President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration.
The Memphis Police Department hosted a “Sea of Blue” event Wednesday night, Jan. 22, for a veteran officer who died earlier this month.
The snowstorm Memphis experienced earlier this month was fairly unusual. But to see an equal amount of snow in southern Louisiana? Now that is rare.
Feagins probe revealed another alleged violation, Rittenhouse is ready for round two and the Central High jazz band is heading to New York.
Hundreds of high school jazz bands audition from all over the world to be invited to the Essentially Ellington contest in May. Only 30 bands make it — and guess where one of them is from.
Students who complete the 2-credit course will earn DU ecology conservation certification.
“I think that the climate of fear is the biggest and most urgent and most immediate impact that really can’t be discounted, and it is one of the reasons we want to be so vocal so early,” said OUTMemphis’ CEO.
At last year’s event, Kyle Rittenhouse abruptly left the stage early, and protesters later chased his supporters across campus.
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s call for voluntary electricity conservation has ended.
The Daily Memphian analyzed the report that found Feagins violated an ethics clause in her contract eight times. Attorneys investigated a fourth, procurement-related claim, but could not substantiate it. Feagins plans legal challenge: ‘I’ll see them in court' Feagins removal prompts MSCS takeover proposals from state lawmakerRelated content:
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TVA wants you to turn down the heat, the Chickasaw Gardens gates hit a roadblock and Missy Elliot will “work it” on the river.
Feagins has denied wrongdoing, and issued a lengthy rebuttal to the board’s claims during a meeting on Jan. 14.
“We’ve got several pathways,” Tennessee Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, told The Daily Memphian.
MSCS board members voted on Tuesday, Jan. 21, to name Roderick Richmond as interim superintendent moments after terminating former district head Marie Feagins.
Marie Feagins’ tenure as superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools is over. Feagins plans legal challenge: ‘I’ll see them in court' Feagins removal prompts MSCS takeover proposals from state lawmaker Memphians show up to support Marie FeaginsRelated content:
As the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members gathered to vote on Marie Feagins’ future as the district’s superintendent, members of the public turned out to support her.
The Division of Neighborhood Improvements was outlined as a more focused approach to persistent blight in the city’s residential areas. City Council members want to know more about the latest shift in the city’s blight strategy.
Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy defended himself against the state’s ouster attempt and shared a limerick with the Collierville Rotary Club.
The vending machine, a pilot project, is part of a larger effort to increase access to harm-reduction supplies across Shelby County, which recorded 910 suspected opioid overdose-related deaths in the last two years.
The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board met to vote to fire the districts superintendent of nine months, Marie Feagins. Watch the meeting here.
Former Memphian Richard Barnett, 64, was released from Federal Bureau of Prisons custody at 11 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2025.
The Memphis City Council took up the reappointment of C.J. Davis, which had been on hold for a year. Chickasaw Gardens street closures hit indefinite roadblock New neighborhoods division would consolidate some city functionsRelated content:
A contentious Memphis-Shelby County Schools board meeting ended with the termination of Superintendent Marie Feagins. Read our start-to-finish coverage.
Two county officials told the Shelby County Commission last week that the xAI supercomputer could generate at least $13.5 million in tax revenue.