Germantown Muncipal School District leaders will take their final review of their 2024-25 budget this month.

Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp is seeking Halbert’s removal because “Defendant has willfully neglected to perform duties enjoined upon Defendant by the laws of the State.”

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Officials are turning to the Supreme Court of Mississippi after both judges for the 23rd Circuit Court District signed recusals, citing conflicts of interest.

Taylor grabbed two rebounds in five total minutes for the Tigers in 2023-24 before entering the transfer portal mid-season in January.

The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is back for the 46th year. We’ve got your guide to the food, tent etiquette, entertainment and more for this year’s event in Liberty Park. 

The man accused in a summer 2023 shooting at Margolin Hebrew Academy has been indicted in the case.

The administration of Mayor Paul Young wants the council to take the first of three votes Tuesday, May 7, on a $6.98 increase in the solid waste fee. The administration also will outline changes it would make to garbage collection with the increase.

Brooke Harrison, Addie Thorpe and some air-clearing meetings have Rebels positioned for another possible run to state.

Here are the top performances for Memphis-area TSSAA athletes in track and field through May 4.

Standouts from Arlington, Bartlett, ECS, Lausanne and Trezevant are up for consideration this week. 

This week’s puzzle features a picture by The Daily Memphian photographer Patrick Lantrip taken at the Riverbeat Festival at Tom Lee Park in Downtown Memphis.

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Pickleball 901 is planning a proof of concept in Collierville. If the pop-up club profitable, the idea could be taken nationwide.

Mississippi State quarterback Jake Weir had open heart surgery at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis. He’s living his dream playing SEC football.

With the City of Memphis looking at a proposed 28% property-tax increase and some citizens calling for the government to cut the fat instead, The Daily Memphian reviewed the city’s proposed fiscal year 2025 budget.

One Memphis woman said she doesn’t think people understand how dangerous drag racing is, but she and her family know it all too well. 

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Freelance photographer Ziggy Mack caught the action, sights, and the crowd at Riverbeat on Sunday, May 5, 2024.

There have now been two three-day music festivals staged in the redesigned Tom Lee Park by two different promoters, and while there have been differences in approach, there’s also plenty of commonality and a consistent takeaway.

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Johnnie Taylor was honored posthumously with a discussion on his legacy, the unveiling of his Beale Street Brass Note and the showing of a 20-minute documentary on his musical career.

Also happening this week: Shelby County Commissioners begin budget talks, and Tom Lee Park reopens temporarily.

County administration has yet to review the raises, which are one of several resolutions on the Monday, May 6, agenda.

“According to the latest statistics, Memphis’s population is 621,000, and 16.5% are uninsured, meaning 102,000 are affected.”

The circuitous journey of the Fugees, a landmark 1990s’ New York hip-hop trio, landed them on the banks of the Mississippi River, at Memphis’ first Riverbeat Music Festival, on Saturday night.

Brent Rooker, who lives in Germantown during the MLB offseason, is the 60th player in major league history to homer twice in an inning. The last A’s player to do it was Mark McGwire in 1996.

As more data centers are built in the U.S., they’re consuming more energy. And in Shelby County, RWE’s Graceland Solar project unwittingly became a case study for how new facilities might be powered.