Here is everything you need to know about how to vote early ahead of the Aug. 1 election day in Shelby County.

Early voting opens Friday, July 12, in an election cycle that was much different four years ago due to COVID-19. The pandemic is over, but it’s still complicating turnout predictions for the Aug. 1 ballot.

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Ballot Basics: Early voting July 12-27

As early voting opens Friday, July 12, here is a look at the primaries for the two Congressional districts that cover Shelby County and the race for one of the state’s two U.S. Senate seats.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young made the appointment announcement at a Thursday night meeting of his administration with more than 35 animal advocates from across the area.

At a reception celebrating her honor, retired judge Bernice Donald pointed out the significance of the street sign that will hang within what was once known as “Cotton Row.”

The historic alleyway runs east from Second Street now to Fourth Street between Court and Madison avenues. Stuart Harris, a developer who spearheaded a renaming effort, said the “in-between” place holds “a lot of possibility and magic.”

Longtime service worker apparently killed over food order argument.

“They bring crime. People hanging out, shootings, killings,” one board member said. However, the applicant says he wants a family business in the neighborhood.

Federal agents seized 938 grams of meth, 541 grams of fentanyl, 200 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and about 26 pounds of marijuana during the course of their investigation, according to the office.

Marie Feagins celebrates 100 days, Zach Edey sits out with ankle pain and we’ve got a recipe for potato chip-coated chicken tenders.

Longtime Tennessee Sen. Sara Kyle faces a Democratic primary challenger on the August ballot — Erika Stotts Pearson, a perennial candidate for higher office.

The Republican primary winner is likely to face a spirited general-election challenge. State House District 97, which includes parts of East Memphis and Bartlett, is among the most competitive in the state. 

The Cordova-based state House seat is the only Shelby County seat with no incumbent. With no Republican or independent contenders, the August Democratic primary will determine who gets the seat.

The organization helps preventchild abuse by helping parents deal with their frustration and counseling them through triggering events.

New Memphis-Shelby County Schools Superintendent Marie Feagins said her first 100 days went “exactly the way that I had hoped.” 

Olson thought he was giving away a painting of a cat. Instead, he tapped into a massive, enthusiastic and wonderfully supportive cat community he didn’t know existed before.

MLGW and xAI are both designing greywater plants, Brian Kelsey is still going to prison and Jaylen Wells saves the day.

Four sitting Memphis school board members face challengers in the upcoming election, including District 2 representative and MSCS board chair Althea Greene. She is facing Natalie McKinney, a public critic of the district’s superintendent search process, and pastor Ernest Gillespie III.

A new plan for expanding the Memphis Light, Gas and Water board to include two voting suburban seats is still an uphill battle to get on the November ballot.

“The idea that the No. 2 in command, who Chief Davis said she relied heavily on, could not be here in two hours is problematic,” Memphis City Council member Jerri Green said during a council discussion Tuesday on the topic. 

A former Shelby County chancellor has been named a special judge, at least for the time being. 

“In the meeting, (a neighbor) asked, ‘Are we getting violent offenders?’ (A company representative) said he’s not allowed to discuss that.” 

A three-judge panel from the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Kelsey’s lawyer failed to sufficiently object to any alleged breach of his plea agreement. 

xAI will offer more jobs than projected, Southwest college was hacked and we’ve got a look at the only countywide race on the August ballot.

Here is what the two contenders for General Sessions Court clerk told The Daily Memphian about their qualifications to be the next clerk of the largest court system in the state.