Ryan Strain won’t be chairman next year on the Germantown Board of Education, but his seat in Position 1 is undoubtedly secure.

A Daily Memphian reporter rode with a Memphis police officer on her Saturday night patrol in the department’s 626 ward, part of the North Main precinct. Here’s what happened.

The district’s growth is intended to pay off the Memphis Sports and Event Center’s $100 million debt.

Avron B. Fogelman’s gift is the single largest gift to the business college and among the largest to the campus as a whole.

Although no MSCS schools are being used as voting sites this year, MSCS schools are still closed for students Tuesday. 

More than 80% of Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ eligible seniors earned their diplomas for the 2023-24 school year.

The last day to vote early in the presidential general election is Thursday, Oct. 31. Here’s a look at turnout so far and comparisons to other elections in this cycle.

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MPD goes after fugitives, a Florida man admits to stealing from FedEx and a new sneaker shop brings sole to the Broad Avenue Arts District.

Sam O’Bryant will leave Literacy Mid-South to take over as president and CEO of Bridges later this year.

A motion to dismiss the ouster lawsuit against Shelby County Clerk Wanda Halbert is pending before Circuit Court Judge Felicia Corbin-Johnson. If dismissed, it would be the second ouster lawsuit against Halbert to be thrown out in less than a year.

Shaun Kavanaugh, 46, of Orlando, Florida, pleaded guilty Oct. 22 to mail fraud. He received more than $750,000 from FedEx. 

The economic impact plans for new mixed-use projects in Arlington and Lakeland will help with infrastructure costs.

“We see green banks as a critical player in creating lasting change,” the U.S. Department of Energy’s Yasmin Yacoby said Tuesday.

Memphis’ new fugitive task force, which has made 280 arrests since its launch, aims to arrest those with outstanding warrants. 

A South Memphis nightclub was the center of a big drug operation, the Crimson Tide rolled over the Tigers and Back Yard Burgers is bouncing back. 

The County Commission delayed consideration of Jamita Swearengen’s request for more money for her staff. Lakeland and Arlington TIFS and Juvenile Court were also on the agenda.

The sheriff’s office began an operation focused on McLemore Avenue’s Club Insight in February 2023. Over the more than year-long investigation, sheriff’s detectives found that the drug-trafficking operation spread throughout Memphis and Shelby County.

“No legal resolution and no sentence can diminish the anguish of Liza’s murder,” Eliza Fletcher’s family said in a statement.

Sheriff’s office and juvenile court can’t agree, the MAS director was fired from a previous job for lying and the Grizzlies set the clock back 295 days.

The sheriff’s office and juvenile court are still at loggerheads over who should run the new youth detention center and how to get detainees to court. Where will it end?

Musk has said he wants xAI to be the most “truth-seeking” artificial intelligence, its training not swayed by ideology. At present, its training appears to not be swayed by anyone, including Musk. 

Democratic and Republican partisans met Saturday, Oct. 26, on the parking lot of the county’s most popular early voting site while Trump supporters waved banners on Poplar Avenue. Four days of early voting remain.

Also happening this week: Halloween is Thursday and daylight saving time ends Sunday. Plus, this is one of only a few chances to catch three Grizz home games during a work week.

Also on commission agenda is a vote to help fund traffic roundabouts near the next phase of the Lakeland Meadows development. The roundabouts have been a source of controversy before Lakeland’s city commission.

Germantown Alderwoman Sherrie Hicks is completing her first term in Position 3 on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, and is unopposed for reelection.