beale Street.

    By Bianca Phillips February 05, 2025
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    Suburbs look for silver linings after school-voucher legislation passes

    Caught on the back foot by the Tennessee Legislature, the suburban school systems are thinking about how to move forward with the reality of school vouchers.

    By Abigail Warren February 05, 2025
  • Premium Geoff Calkins

    Calkins: A story of friendship and basketball — and why the Memphis Tigers mean so much

    Ninety-four-year-old Thelma Scott gave up her season ticket this year. But give up on her Tigers? Not a chance. The university gave her a life she couldn’t have imagined. And it is still giving her friends.

    By Geoff Calkins February 05, 2025
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    With vouchers coming, Lakeland schools seek level playing field with private schools

    The Lakeland School System Board of Education has taken a stance on Gov. Lee’s voucher program, seeking equal standards for between public and private schools receiving the funds.

    By Michael Waddell February 05, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    City Council takes no position on Chamber’s push for Shelby Farms parkway

    The return of the Shelby Farm Parkway proposal comes two years after it was removed from the city’s list of road projects. The Greater Memphis Chamber is pushing for its return.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2025
  • Education

    Hooks Institute to honor award-winning author Feb. 5

    The awards ceremony will begin with reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Michael D. Rose Theatre on the University of Memphis campus.

    By Jane Roberts February 04, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    City Council delays emergency funding decision for MATA

    City Council members said Tuesday they still need a financial accounting of how MATA spent past city funding before a new board was installed in October.

    By Bill Dries February 04, 2025
  • City of Memphis

    FedExForum renovations could last until 2032, mayor says

    Memphis Mayor Paul Young outlined the next steps in the planned renovations of FedExForum on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

    By Samuel Hardiman February 04, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Ezekiel Kelly plans to serve as own lawyer in death penalty case

    Kelly faces capital murder charges stemming from a 2022 shooting rampage that left three people dead amid a frantic manhunt and a citywide shelter-in-place order.

    By The Associated Press February 04, 2025
  • Premium City of Memphis

    Proposed xAI greywater plant faces City Council skepticism

    An xAI representative received a mixed reception from the Memphis City Council regarding the company’s plan to buy 13 city-owned acres where it will build the greywater plant. 

    By Samuel Hardiman February 07, 2025
  • Public Safety

    Man dies in police custody, MPD says

    A man died Tuesday after experiencing a medical emergency while in police custody. 

    By Aarron Fleming February 05, 2025

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