The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office alleges Hernandez Govan solicited the killing and put it into motion. 

It is still unknown how the 24-year-old inmate died. 

The trial date setting came about a month after the one-year anniversary of Rhodes College student Drew Rainer’s slaying, and the trial is scheduled to take place nearly two years after his death. 

The discussion was hosted by Ben Crump, the civil rights attorney who has represented the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Trayvon Martin and Ahmaud Arbery, one day before the midterm elections.

Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy and other Mid-South leaders are urging Arkansas residents to vote yes on Issue 4, otherwise known as the Arkansas Recreational Marijuana Initiative in Nov. 8 midterm elections.

CoreCivic gave $107,490 to Tennessee politicians and PACs from July to September, the majority going to incumbent Republicans. The company has stayed in business despite a high murder rate and accusations of underinvestment in safety.

Due to an ongoing investigation, the name of the inmate and the exact circumstances of the death are unknown, a spokesperson said. 

Attendees will be able to get help with expungement, child support, traffic fines and fees and job opportunities. 

Justin Johnson, 24, has been detained in the Shelby County Jail at 201 Poplar since he was arrested Jan. 13. He was reportedly attacked in jail in March. 

The Memphis Shelby Crime Commission reported the major violent crime rate in Memphis declined 6.1% during the first three quarters of this year. However, major property crime was up 21.6% in the same period.

Advocacy group leaders question why Memphis Police and the state failed to investigate and prosecute Cleotha Henderson for a kidnapping and rape that occurred September 2021. 

The NIH grant will provide services for pregnant women trying to overcome substance abuse addiction. The director of Serenity Recovery Centers says she hopes it can end the practice of incarcerated women with such issues giving birth in prison and immediately losing custody of newborns.

Varsity Brands and Memphis-based Varsity Spirit are among several defendants named in federal lawsuits that accuse multiple cheerleading coaches of a range of misconduct and illicit sexual behavior with minors.

From January through October 2022, there were 201 murders and 244 homicides. During the same time period in 2021, there were 241 murders and 274 homicides.

Currently, MPD employs 1,911 officers, according to the city’s data hub. 

The U.S. government issued $800 billion in PPP loans, but studies show that up to 15% — or $76 billion — in loans may have been awarded improperly, making it likely one of the widest abused federal programs in the modern era. 

Judge Julia Smith Gibbons, a member of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a pioneering female judge in Tennessee, received the Edward J. Devitt Award Friday, Oct. 28, for distinguished, lifetime service to the judiciary.

After the Tennessee Legislature adjourned for the year, Brian Kelsey continued to tweet his views on national and state political issues with no reference to the criminal charges he faced. As of Thursday, it appears his Twitter account has been deleted.

The victim alleges he was sexually abused by a Varsity and USASF-approved choreographer and by coaches at Cheer Extreme gyms in Raleigh and Kernersville. He was a teenager at the time of the alleged abuses. 

Past victimization and having a parent who’s incarcerated are among the main drivers of violent behavior, according to a report. But acknowledging the importance of education and schoolwork reduced inmates' sense of hopelessness.

Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis said she hoped yesterday’s event would spread awareness that car theft is up more than 90%. 

Memphis activist Pamela Moses is suing the state of Tennessee, former Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich and current Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy.

Demetria Frank, Mike Carpenter, Lorna McClusky and Mike Working are heading up reform efforts on disproportionate minority contact, restorative justice, post-conviction justice and juvenile justice, respectively. 

Matthew Bledsoe, a Memphis businessman and former Cordova resident, has been sentenced to 48 months in prison for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection.

As rape survivors pursue a lawsuit accusing the Memphis Police Department of negligence, the city is asking a judge to exclude testimony of a former sex crimes detective who claims MPD failed to properly investigate numbers of cases.