Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris Thursday received thank-you notes from teens at Juvenile Court, where it has been about a year since the county eliminated the fee for juveniles to call home.
In a “Behind The Headlines” interview, Mayor Jim Strickland defended his record of racial equity. His comments were his most pointed about Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer of the campaign, covering several issues.
Big Cypress Lodge will open Mississippi Terrace at the Pyramid this fall. The outdoor bar will be located on what was once the entry level for concerts and ball games.
Martavious Banks, shot by a Memphis police officer in 2018, pleaded guilty to evading officers and possession of a gun. He was placed on probation for two years.
State Reps. Mark White and Tom Leatherwood flew to Shelby County with Gov. Bill Lee for a Republican Party event Aug. 23, but both say it was no perk for their votes in favor of the governor’s education savings account bill during the regular session.
The Learning Experience has applied for a building permit in Germantown. The daycare will be in the Forest Hill Heights area.
Memphis in May International Festival will host its annual World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest Judging Seminar from Nov. 2.
Superintendent Joris Ray said what he heard about Southwest Early College High School gave him “grave concern,” but stopped short of saying the district would investigate.
Raw Girls and City & State are opening a joint pop-up shop in Saddle Creek this fall. For each shop, it is their first location outside Memphis city limits.
Despite facing a state audit of his campaign and PAC expenditures, state Rep. Glen Casada, who resigned the House Speaker’s post amid scandal, will serve on a subcommittee that handles campaign finance legislation.
Court gets update from monitoring team tasked with making sure Memphis Police Department complies with 40-year-old consent decree. Activists say city, police still have work to do.
Baxter Leach, one of the remaining participants of the historic 1968 sanitation workers strike, has died.
Former state Senate Majority Leader and Shelby County commissioner Mark Norris said Tuesday he finds some parts of his work as a judge idyllic. Other parts make him question whether the solutions legislators attempt are working on a large scale.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is proposing to build 2.7 miles of new transmission line on the Memphis side of the Mississippi state line.
After public concern that toxic algae may have led to the deaths of two dogs who died shortly after swimming at Shelby Farms Park, park officials say veterinarians have ruled heat stroke as the cause of both deaths.
Named to the House Judiciary Committee by new Speaker Cameron Sexton, state Rep. G.A. Hardaway says the panel will hold hearings on embattled state Rep. David Byrd no matter what the state attorney general opines.
An ordinance that puts the minimum pay for Shelby County workers at $15 an hour was passed by the County Commission on final reading Monday, along with a resolution that asks Shelby County Schools to conduct a salary study for the people they employ at under $15 an hour.
The Shelby County Commission on Monday voted to again change how properties are named, hired a marketing expert and created a program to give veterans their own parking spaces at county facilities.
Shelby County Juvenile Court, along with other county officials, announced Aug. 26 that the court will waive the debt, detention fees and court costs for families of children housed at the detention center.
The new rules mean tests will account for 40% of a high school student’s grade, classwork 35%, projects 10%, homework 10%, and class participation 5%. And it will be the same whether it’s an algebra class in Whitehaven or a biology class in Frayser.
Ninety-eight-year-old K.T. Robbins of Olive Branch will return to France next month with Forever Young Senior Veterans. While the other 13 vets, ages 93 to 102, visit Battle of the Bulge sites, Robbins will split off for a second reunion with his wartime sweetheart in France.
The state senate voted on a resolution to honor Kristina Garner Friday. Garner founded Germantown HELPS to help flood affected homeowners following the June 7 flood.