WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Thursday granted a rare posthumous pardon to boxing's first black heavyweight champion, clearing Jack Johnson's name more than 100 years after what many see as his racially-charged conviction.

2. Last Word: Saturday In The Parks, The Citizen and Kroger Backlash - Friday, January 5, 2018

No protest or march permits applied for at City Hall as of Thursday morning in anticipation of a Saturday Confederate monuments protest, according to city chief legal officer Bruce McMullen at Thursday’s taping of “Behind The Headlines.” Our discussion included lots about the city’s move toward taking down the monuments Dec. 20 and what could happen next. Also, McMullen tells us there were some other nonprofits that talked with the city about Health Sciences and Memphis Parks before Memphis Greenspace. The show airs Friday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on WKNO TV.

3. March 24-30, 2017: This week in Memphis history - Saturday, March 25, 2017

2012: Guilty verdicts in the federal court trials of Clinton Lewis and Martin Lewis, the only two members of the Craig Petties drug organization to go to trial in the largest drug and racketeering case ever brought in Memphis federal court. Each is convicted of multiple drug conspiracy, racketeering and murder-for-hire charges and sentenced to life in prison.
The Lewises are relatively low-ranking members of a multistate drug organization whose center is the Riverside neighborhood of South Memphis. They are assigned to kill rival drug dealers and those within the organization suspected of cooperating with authorities. The trial testimony paints a vivid picture of the larger organization and its disintegration.
Petties, along with his childhood friends, builds an organization that deals directly with the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico, importing tons of cocaine and marijuana into the city via truck trailers and sending millions of dollars in drug money back to Mexico. Petties flees to Mexico in 2002 after police discover him in a house with 600 pounds of marijuana. It puts Petties and his organization on the radar of federal drug agents. Petties runs the drug organization from exile for six years before he is captured in Mexico and returned to the U.S. as the cartel splinters violently.
A year before the trial, Petties pleads guilty to federal charges in a sealed court hearing and is later sentenced to multiple life sentences. His attorneys argue that Petties did offer some cooperation short of testifying. But prosecutors say he never provided any significant information they didn’t already know and that he feared for his life if he cooperated in any significant way.

4. Last Word: Calipari Madness, Wolfchase 20 Years On and The Path Beyond Chemo - Monday, March 20, 2017

John Calipari returns to Memphis at week’s end after Kentucky advanced Sunday to the NCAA South semifinals at FedExForum Friday. But based on the way his team played Sunday after a close game with Northwestern Saturday he might not be here long.

5. Immigration Order Playing Well to Trump's Fans Around Nation - Wednesday, February 1, 2017

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – President Donald Trump's order temporarily banning refugees and immigrants from seven mostly Muslim countries is playing well in Trump Country, those places that propelled him to the White House.

6. Trump Announces 'Major' Voter Fraud Investigation - Thursday, January 26, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump tweeted early Wednesday that he is ordering a "major investigation" into voter fraud, revisiting unsubstantiated claims he's made repeatedly about a rigged voting system.

7. Democrats Continue to Struggle With Dysfunction - Monday, July 11, 2016

As the local Democratic Party’s executive committee began assembling in a Midtown union hall Thursday, July 7, Cliff Lewis, a veteran of the group, said “the local Democratic Party is not dysfunctional” three times and clicked his heels together each time he said the words.

8. Authors, Readers Converge for Book Festival - Friday, September 12, 2014

Earlier this year, interest in the first Mid-South Book Festival, scheduled to take place later this month, began to reach what seemed like a fever pitch, according to Literacy Mid-South executive director Kevin Dean.

9. Justices Reject Reporter's Bid to Protect Source - Tuesday, June 3, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) – A reporter who has been ordered to divulge the identity of the source of classified information lost his bid Monday to get the Supreme Court to clarify whether journalists have a right to protect their confidential sources.

10. Car Company's Tunica Plans Haven't Come to Fruition - Tuesday, August 13, 2013

TUNICA, Miss. (AP) – It seemed like a win for everyone involved when a startup car company, backed by political heavyweights, wooed investors with plans to build a massive auto plant in the Mississippi Delta, hire thousands of people and pump out a brand new line of fuel-efficient vehicles.

