Community leaders and legal advocates are fighting against the scheduled execution of a 59-year-old Memphis man.

The Memphis River Parks Partnership announced the change Friday, May 8, as it honored recipients in the 5th annual Tom Lee Poetry and Spoken Word competition.

Habitat for Humanity recently hit a milestone in Uptown: Two homes it finished building in February had their appraisals match their costs, which isn’t a given when talking about affordable housing in Memphis.

A Midtown vet assistant has been arrested, fired for allegedly throwing a dog into a kennel and breaking his paw.

UTHSC is in better financial position than in recent years — in June 2023, there was a $55 million structural deficit. By the end of June, a surplus of $35.6 million is expected.

The Tennessee Democratic Party supported multiple events and several rallies during the three-day special session that led to the map’s passage into law.

The district attorney says false “soft on crime” charges levied against his office by Sen. Marsha Blackburn and state Sen. Brent Taylor are being used to score points with their Republican base.

A new Tennessee Congressional map has left many Memphians wondering what district they’re in, but the Tennessee Comptroller now has resources.

Police have arrested the suspect in an OUTMemphis shooting that injured two. OUTMemphis, which serves the LGBTQ+ community, announced it will be closed through next week after the incident.

The rejection of changing Germantown’s charter to make the mayor a full-time position was overwhelming, leading some to think it was a message to incumbent Mike Palazzolo.

It’s peak spring this Saturday, with events galore scheduled. 

Colleagues remember Judge Skahan, third-graders will get retested and HighTee golf lounges adds, um, high tea.

NBA teams spend half a season subtly selling losing as long-term investment — while asking fans to still show up and pay — only for the reward to be a 30-minute television product sandwiched between Taco Bell and State Farm commercials.

“We have specific needs, and we need a representative in Congress that can speak to those needs,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young told The Daily Memphian Thursday.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee also signed several more bills related to redistricting.

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Taylor said he would “fight to cement Tennessee’s conservative legacy for generations to come.”

For some students, improved scores could excuse them from summer school and tutoring interventions required by a state reading retention law.

The 30 state Democrats all wore white Thursday in a silent protest supporting voting rights.

“We’ve been campaigning hard since the filing deadline ... and that’s a First Amendment violation, so there will be a lawsuit in state court,” Cohen said. 

Lawmakers passed a new congressional map that split Shelby County into three different congressional districts, less than a week after Gov. Bill Lee called for a special session on the matter.

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Longtime local attorney and former judge Gerald Skahan has died. He was 61.

The man accused of shooting an MPD officer in February has been caught, court records show.

On Tuesday, May 5, Shelby County went to the primary polls, winnowing down wide fields in races for county mayor, county clerk and sheriff.

The vacancy left by G.A. Hardaway is filled, a new chatbot has moved into Grok’s house and Collierville is giving up on X.

Kyle Petty, his dad Richard “The King” Petty and several others taking part in the Kyle Petty Charity Ride Across America held a fan event at the Guest House at Graceland.