Unopposed for his second term on the Germantown Board of Education, Curry reflected on the past four years and what he sees ahead.

Also, Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty push claims of noncitizens voting in a new call for federal officials to act despite evidence voter purges in other states are removing citizens entitled to vote.

The Shelby County Sheriff officer was injured in a crash near Lakeland Tuesday, Oct. 15, while responding to a separate motorcycle deputy-involved crash that occurred 20 minutes before. 

Gun thefts from cars are way up, Yuki is sticking around and a big quake could shake us up at any time.

The Young administration recently decided to pay $30 million to save the Downtown Memphis Sheraton from the auction block. The MATA overhaul could be just as expensive and resonate over just as long of a time period. 

People with backgrounds in finance, urban planning and “route optimization” were among those recently appointed to the reconfigured MATA board. 

The “guns in cars” law allows owners to store firearms in their cars if those weapons are properly secured. But, unlike other states, the law provides no penalties for not doing so.

A small earthquake brought tremors across the Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri border earlier this month, a reminder that much of the Midwest sits on a major fault line, which saw one of the most destructive earthquakes in history in 1812.

Also happening this week: A street is renamed for for the first Black athlete to join the Tigers.

A Tiptonville man has been arrested and charged with killing his former girlfriend at Shelby Farms Park Saturday.

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For the more than 1 million Americans living with Parkinson’s disease, there is no cure, but exercise can help. 

Police arrested a suspect in the killing following a high-speed chase that left three deputies injured.

Two male Sumatran tigers are leaving the Memphis Zoo next week in efforts to continue breeding the endangered subspecies. Two females will remain here, with another male expected next year, zoo officials said.

How Memphians will vote on the referendum, and whether it will ultimately impact Tennessee’s gun laws, was a hot topic for local reporters this week.

A weekend pop-up at clinic Oct. 19-20 at Neighborhood Christian Center will offer general medical exams, dental cleanings, extractions, eye exams and prescription glasses made on-site. 

Arica Hutchison’s conviction serves as a turning point for the former officer, who in 2010 was featured in the TLC TV series “Police Women of Memphis.”

Early voting continues through Oct. 31 with presidential general Election Day on Nov. 5.

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The ruling also outlined specific pregnancy-related conditions that would now qualify as “medical necessity exceptions” under the ban, which currently does not include exceptions for fetal anomalies or for victims of rape or incest.

Two candidates are trying to turn red districts blue, better coffee is brewing at Methodist and we have a “chaat” about Indian street food. 

If Democrats are going to dent the Republican supermajority in the Tennessee General Assembly, Districts 83 and 97 will be key. 

The 33rd annual Freedom Awards went to Oscar-winning filmmaker Spike Lee, Howard University professor and attorney Sherrilyn Ifill and civil rights activist Xernona Clayton.

Elected officials started getting complaints from voters who said the choices they made on the touch screen voting machines changed.

With HIV cases spiking in the area, Mayor Lee Harris and his team took the opportunity to advertise the Shelby County Health Department’s free, confidential walk-in testing.

The opening day total is less than opening day four years ago in the same presidential general election cycle. Early voting continues through Oct. 31. Election Day is Nov. 5.