11. Petties Case Reveals Dark Details - Monday, August 12, 2013

One of the last loose ends in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court was rounded up last week, with a 15-year prison sentence for a childhood friend of drug kingpin Craig Petties.

12. Petties Associate Draws 15-Year Prison Term - Friday, August 9, 2013

Chris Hamlet didn’t have to spend five years in a Mexican prison.

Federal drug agents in Memphis were interested in a prisoner swap with Mexican authorities to get the childhood friend of Memphis drug kingpin Craig Petties to and across the border.

13. Probe May Cause Issues for More Than DHS Official - Thursday, July 25, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) – An internal investigation of President Barack Obama's choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department has the potential to become a political headache for former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Democratic candidate for governor in Virginia.

14. Lewis Gets Life Sentence in Petties Drug Case - Monday, June 17, 2013

Martin Lewis, convicted last year of killing a man in 2007 for the Craig Petties drug organization in a busy restaurant, was sentenced Friday, June 14, to life in prison.

15. Lewis Gets Life in Petties Case - Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Clinton Lewis was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, May 14, for his role in the multi-state drug organization headed by Craig Petties.

16. Defendant Gets 12 Years in Petties Drug Case - Monday, March 25, 2013

A contract killer for the Craig Petties drug organization who never carried out his job got a 12-year, five-month prison sentence Thursday, March 21, from U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Judge Samuel “Hardy” Mays.

17. Prosecutors Weigh Cooperation Against Murder - Tuesday, February 12, 2013

For a second time, prosecutors in the largest drug case ever brought into Memphis federal court have decided not to recommend a reduction in the sentence of a high-ranking member of the Craig Petties drug organization who cooperated to some extent.

18. Petties Case: Vaughn Gets 36.5 Year Prison Sentence - Saturday, February 9, 2013

Vacha Vaughn, a high ranking member of the Craig Petties drug organization, was sentenced Friday, Feb. 8, to 36 years and six months in prison on a federal drug conspiracy conviction.

19. Fields Gets 37-Year Sentence in Petties Case - Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Demetrius Fields, a high-ranking member of the Craig Petties drug organization, drew the longest jail term yet as those convicted in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court continue to be sentenced.

20. Fields Gets 37-Year Sentence In Petties Case - Saturday, February 2, 2013

Demetrius Fields, a high ranking member of the Craig Petties drug organization, drew the longest jail term yet as those convicted in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court continue to be sentenced.

21. Mays Hears of Cell Phones and Drug Delivery Planned Behind Bars At Mason - Friday, February 1, 2013

Two leaders of the Craig Petties drug organization were caught with cell phones while they were prisoners at the federal prison in Mason, Tennessee last year and a third was suspected of trying to have a kilogram of cocaine delivered to him in prison.

22. Petties Hit Man Sentence Poses Dilemma - Monday, January 7, 2013

U.S. District Court Judge Samuel “Hardy” Mays had a dilemma as he sentenced a contract killer Thursday, Jan. 3, for his part in the Craig Petties drug organization.

23. Broady Gets 31 Year Sentence In Petties Case - Friday, January 4, 2013

Clarence Broady, who at one time robbed drug dealers, was sentenced to 31 years in prison Thursday, Jan. 3, for being a hit man for the Craig Petties drug organization.

24. More Sentences Expected for Petties Drug Case in 2013 - Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Five years after Memphis drug kingpin Craig Petties was captured in Mexico, the federal court drug case that bears his name is still moving through the courts of the Western District of Tennessee.

25. Petties Drug Runner Draws Eight-Year Sentence - Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Bobby Cole was a professional drag racer and race promoter known as a kind of arbiter of differences among drivers and someone who helped those in financial straits with loans of cash or one of his trailers.

26. Petties Drug Runner Draws Eight-Year Sentence - Tuesday, October 30, 2012

A professional drag racer and mechanic who used his racing trailers to run money and cocaine for the Craig Petties drug organization was sentenced Monday, Oct. 29, to eight years and one month in prison.

27. Drug Kingpin Petties Moved to New York - Thursday, September 27, 2012

Memphis drug kingpin Craig Petties has been moved from the federal prison in Atlanta to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.

28. Drug Trial Moves Into Sentencing Phase - Tuesday, March 27, 2012

The verdicts are in, and the jurors have been polled and dismissed after more than a month of trial.

