Here is everything you need to know about the 13 Shelby County Commission races on the May 5 ballot.

A former Memphis teacher and longtime local lawyer are vying for the District 8 school board seat in the May 5 Democratic primary. The winner will face a third candidate, a school librarian running as an independent, in August’s general election.

Five candidates are vying for the District 6 school board seat in the May 5 Democratic primary. The winner will face a sixth candidate, a longtime local pastor running as an independent, in August’s general election.

The candidates vying for Memphis’ District 9 board seat range from a former board chair to the lone pro-state takeover candidate. The May 5 Democratic primary will determine who wins the spot.

Two Memphis educators and one longtime board member are vying for the District 1 school board seat this spring. The May 5 Democratic primary will determine who wins the spot.

When the Dorothy Day House started in 2006, it was run entirely by volunteers and helped three homeless families a year. Now it helps more than 20 a year.

You can find all kinds of super cool stuff at the annual Mineral, Fossil and Gem Show staged by the Memphis Archaeological and Geological Society this weekend.

The budget “reallocates” $30 million originally proposed for Memphis to combat crime through workforce development and deterrence.

Deputies arrest 16-year-old male in fatal shooting at Shelby Farms earlier this week that left Coriuan Bean, 17, dead

The plaintiffs filed to dismiss them so that the planned November 2026 trial could continue as scheduled.

As voters cast early ballots in the primary, Tennessee lawmakers are expected to take final votes on takeover legislation that would strip elected school board members of their powers by granting major decision-making authority to nine Shelby County state appointees.

Marcel Hutton, 35, was found unresponsive in the Shelby County Jail around 7 p.m. on Dec. 21, 2025.

Tennessee’s fiscal year 2027 includes $50 million for public safety in Memphis, $350 million for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and $3.5 million for the new Downtown art museum. 

With early voting starting this week, the lobbying for Germantown voters to decide if they want to go the full-time mayor’s route has increased.

Charges are dropped for No Kings protesters, school-voucher expansion passes and we look at how the Live Nation ruling may affect Memphis music.

“We don’t want anyone using those public dollars that we send down to educate the children to enter into litigation because they might not agree with the high accountability standards that we’re putting in place,” bill sponsor state Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, said.

The lack of financial forms makes it difficult to see how key candidates have fared with donors in the past three months.

The Daily Memphian interviewed the five Democratic and two Republican primary candidates for sheriff, asking them about 201 Poplar, recruiting and retention, the Memphis Safe Task Force, and more.

The incident began a little after 4:30 p.m. at a small strip shopping center at 3193 Mendenhall Road, police said.

Most of the opening day voters were Democrats, whose ballot boasts a race with the largest field of candidates.

Gov. Bill Lee and other Republicans are pointing to interest in the program, which will give more than $7,500 per child for private school tuition and certain educational costs.

The No Kings protest last month ended with police pepper-spraying demonstrators.

A Downtown bar space is Spoken For, things are looking up for a local library’s escalators and how Lester Quinones’ shorts landed a Memphis Tigers basketball recruit — kind of. 

Here is your guide to who is running in the May Democratic primary to succeed Wanda Halbert as County Clerk.

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