An argument about a phone led to an 11-year-old girl stabbing a 10-year-old girl in the back with a kitchen knife at Hamilton K-8 Friday, police said.

The legislation, filed Thursday, Feb. 27, comes after the suburb’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted in October to begin the process of giving final say to the residents in a 2026 referendum.

The appointment of Shelby County Circuit Court Judge Valerie Smith is one of two announced Friday by Gov. Bill Lee. They are effective upon confirmation by the Tennessee General Assembly.

There is no provision for removing a Shelby County commissioner facing criminal charges, but there is a push to strengthen the ethics commission’s role, Chairman Michael Whaley said.

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. has been indicted on one count of alleged bribery and kickbacks and six counts of attempted tax evasion, according to federal court documents filed Friday, Feb. 28. 

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Peabody rooms are getting a makeover, an Asian produce and community hub comes to Cordova and there’s a good sign at the new Aldi.

A complaint renewed allegations of “double dipping” for Keith Williams, who serves as a school board member and the executive director of the organization that filed the grievance. 

Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. entered the Odell Horton Federal Building in Downtown Memphis at about 9:35 a.m. Friday, Feb. 28. 

Ransom is leaving TV news, although not the city, “to start a new chapter in my career, one that I couldn’t be more thrilled about.” 

New coalition protests a possible state school takeover, Germantown gets a first look at First Watch and we say sew long to a chain craft store.

The evening went off without violence, with about 30 people attending Kyle Rittenhouse’s second attempt at a speech on the University of Memphis campus. 

Eighty-six members of the Greater Memphis Chamber traveled to Nashville to meet with state legislators, officers and cabinet heads to advocate for issues relevant to the local business community.

Speaking outside of the National Civil Rights Museum, a group of business and community leaders launched a coalition, arguing a state takeover would strip Memphians of the ability to govern their schools and make decisions for students.

More than 100 Memphians gathered at Poplar and Highland Wednesday afternoon to protest the current administration and its recent decisions supporting Russia in that country’s invasion of Ukraine.

Two groups want to open the first charter schools for at-risk students under a new state law.

A mom sues Shelby County over her son’s jail death, the Chelsea Greenline is finally moving along and Japan comes to Germantown. 

Updates to the calendar aim to improve participation in parent-teacher conferences and align schedules with nearby municipal school districts. 

North Memphis residents met Tuesday night to hear the latest on the long-delayed plan for a pedestrian and bike pathway stretching from Chelsea and Evergreen to Washington Park. 

The inmate, Ramon McGhee, 42, died in the hospital Jan. 12, 2024, two days after being found in his cell at 201 Poplar unresponsive and covered in bedbugs.

Controversial talk-radio host and blogger Thaddeus Matthews died at 67 after a heart-related illness.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young took his town hall approach to a corner of the internet this week, responding directly to Reddit users’ top concerns. 

The Shelby County Health Department recommends local hospitals adopt the “opt-out” approach, in which an HIV test will be part of a patient’s medical visit unless they decline. 

A woman has pleaded guilty to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off Graceland and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale.

Brian Kelsey is now an inmate at FCI Ashland in Kentucky, according to a federal Bureau of Prisons database.

A fired federal worker is back on the job, the next sheriff may get a pay raise and there’s a new way to have a cozy afternoon in Germantown.