The long-awaited and just-completed Craig Petties drug organization trial now gives way to sentencing hearings to come for Martin Lewis and Clinton Lewis and some of those who once belonged to the organization and testified against them.

29. Petties Jury Convicts on All but One Count - Monday, March 26, 2012

The jury in the Petties drug organization trial has convicted the two defendants on all but one of the drug conspiracy, racketeering and murder-for-hire counts they faced.

Clinton Lewis and Martin Lewis were found guilty of 10 of the 11 federal charges they faced. The verdict came after less than a day of deliberation and five weeks of testimony.

30. Fed. Drug Trial Moves to Conclusion - Thursday, March 22, 2012

It may have been one of the more unusual PowerPoint presentations. Closing arguments in the Craig Petties drug organization trial in Memphis federal court began Tuesday, March 20, with the presentations most associated with corporate workshops and seminars adapted to summarize what has been a complex set of events covering seven years.

31. Deliberations to Begin in Petties Org Case - Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Seven weeks ago jury selection began in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court.

More than 350 exhibits, 70 witnesses and 130 sidebars or bench conferences later, the jury is about to begin deliberations in the trial of Clinton Lewis and Martin Lewis, two members of the drug organization headed and built by Craig Petties.

32. Testimony Ends in Fed Drug Trial - Friday, March 16, 2012

After five weeks of testimony, the last witness testified Wednesday, March 14, in the Petties drug organization trial in Memphis federal court.

He was Vacha Vaughn, a high-level member of the organization who was shot in a 2004 robbery by men dressed as police officers. Three years later, he was a target of the organization itself because he was believed to be cooperating with authorities.

33. Drug Jury Must Choose ‘Whose Truth’ - Thursday, March 15, 2012

Someone has been lying during the trial of two alleged hit men in the Craig Petties drug organization – a trial now ending its sixth week in Memphis federal court.

34. Mistrial Motion Denied In Petties Drug Org Trial - Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Memphis Federal Court Judge Hardy Mays has denied a motion by defense attorneys for a mistrial in the Petties drug organization trial.

The decision by Mays in a 15-page written ruling, clears the way for the defense in the drug conspiracy, racketeering and murder for hire case to begin telling its side of the story Wednesday, March 14.

35. UPDATE: Mays Weighs Mistrial in Petties Case - Tuesday, March 13, 2012

A .45 caliber gun was used to kill Marcus Turner by the side of an Olive Branch road.

And the Petties drug organization trial in Memphis Federal Court is now focused on two .45 caliber guns and an alleged swap of one of the guns after the 2006 murder

36. Petties Case Court Documents Suggest Post Conviction Plans - Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Toward the end of the prosecution’s case last week in the Craig Petties drug organization trial, jurors heard a corrections officers say that Clinton Lewis, one of the two defendants, told Carlos Whitelow, another member of the organization, to keep quiet and not tell prosecutors anything about the organization.

37. Defense Moves for Mistrial in Petties Case - Monday, March 12, 2012

The defense in the Petties drug organization trial in Memphis federal court won’t start presenting its case at least until Tuesday, March 13.

The delay came as the defense moved for a mistrial because a witness the prosecution planned to call but didn’t has recanted his testimony.

38. Petties Org Trial Defense Opens Case Monday - Monday, March 12, 2012

Defense attorneys in the Petties drug organization trial begin presenting their case Monday, March 12, in Memphis federal court.

Clinton Lewis and Martin Lewis are charged with drug conspiracy, racketeering and murder for hire.

39. Prosecution Rests in Fed Drug Trial - Friday, March 9, 2012

The prosecution in the Craig Petties drug organization trial rested in case in chief Thursday, March 8, after four weeks of testimony.

40. Petties Jury Hears of 2007 Arrests of Defendants and Plea Talks - Thursday, March 8, 2012

When they were arrested separately within months of each in 2007, neither Clinton Lewis nor Martin Lewis went quietly.

41. Violent Acts Take Stage in Fed Drug Trial - Thursday, March 8, 2012

When Mario McNeil allegedly threatened the mother of drug kingpin Craig Petties in 2007, the Memphis drug organization Petties ran from exile in Mexico took it seriously.

