Brown becomes coach Penny Hardaway’s seventh transfer portal pickup of the offseason.

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Collierville Schools adopted a policy that could help recruit teachers by waiving tuition in situations where hiring is a challenge.

MPD Deputy Chief Samuel Hines provided data on drag racing and reckless driving Tuesday during a Memphis City Council Public Safety Committee. 

While visiting the Bluff City, the “Rich Flex” rapper was honored with a key to Shelby County by Commissioner Mickell Lowery.

“A lot of people in Collierville don’t care for apartments, but this development was granted those entitlements long before any of us were ever elected,” Alderwoman Maureen Fraser said. 

The change is a reversal on previous plans for the city’s police department to run the center instead. 

The 50,000 customers still waiting on power to be restored can cool down at Baker Community Center as temperatures approach triple digits.

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Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said his office would file a request to raise Jaylon Hobson’s bail and the case is assigned to his office’s special victims unit.

Memphis receiver Derrick Dillon scored touchdowns on a 109-yard missed field goal return and a 90-yard kickoff return. He led the league in kick returns, averaging 32.8 yards. 

In the fall, Lauren Kennedy plans to open a new contemporary art gallery in the Edge District called Sheet Cake.

As the offseason continues to roll on for Memphis, one of the most frequently asked questions among fans has been: “Who’s even on this team?”

The council voted down the tax hike Tuesday. 

“We really tried to focus on celebrating Memphis music in all its different genres, from blues to soul to rock and roll to punk.”

“The perception is that crime is up. But the reality is that crime is up,” said Bill Gibbons, president of the Memphis-Shelby Crime Commission. “No doubt about it.”

The $25 a year increase in the wheel tax was a last-minute compromise that funds the three major projects it is aimed at, but does not build funding for future schools projects. The commission takes a second crucial vote on the tax hike Wednesday.

The TBI identified the driver Monday as 21-year-old Jarveon Hudspeth. Hudspeth was killed Saturday after an altercation with a Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy. 

Several individuals were arrested by the Mutli-Agency Gang Unit during the Memphis Police Department’s Operation Broken Bottles and were found to have allegedly targeted 21 businesses, mostly liquor stores, over the last seven months. 

Four police officers, flock cameras, replacing officers’ handguns, a 6% increase in pay for city employees, the Houston High installation and more are part of the Memphis suburb’s now-approved budget.

A Saturday night pool party in the Oakleigh subdivision outraged residents in the affluent and usually quiet suburb.

Philip B. Daniele III, 54, AutoZone’s executive vice president of merchandising, marketing and supply chain, will take over as president and CEO in January. 

The entertainment lineup surrounding the 34th Southern Heritage Classic has been released.

Here is a cursory tour of where the team stands and the business left to conduct. 

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On Sunday night, wind gusted to more than 75 miles per hour. Shelby County was not alone in power outages, which were widespread across Hardeman, Fayette and Tipton counties. 

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Memphis closes a 12-game road trip and the second half of its 2023 International League season with a 16-6 win over the Iowa Cubs.

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The new office will open in mid-September at 2029 Peabody Ave. The nonprofit organization, headquartered in Nashville, helps wrongfully convicted individuals seek exoneration.