Demetrius Haley moved for acquittal Thursday, joining Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean who filed their motions for acquittal earlier in the afternoon.

Vicki Gandee is facing Andy Ellis for the school board seat. It’s the only contested Germantown-specific race on the Nov. 5 ballot.

Seven years after Lisa Sloan was left incapacitated after a drag racer crashed into her car and three years after she died from those injuries, her family found a small amount of peace in a courtroom.

The prosecution in the federal trial against three officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols rested its case after hearing testimony from its 19th and final witness, a former ER nurse at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis. 

The funding is for work on Elvis Presley Boulevard between Winchester and Craft roads, a stretch that takes in the segment of the state highway that borders Graceland and The Guest House at Graceland hotel.

Testimony on Thursday, Sept. 26, unveiled texts and statements, one in which a former Memphis officer charged in the case said he felt it was his fault Tyre Nichols died. 

But that doesn’t mean rezoning won’t ever happen ever; it’s just not happening on the previous anticipated timeline.

Justin Johnson has been found guilty on all counts for the murder of Memphis rapper Young Dolph in 2021.

Chase Carlisle said the council could use its rarely used subpoena power to seek financial records from MATA in the coming weeks. 

Cell phone data tracked alleged Young Dolph shooter, the state’s drag ban is allowed to stand and a Memphis expat reflects on the meals he misses most. 

The Renasant Convention Center’s general manager said the convention center would be “like a racecar without wheels” without the hotel. 

“‘The radio sounds better than how the camera looks,’” Desmond Mills Jr. recalled Lt. Dewayne Smith saying of the Nichols footage.

In July, the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Friends group did not have standing to sue because of the law because its performances were not “harmful to minors.”

An alumnus donated 50 pairs of Nike Dunk sneakers — free for each of Delano Elementary’s kindergarten students.

Desmond Mills Jr. testified Wednesday he was afraid of telling the truth because, “I’d be sitting in the exact seat I’m sitting in now.”

The Arlington school board unanimously selected Allison Clark to take over as the district’s superintendent following the death of Jeff Mayo last month.

Much is made of a Mercedes in the Young Dolph trial, the MSCS board has new leaders and we tell you about the greatest soul song that no one knows.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young said he felt “very compelled” to purchase Downtown’s Sheraton because of the financial risks associated with not buying it. 

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As leaders of the board, the new chair and vice chair will help steer a district that’s in transition, and on the precipice of major decisions about its long-term goals and plans.

The Memphis City Council vetoed a fast-food restaurant development on Union Avenue, but allowed a hotel and townhomes to continue.

In five hours, 755 students cleared out nearly 10,000 free jackets, blazers, blouses and ties.

A forensic investigation led by the college’s IT team confirmed the school was the target of “a sophisticated ransomware attack.”

“We sit right next to one of the most dangerous cities in the country, but our crime rate has remained low,” Sheriff Thomas Tuggle said, referring to Memphis at DeSoto’s northern doorstep.

“I wish I could have stopped the punches,” Desmond Mills Jr. said. “It hurt to watch. … I felt bad every time his picture’s on the screen and to know I’m a part of that.”

Desmond Mills Jr., one of the cops who previously pleaded guilty in the death of Tyre Nichols, began his testimony Tuesday, Sept. 24, in the federal trial against the three former police officers.