42. Fed Drug Case Zeroes in on Defendants - Wednesday, March 7, 2012

For three weeks, federal prosecutors in the Craig Petties drug organization trial have told a jury the wide-ranging story of the organization and dozens of the leaders and other players in it.

43. Petties Drug Trial Testimony Focuses on Defendants - Tuesday, March 6, 2012

After three weeks of detailing a broad conspiracy to sell drugs in the Memphis region and silence those who cooperated with authorities, prosecutors in the Petties drug organization trial began the trial’s fifth week with more specific testimony about the two defendants.

44. Petties Trial Focuses on Turner Killing - Monday, March 5, 2012

The point at which the prosecution ends and the defense begins in the Craig Petties drug organization trial in Memphis Federal Court should be when the 2006 murder of Marcus Turner becomes the center of attention again.

45. Petties Trial Focuses on 2006 Murder - Friday, March 2, 2012

The second witness to testify in the Petties organization drug trial that begins its fifth week Monday, March 5, was Lucy Turner, a police dispatcher from West Memphis, Ark. and the mother of Marcus Turner.

46. Fed Drug Trial Testimony Ends Fourth Week - Friday, March 2, 2012

Martin Lewis jumped Marcus Brandon as soon as Brandon came on the line in May 2007 during a jailhouse phone call three-wayed by Lewis’ girlfriend using another prisoner’s ID number.

47. Witness Recalls Drug Money Accounting Duties - Thursday, March 1, 2012

Dana Bradley remembers the day he went to work for the Craig Petties drug organization.

48. Petties Org Drug Trial Hits Fourth Week - Monday, February 27, 2012

The Craig Petties drug organization trial has settled into some predictable rhythms as it begins its fourth week Monday, Feb. 27, in Memphis Federal Court.

49. Petties Org Drug Trial Ends Third Week - Friday, February 24, 2012

The Craig Petties drug organization trial has settled into some predictable rhythms as it begins its fourth week Monday, Feb. 27, in Memphis Federal Court.

50. Questions Raised About Plea Deals - Friday, February 24, 2012

Shortly after Clarence Broady shot Latrell Small and Kalonji Griffin to death in a car at a Hickory Hill apartment complex in 2004, Demetrius Fields got a new tattoo.

51. Defense Critical of Plea Deal for Fields in Petties Case - Thursday, February 23, 2012

Shortly after Latrell Small and Kalonji Griffin were shot to death by Clarence Broady in a car at a Hickory Hill apartment complex in 2004, Demetrius Fields got a new tattoo.

52. Georgia Drug Dealer Turns Up in Fed Case - Thursday, February 23, 2012

When Torrance Hill testified in Memphis Federal Court this week about his role as a major drug dealer from Columbus, Ga., and the Atlanta area, it was new to the jury in the Petties drug organization trial.

53. Miss. Drug Kingpin Talks of Life on Run in Mexico With Petties - Monday, February 20, 2012

When Dave Warner learned police and federal agents were searching his house in Mississippi in 2004, he ran. And while he was on the run, he got a phone call from Memphis drug kingpin Craig Petties who said Warner could come live in Mexico where Petties had fled two years earlier.

54. Petties Trial Testimony Hits One Week Mark - Friday, February 17, 2012

Ten-year-old crack cocaine is brown and looks like meatballs.

Drug dealers never sell 100 percent pure cocaine to customers on the street but they do to each other.

They are keenly aware of dollar amounts and weights from past transactions. Some are very aware of sentencing guidelines and sentencing ranges used in state and federal courts. Others aren’t and rely on their attorneys to tell them whether they should sign plea deals or not.

55. Jury Hears Recording of Hit Man Talking With Petties Target - Thursday, February 16, 2012

Tobias Pride said the drug kingpin who hired him to kill Antonio Allen in 2002 had proof “in black and white” that Allen had been cooperating with law enforcement.

56. Court Hears Details Of Drug Org - Thursday, February 16, 2012

Memphis Federal Court Judge Hardy Mays has been balancing other cases on his schedule with the Craig Petties drug organization trial that began Feb. 6 with jury selection.

57. UPDATE: Jury Hears Recording of Hit Man Talking With Petties Target - Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Big drug dealers don’t count the money as soon as they make a drug deal. They wait until they leave the exchange to count it.

That was among the details offered Tuesday, Feb. 14, in the full-day of testimony by Orlando Pride, a long time member of the violent multi-state drug organization headed by Craig Petties.

