The first-week turnout is less than half of votes cast during the same time frame in 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic led to an easing of absentee voting restrictions.

The Best Friends Animal Society report comes on the heels of city interim COO telling Memphis City Council that MAS Director Ty Coleman, who was placed on leave, is facing “serious allegations.”

Friend’s of George’s plans to appeal drag ban ruling, MLGW could power the city with Tesla batteries and the “Chick-fil-A of entertainment” may be coming to Midtown.

Collierville Alderman John Stamps is seeking his third four-year term on the Memphis suburb’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Surviving members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, plus authors and filmmakers will talk about their experiences in the bloody summer of 1964 in Mississippi.

The MSCS charter office has recommended the board approve the charter for Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory STEAM School for Girls. If approved, it would be one of just three all-girls charter schools in the state. 

A new policy would require all overtime to receive advance approval from Superintendent Marie Feagins, and make no exceptions for emergencies. 

The attorney representing Friends of George’s, the local theater group that sued to stop Tennessee from implementing the “anti-drag” law, acknowledged Tuesday, July 23, that the appeal process could be difficult.

The sponsor withdrew the referendum as other Memphis City Council members prepared to vote it down. The council also dealt with three other ballot questions.

“I’m glad to see the numbers going down,” Council member Jerri Green said. “I do want to keep it in context. We’re comparing the numbers to the worst year on record for Memphis.”

Both the news organization’s reporting on local life expectancy as well as graphics made to illustrate busing, homicide data and the Memphis Grizzlies’ injuries took top prizes. 

A 49-year-old inmate died at the Shelby County Jail Monday, July 22. 

Interim MPD Chief C.J. Davis said she would like cars to be replaced every five years instead of every 10 to 15 years, which would require more funding.

A megapack would provide 1.9 megawatts of power and cost about $1.1 million.

Further development at Liberty Park took a key step forward Tuesday: A City Council committee approved the up-to $112.5 million project that could change Midtown.

County Commission votes in a new leader, Front Street Deli reopens again and the Grizzlies can’t take the Heat.

The vote Monday, July 22, revealed some enduring gaps among the commission’s nine-vote Democratic majority.

MPD confirmed to The Daily Memphian the shooter and the victim were both security guards at the entertainment venue. 

The Central Library will be closed until Monday, July 29.

The Shelby County Commission approved changes to the Shelby County Private Act, which governs how Shelby County hotel-motel tax dollars are allocated.

Council members also take the second of three votes Tuesday on a city referendum that would expand the Memphis Light, Gas and Water board by two seats, with the two new voting members coming from outside the City of Memphis.

MPD identified Benjamin Murrell as the victim who was shot around 11 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at Beale and South 4th streets, the same location where police initiated his arrest during Operation Saturday Night Live.

The Tennessee delegation’s Sunday online meeting wasn’t a quick vote to back Vice President Kamala Harris, but many of the delegates had endorsed her as President Joe Biden’s successor before the virtual vote.

The original principal of Forest Hill Elementary is, in some ways, following in his father’s footsteps. 

The Memphis mayor has hired help for the MPD, Millington officials have a softball-related spat and the Grizzlies could win a (summer league) championship.