A challenge of the August election results by countywide school board member Kenneth Whalum Jr. is scheduled to go to trial May 21 in Shelby County Chancery Court. Chancellor Kenny Armstrong set the trial date Monday, April 29, during a status conference at the Shelby County Courthouse.

2. Whalum Election Lawsuit Gets May 21 Trial Date - Tuesday, April 30, 2013

A challenge of the August election results by countywide school board member Kenneth Whalum Jr. is scheduled to go to trial May 21 in Shelby County Chancery Court.

Chancellor Kenny Armstrong set the trial date Monday, April 29, during a status conference at the Shelby County Courthouse.

3. New Schools Computer System Behind Schedule - Thursday, April 25, 2013

One of the earliest items on the schools merger checklist was a new computer system that would handle the payroll and other human resources needs of Shelby County’s two school systems once they become one at the start of the new fiscal year July 1.

4. Reaction Mixed to School Closings Plan - Thursday, April 25, 2013

There is a joke going around among school administrators across the country in the wake of the decision by Chicago school leaders to close more than 50 schools there.

“What do you call a superintendent who closes schools?” countywide school board member Kevin Woods began in telling the joke at the Tuesday, April 23, board meeting. “You call him a past superintendent.”

5. Hopson Heads Both School Systems - Wednesday, March 27, 2013

The city and county school systems have a single school superintendent less than five months from the start of the first school year of the consolidated school system in Shelby County.

Interim Memphis City Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson was appointed interim Shelby County Schools superintendent at the first countywide school board meeting since the board approved a buyout last week of county schools superintendent John Aitken.

6. Board to Weigh School Closings - Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Countywide school board members are scheduled to vote Tuesday, March 26, on the closings of four schools at the end of the current year.

And they could see additions to the agenda that put the Achievement School District’s Gestalt Community Schools charter operation in Humes Middle School with the new school year. That would also come with an end for the time being of plans for a new optional school the school board had approved for Humes at the start of the school year.

7. School Board Restructuring Plan Goes to Mays - Wednesday, March 20, 2013

On the way to U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Judge Samuel “Hardy” Mays is a plan by the Shelby County Commission to convert the countywide school board to a 13-member single-district body effective Sept. 1.

8. Whalum, Woods Differ on Schools Mediation - Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Two countywide school board members who ran against each other for the same seat on the school board last year agree that the 23-member board is doing the best it can to make decisions about the schools merger.

9. County Commission Weighs School Merger Changes - Monday, March 18, 2013

Shelby County Commissioners might discuss Monday, March 18, the idea of restructuring the countywide school board for a third time in the last year and a half.

But they are likely to delay action on a resolution that would create a 13-member school board effective Sept. 1 by appointing six new members to go with the seven existing members.

10. Emerging Terms of Aitken Buyout Crucial to Merger - Friday, March 15, 2013

Countywide school board members could hear the first crucial details Tuesday, March 19, of contract buyout talks under way between their attorney and Shelby County Schools superintendent John Aitken.

11. School Board Expansion Advanced - Thursday, March 14, 2013

Shelby County Commissioners advanced in Wednesday, March 13, committee sessions a general plan to restructure the countywide school board.

But the plan to turn the 23-member board into a 13-member board on Sept. 1, instead of the seven-member board it is now scheduled to become on that date, is far from complete. And lots of legal questions remain about the details.

12. Masson Talks Plan for Merger Work - Monday, March 11, 2013

The special master in the schools merger federal court case says his first order of business is to look at the paperwork and other documents of the case and what has been done so far in the merger.

13. Humes Middle School Future Plans Debated - Thursday, February 21, 2013

The Achievement School District wants to move its Gordon Science & Arts Academy out of Gordon Elementary School next school year and into Humes Middle School.

14. Hopson Seeks $57 Million Owed Schools - Thursday, February 14, 2013

Interim Memphis City Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson hopes to meet with Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. next week about $57 million.

That is the amount of money the school system won in two court decisions – trial and appellate level – from the city while Hopson was general counsel to the school system.

15. School Board Meets as Budget Debate Grows - Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Countywide school board members meet Tuesday, Feb. 12, in special session to send a still-forming budget for the first fiscal year of the consolidated school system to the Shelby County Commission.

16. Hopson Calls for Unity in Schools - Thursday, January 31, 2013

Once countywide school board members finished Tuesday, Jan. 29, posing for a picture with outgoing Memphis City Schools superintendent Kriner Cash, the board quickly got back to the emerging details of the coming schools merger.

17. Hearings About To Begin on School Closings - Monday, December 10, 2012

Memphis City Schools officials were to begin a series of public hearings on proposed school closings Monday, Dec. 10, at Coro Lake Elementary in southwest Memphis.

That was the tentative date set as the board took the first step last month toward the school closings. But the countywide school board will be discussing a confirmed schedule and possibly release it at the board's Tuesday, Dec. 11, work session.

18. Whalum Election Dispute Moves Forward - Friday, November 09, 2012

Two days after the Nov. 6 Election Day, attorneys in the lawsuit disputing results in one of the Aug. 2 school board races were back in Chancery Court.

Depositions are still to come in the challenge by countywide school board member Kenneth Whalum Jr. of his 108-vote loss to fellow school board member Kevin Woods in the certified results from the District 4 school board race in August.

19. School Board Majority Backs Sales Tax Hike - Friday, October 26, 2012

Twelve of the 23 countywide school board members have signed a letter urging voters to approve a half-cent countywide sales tax hike in the Nov. 6 elections.

The letter dated Thursday, Oct. 25, refers to using half of the estimated revenue from the extra half cent for an expansion of pre-kindergarten. But it mentions pre-k as one of several possible uses for the $30 million that would go to local education under state law.

20. School Board To Make Stand On Tax Hike - Thursday, October 25, 2012

When the countywide school board votes next week on a resolution to endorse a half-cent countywide sales tax hike, the vote will not be unanimous.

And the resolution that backs the tax hike on the Nov. 6 ballot will not guarantee that the $30 million from the tax hike that goes to local education will be used for pre- kindergarten access for all children.

21. School Board Debates Sales Tax Support - Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Countywide school board members debated Tuesday, Oct. 23, the idea of backing a half cent countywide sales tax hike.

Half of the estimated $60 million in revenue from the tax hike on the November ballot would got to local education by state law.

22. ‘Behind the Headlines’ Explores Fixes for County’s Election Woes - Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Some early voters in Shelby County are snapping pictures of their completed ballots with their phones to verify their votes. Other voters are delaying their trip to the polls because they anticipate problems in the opening days of the voting period that ends Nov. 1.

23. Dispute Arises Over School Board Race - Thursday, October 11, 2012

The Shelby County Election Commission has identified 837 disputed votes in the Aug. 2 election for the District 4 countywide school board seat.

The information disclosed last week as part of a legal challenge of the results in the district race prompted a delay of a trial in the case before Chancellor Kenny Armstrong until some time after the Nov. 6 elections.

24. Goldin Overturns Millington Tax Vote - Wednesday, October 10, 2012

The results of the Aug. 2 election on a Millington sales tax hike were changed Tuesday, Oct. 9, to show the tax hike for a municipal school district was approved by 12 votes instead of losing by three votes.

25. MED Files $1.3 Million Permit for Improvements - Tuesday, October 09, 2012

877 Jefferson Ave. Memphis, TN 38104

Permit Cost: $1.3 million

Project Cost: TBA

26. Company Files Loans on Hickory Hill Complexes - Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Philadelphia-based real estate investment company Resource Real Estate has filed trust deeds on The Woods at Ridgeway and Waterstone Landing apartment complexes in Hickory Hill.

Both loans were filed Sept. 27 through Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC. Resource Real Estate executive vice president Kevin Finkel signed both loans.

27. Getting to Business - Wednesday, September 26, 2012

A year after they took the oath of office along with other members of the new countywide school board, David Reaves and Billy Orgel got a brusque introduction to each other.

28. Impact of Election Woes May Linger - Monday, September 24, 2012

The confirmation last week of the suspension and probationary period for Shelby County Elections Administrator Richard Holden may not be the end of his difficulties.

29. Holden Suspended by Election Commission - Friday, September 21, 2012

Shelby County Elections Administrator Richard Holden has been suspended for three days and put on probation for six months following the suspension because of the way the Aug. 2 elections were conducted.

30. Board Looks to ‘Inconvenient Circumstances’ - Thursday, September 13, 2012

As Bartlett aldermen approved additional legal expenses Tuesday, Sept. 11, in the Memphis federal court fight over municipal school districts, countywide school board members elected in the Aug. 2 elections and two new board members appointed Monday by the Shelby County Commission took their oaths of office.

31. School Board Cautioned About Superintendent Search - Monday, September 10, 2012

At one point in a two-hour presentation and discussion with the countywide school board last week, Mike Casserly of the Council of the Great City Schools warned the board that going with an advisory committee in the search for a superintendent could present problems.

32. Lawsuit Filed Contesting Millington Referendum Results - Monday, August 27, 2012

The second legal challenge of the Aug. 2 election results was filed Friday, Aug. 24. in Shelby County Chancery Court.

Millington Mayor Linda Carter, alderman Michael Caruthers and Douglas Dakin, the chairman of the pro municipal schools group People for the Advancement of Millington Schools are suing the Shelby County Election Commission. Caruthers role as chairman of the Millington Municipal Schools Transition Committee is also noted.

33. School Board to Consider Aitken’s Role in Transition - Monday, August 27, 2012

Countywide school board members have been known to debate what is on their agenda for as long as an hour or so before moving on to other matters.

That may be the case Tuesday, Aug. 28, when the board picks up where it left off at their work session a week ago.

34. Whalum Challenges Election in Court - Thursday, August 23, 2012

Countywide school board member Kenneth Whalum Jr. filed suit against the Shelby County Election Commission Wednesday, Aug. 22, in the first of what are expected to be two election challenges.

Whalum is specifically contesting his loss to Kevin Woods in the District 4 countywide school board race on the Aug. 2 ballot. The 108-vote margin between Woods and Whalum was certified Monday by the election commission as it made official the results in all of the primary and general election races on the ballot.

35. Whalum Goes To Court Over August Election - Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Countywide school board member Kenneth Whalum Jr. filed suit against the Shelby County Election Commission Wednesday, Aug. 22, in the first of what are expected to be two election challenges.

Whalum is specifically contesting his loss to Kevin Woods in the District 4 countywide school board race on the Aug. 2 ballot. The 108-vote margin between Woods and Whalum was certified Monday by the election commission as it made official the results in all of the primary and general election races on the ballot.

36. Aug. 2 Election Results Certified - Wednesday, August 22, 2012

The clock is running on any Chancery Court lawsuits now that the Shelby County Election Commission has certified the results of the Aug. 2 elections.

The audited results changed no outcomes in the county general elections and set of state and federal primary races.

37. Election Commission Certifies Vote - Votes Down Ouster of Holden - Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Shelby County Election Commissioners certified the results Monday, Aug. 20, of the Aug. 2 elections in Shelby County.

But the unanimous voice vote hardly quelled the controversy over the conduct of the election being investigated by state officials.

38. Co. Election Commission to Certify Aug. 2 Results - Monday, August 20, 2012

Shelby County Election Commissioners won’t completely close the books Monday, Aug. 20, on the troubled Aug. 2 elections.

But they will certify the elections results, which is the point when results in specific races could be challenged in Shelby County Chancery Court.

39. Board Looks to Increase Supt. Search Committee - Tuesday, August 14, 2012

The search by the countywide school board for a merger superintendent is, for now, a search for six citizens to serve on the committee that will recommend a search process for a new superintendent.

40. Watershed Day - Monday, August 06, 2012

The unofficial vote totals are in from Thursday’s county general and state and federal primary elections in Shelby County, but no one involved believed the last cartridge read at the Shelby County Election Commission would be the last word on the results.

