Defense counsel rested Saturday, May 3, concluding proof in the Tyre Nichols state trial. 

Don Cameron, who also testified in the federal trial for the officers last year, agreed there are limitations to his testimony in that he was not present for Tyre Nichols’ initial traffic stop or later beating.

“There never was a case for removal or even investigation in the first place, and you don’t have to take my word for that,” Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy said on WKNO-TV’s “Behind The Headlines.”

Jared Zwickey, an expert in police training, said Tyre Nichols actively resisted arrest despite repeated blows, but the kicks and punches delivered to him were excessive.

Public broadcasting has been threatened in the past, but local ties have largely enabled the stations to escape cutbacks — legislators don’t want to be seen as responsible for shutting them down. The current threat is seen as the most serious in the system’s history.

A forensic consultant and use-of-force expert offered testimony in Day 5 of the state criminal trial for the three former officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols.

Clayborn Temple suffers more loss, Republicans want partisan school-board elections and the Grand Carousel at CMOM is a time machine.

Jeannine Barganier’s father ran the ride in the 1940s, met his wife between the soaring horses and passed its magic to the next four generations. 

Due to a delay in collecting the increased car-registration fee, a county clerk misstep cost the city more than expected. Plus, there’s no money for Mud Island amphitheater renovation this year.

The Shelby County Republican Party executive committee didn’t want partisan primaries in school board races two years ago, but Thursday’s vote went the other way.

Thursday afternoon’s testimony in the trial of three former police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols included two witnesses: a forensic pathologist and one of the EMTs who treated Nichols on the scene.

The collapse complicates efforts to preserve some part of the historic church that went up in flames April 28.

The Daily Memphian obtained audio and video excerpts of Marie Feagins’ “Take a Seat” event cohosted by former CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin. Feagins advertised the event as being open to media, but The Daily Memphian’s ticket was refunded without explanation.

Justin Segerson, 41, was found unresponsive at the jail Jan. 30 and was taken to Methodist University Hospital where he died the next day.

After a late start Thursday morning, May 1, the trial of three former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols continued.

Acquittal is denied in the Nichols trial, an autism program counters RFK’s comments and more shake-ups may be coming to MSCS.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools interim Superintendent Roderick Richmond released a set of goals. But he told board members that accomplishing some of those goals will require more district reorganization.

Officials with Memphis-Shelby County Schools and local law enforcement, who were most of the audience, held a community forum that focused on gun safety, mental health and marijuana use. 

Anasa Troutman, the leader of the nonprofit directing the restoration of Clayborn Temple, said the building may be considered a “complete loss” by the Memphis Fire Department, but she said she isn’t using the term.

Police arrest 18-year-old in fatal shooting of another teenager in Tom Lee Park on April 13.

The third day of the state criminal trial for three former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 death of Tyre Nichols began Wednesday, April 30.

Clayborn Temple fire probe is underway, college students get visas back (for now) and the Ostrander show will go on.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board approved a resolution supporting private school vouchers, directed the superintendent to have local leaders weigh in on a facilities plan and did not censure board member Towanna Murphy for ethics violations.

Memphis City Council member JB Smiley Jr. joins what could be a large field of contenders in the Democratic primary to succeed Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris.