Primary election set stage for two more elections, bigger political questions
Here’s what is at stake and what to look for in the vote totals Tuesday evening.
Here’s what is at stake and what to look for in the vote totals Tuesday evening.
FedEx’s stock plummeted Monday, May 4, as Amazon unveiled it was expanding it logistics offerings to “every business.”
St. Mary’s officially has a replacement for when current head Albert Throckmorton retires.
For the first time at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, pitmasters this year will cook on an open-flame in a live-fire competition.
Shelby County commissioners voted to take money from county reserve funds to pay the possible cost of suing the state over a pending state takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Since Ted Townsend stepped down last week, the clock has started for the Chamber to find the ideal candidate to replace him by year-end.
My mother, along with a handful of other Black Panola County residents, registered to vote during one of the most precarious times for Black people in the South. It came just six days after the bodies of three Civil Rights workers were discovered in an earthen dam near Philadelphia, Mississippi.
Ghost River Brewery & Taproom opened on Beale Street in 2021. The company will focus on its newly-expanded South Main location.
The FBI probe of Rep. Torrey Harris centers on suspicions of an improper political action committee.
In this second part of his draft prospect preview series, Chris Herrington looks at the wings available in this year’s NBA Draft.
A Memphis receiver announced that he is entering the NCAA transfer portal. But a spring portal window no longer exists.
All three Arlington school board incumbents on Tuesday’s ballot are unopposed in the Republican Primary. With no Democrats running for the offices, the trio are set for another term.
Acts included Lukah, YoBreeyze, Boo Mitchell’s Royal Studios Jam, Strooly, Wale, St. Vincent, T-Pain, and headliner Dave Matthews Band.
The show includes Alabama-native, Nashville-based country singer Jay Webb.
TSU will be Bradshaw’s fourth school in as many years.Related content:
Standouts from Central, Collierville, Houston, Northpoint and Tipton-Rosemark are up for consideration. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 7.
“I like DA Mulroy’s attitude. ‘We will have to see.’ After all, the DA is swamped with investigative work requests. Additional investigative resources are a plus IF properly implemented....” — Joseph Kent about TBI can now bypass Shelby County DA in some Memphis investigations
“I am reminded of the old saying ‘penny wise, pound foolish.’” — William Lawson about Sanford: GOP gerrymandering of 9th District is Jim Crow racism revisited
“This is exciting news. Unfortunately, without a true regional one partnership, I don’t believe there will be an adequate number of clinical rotations to train the medical students.” — Kimberlee Strome about How $300M in state funding for UTHSC will become ‘a beacon of hope’ for regional healthcare
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Today’s puzzle is of early voters at New Bethel Baptist Church and was taken by Patrick Lantrip.
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Here’s everything you need to know about voting in Shelby County on the May 5 election day and a look at what is at stake in this election along with some trends in voter turnout.
After beloved, though gruff, businessman Jerry Gibson was murdered in his record store, his family sealed the place shut, leaving his hundreds of thousands of collectibles untouched for 10 years. Until now.
If IHRA plans materialize, racing will be back at a track where stock cars, trucks, hot rods and dragsters once ruled. But Kyle Petty tips his hat to the Memphis area’s sprint car roots.
A new research project done by the University of Memphis scientists could save West Tennessee farmers by helping identify when a disease outbreak threatens their peach crop.
Collierville Mayor Maureen Fraser will proclaim Saturday “Fair on the Square Day” in the suburb.
The Daily Memphian photographer Patrick Lantrip was on hand Saturday at Tom Lee Park to capture the Riverbeat Music Festival action.
“Memphis is in a corner. Memphis is its own place. To divide the 9th Congressional District into thirds would be ‘like putting the Black vote in the back of the bus.’”
The beginning of May brings us a whole week of Memphis art and fashion, plus an election day and the NBA draft lottery.