41. Muni Schools Questions Pass, Cohen Wins Big - Friday, August 03, 2012

Voters in each of the six suburban towns and cities in Shelby County approved establishing municipal school districts in the unofficial results of the Thursday, Aug. 2, county general and state and federal primary elections.

42. Muni Schools, Cohen, Weirich, Johnson, Stanton, Kyle Take Early Vote - Friday, August 03, 2012

Voters in each of the six suburban towns and cities in Shelby County were overwhelmingly approving the establishment of municipal school districts and a half cent sales tax hike to fund them in the first vote totals released Thursday, Aug. 2 by the Shelby County Election Commission.

43. Consolidation Looks to Move Forward Minus Cash - Thursday, June 21, 2012

The countywide school board got the highly anticipated process of selecting the superintendent of the consolidated school system to come off to a contradictory start this week.

The practical effect of the Tuesday, June 19, school board vote not to renew the contract of Memphis City Schools superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash is that Cash probably won’t be running the transition into and at least the start of the merged school district, which begins in August 2013.

44. School Board Votes Not To Renew Cash's Contract - Wednesday, June 20, 2012

The countywide school board voted Tuesday, June 19, not to renew the contract of Memphis City Schools superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash past August 2013 when it is scheduled to run out.

The 14-8 vote came during two back-to-back school board meetings covering five hours in which the board also agreed to talk more about a process for selecting the superintendent of the consolidated school system to come at a meeting next week.

45. Board Considers Future Leadership - Monday, June 11, 2012

Countywide school board members will at least talk Monday, June 11, about the employment contract of Memphis City Schools superintendent Dr. Kriner Cash.

But how far the board gets beyond looking over the contract and making a decision about whether Cash stays through the August 2013 merger of Shelby County’s two public school systems was still an open question as the weekend began.

46. Analyst: First Horizon Prime Buying Target - Monday, April 30, 2012

In one analyst’s opinion, the parent company of First Tennessee Bank is one of the most attractive buying targets for large banks in the U.S. at the moment.

47. School Board Races Set - Monday, April 09, 2012

The chairman of the countywide school board, Billy Orgel, has effectively won election to his District 7 school board seat without opposition.

Five other incumbents appointed to the seven-district school board seats by the Shelby County Commission filed for re-election at the Thursday, April 5, filing deadline.

48. Cohen-Hart in Congressional Race at Filing Deadline - Friday, April 06, 2012

The chairman of the countywide school board, Billy Orgel, was effectively elected to his District 7 school board seat without opposition at the Thursday, April 5, filing deadline for candidates on the Aug. 2 primary and general election ballot in Shelby County.

49. Deadline Looms for Complex Aug. Elections - Thursday, March 29, 2012

The August elections were already going to be more complex than usual. There are the changes from this year’s drawing of new district lines for the Tennessee Legislature and the U.S. House of Representatives.

50. Following Primary, Races Point to August - Monday, March 12, 2012

Two days after all the votes were counted in the Tennessee presidential primary, state Republican Party leaders had already worked out how many of the state’s at-large delegates would go to their top three candidates.

51. First Horizon in Savings Mode - Monday, March 05, 2012

First Tennessee Bank’s parent company is serious about cutting costs. Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp. had originally tagged $110 million in cost savings to try and reach in 2011, which the company’s chief financial officer called “a watershed year for us” in a presentation to analysts a few days ago in Boston.

52. School Board Takes Steps Back, Forward - Thursday, October 27, 2011

The two public school systems in Shelby County used the same team to evaluate charter school applications this week in the first joint proposal the Memphis City and Shelby County School systems have brought to the board for approval.

53. Schools Get Fresh Start With New Board - Monday, October 03, 2011

The separate Memphis City Schools and Shelby County Schools boards are no more when the end of September rolls over into October.

And the 23 members of the countywide Shelby County Schools board take the oath of office Monday, Oct. 3 at the MCS auditorium.

54. Artists, Politicians Weigh in on Gibson Raids - Wednesday, September 14, 2011

British singer-songwriter James Blunt has filmed a brief video of himself praising Gibson Guitar Corp., the embattled guitar maker whose Memphis and Nashville facilities were raided last month by federal agents.

55. Terms of Consolidation Still Taking Shape - Wednesday, September 14, 2011

There is still some uncertainty about the exact terms of the transition to a consolidated countywide school board.

And that was reflected in questions preceding this week’s appointments to the board that takes office Oct. 1.

56. County Commission Completes New School Board - Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Shelby County Commissioners made seven appointments Monday, Sept. 12, to the new countywide school board that takes office Oct. 1.

The appointment process completes a 23-member board that is to take office Oct. 1 with the seven appointees joining the nine current Memphis City Schools board members and the seven current Shelby County Schools board members.

57. Commission To Pick School Board Members - Monday, September 12, 2011

Shelby County Commissioners take the final step Monday, Sept. 12, to the creation of a new countywide school board that will take office in three weeks.

The commission meets at 1:30 p.m. at the Vasco Smith County Administration Building, 160 N. Main St.

58. County Commission Interviews School Board Applicants - Thursday, September 08, 2011

It took Shelby County Commissioners nearly 10 hours Wednesday, Sept. 7, to interview nearly 100 contenders for seven appointments to the countywide school board that takes office Oct. 1.

The general government committee session with the applicants is a good indicator of what is likely to happen Monday when the full commission makes the appointments. The seven non-binding straw polls of the commission included selections by most of the 13-member body. But they selected either three or four finalists each which means there will probably a lot of shifts in votes Monday when commissioners are limited to one vote each.

59. Fewer Opportunities - Thursday, July 07, 2011

During a national online news conference last month, Associated Builders & Contractors chief economist Anirban Basu said although employment in the construction industry has expanded over the past four months, the nation’s construction industry recovery may be two years away.

60. Residential Building Heats Up in November - Friday, December 11, 2009

Arlington is back in the news, although this time it has nothing to do with Mayor Russell Wiseman posting remarks on his Facebook page about President Obama and “A Charlie Brown Christmas” television special.

61. Holrob Sells Last Piece Of Collierville Crossing Retail Center - Tuesday, October 27, 2009

1.1 Acres
Collierville, TN 38017
Sale Amount: $1.5 Million

Sale Date: Oct. 15, 2009
Buyer: Murray-Collierville LLC
Seller: Holrob-Collierville LLC
Loan Amounts: $1.2 million; $200,000
Loan Dates: Oct. 15, 2009
Maturity Dates: Nov. 2, 2034; Oct. 15, 2014
Lenders: Community Financial Services Bank; Holrob-Collierville GP

62. Dixon’s Civil War Exhibit Punctuated by Whitman’s Poetry - Monday, August 24, 2009

The Dixon Gallery and Gardens is attempting to tackle the environment of the American Civil War through the eyes of an unconventional poet in the current art exhibition “Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era.” The exhibit, which opened last month, includes American masterpieces of the 1860s from collections across the country.

63. St. Jude's Evans Elected Chair-Elect of National Group - Wednesday, February 27, 2008

William Evans, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital director and CEO, has been elected as chair-elect of the Pharmaceutical Sciences section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

64. Archived Article: Lucb (lead) - Tuesday, February 13, 2001
Residents of a Cordova community are banding together to oppose the a new planned development in the area that could cause pot Residents balk at new housing plan in Cordova By JENNIFER MURLEY The Daily News Residents of a Cordova community are bandi...

65. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, June 10, 1998
Charles T Charles T. Tuggle has become the chairman and chief executive officer of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell. He previously served as the corporate department chair for the firm and as firm managing partner from 1988 to 1993. He receiv...

66. Archived Article: Meadow Creek Lj - Tuesday, April 08, 1997
lj 10/5 cates Construction begins on Meadow Creek subdivision By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Groundwork has begun on the first phase of Meadow Creek, a new subdivision designed to attract the move-up market located on the east side of Germantown P...

67. Archived Article: Commercial Chg - Thursday, April 11, 1996
04-11 chg commercial Commercial construction, costs up in first quarter By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News Commercial construction was strong for the first quarter of 1996 in Shelby County, with permits filed totaling more than $139 million in valu...