58. Petties Associate Testifies On Drug Ring's Origins and Growth - Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The violent multi-state drug organization headed by Craig Petties began with a group of eight and nine-year-old boys in the Riverside neighborhood of South Memphis selling rocks of crack cocaine to those in cars who would drive down their street, West Dison Avenue, in the neighborhood.

59. Testimony to Begin in Fed Drug Case - Monday, February 13, 2012

The first witnesses could testify Monday, Feb. 13, in the federal drug conspiracy, racketeering and murder-for-hire trial of Martin Lewis and Clinton Lewis.

60. Jury Selection Progresses in Major Drug Case - Thursday, February 9, 2012

Jury selection in the Memphis federal court trial of two alleged hit men for the biggest drug organization ever prosecuted in the court took longer than expected.

The selection process, which began Monday, Feb. 6, and stretched into Wednesday, also provided a window into the dividing line between the privacy of prospective jurors and the need of attorneys and the judge to explore the jury pool’s lives in some depth to pick a fair and impartial group.

61. Petties Trial Jury Selection Underway - Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Jury selection in the trial of two men accused of being hit men for a powerful Memphis-based drug organization began Monday, Feb. 6, with a long line of jurors seeking to be disqualified from jury duty for emergency reasons.

62. Major Federal Drug Trial Gets Under Way Monday - Monday, February 6, 2012

One of the cameras in the courtroom of Federal Judge Hardy Mays was moved just a bit last month.

It was adjusted so the camera’s view could not take in the jury box and those to be seated in it.

63. Court Docket Sees 2 Notable Drug Cases - Thursday, January 26, 2012

For now, Federal Judge Hardy Mays has decided that the last two defendants in the biggest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court will not be shackled when the jury begins hearing the case.

64. Recordings Could be Played in Major Drug Trial - Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Tobias Pride told Mario Stewart that leaders of the drug organization Pride worked for wanted Stewart dead because they believed he was cooperating with police.

65. Petties Trial Date Delayed - Monday, January 9, 2012

The upcoming trial of the last two defendants in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court has been delayed until Feb. 6.

Memphis Federal Court Judge Hardy Mays postponed the scheduled Jan. 17 start of the trial of Martin Lewis and Clinton Lewis an additional three weeks to Friday, Feb. 6.

66. AP Interview: US Atty. Stanton Targets Gangs - Wednesday, January 4, 2012

MEMPHIS (AP) – In his 17 months as U.S. attorney for West Tennessee, lifelong Memphian Edward Stanton has taken a tough stance against sex traffickers and drug rings, while also showing a willingness to get personally involved in the region’s most serious cases.

67. Fed Drug Case Defendant Wants New Atty. - Monday, January 2, 2012

Just two and a half weeks before he goes on trial for racketeering, drug conspiracy and murder-for-hire charges, Clinton Lewis wants a new attorney.

68. Rules for Federal Drug Case Still Being Formed - Thursday, December 15, 2011

The words “inordinate” and “extraordinary” keep coming up in the court documents for the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court, even though the case is now down to two defendants who are scheduled to go to trial next month.

69. Broady Pleads In Petties Drug Case - Thursday, November 24, 2011

One of the three remaining defendants in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court has pleaded guilty to multiple conspiracy charges including racketeering, murder for hire and drug distribution.

70. Broady Pleads In Petties Drug Case - Wednesday, November 23, 2011

One of the three remaining defendants in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court has pleaded guilty to multiple conspiracy charges including racketeering, murder for hire and drug distribution.

71. Petties Drug Case Moves Toward Jan. Trial - Tuesday, November 22, 2011

The three remaining defendants in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court are scheduled to go to trial Jan. 17 before U.S. District Court Judge Hardy Mays.

The trial of Martin Lewis, Clinton Lewis and Clarence Broady is expected to take four to five weeks.

72. Drug Cartel Case Moves Closer To January Trial - Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Memphis Federal Court Judge Hardy Mays will talk Wednesday, Nov. 16, with attorneys for the three defendants left in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court.

Federal prosecutors and attorneys for defendants Clarence Broady, Clinton Lewis and Martin Lewis come to court for an attorney conference on their way to a scheduled January trial date on drug conspiracy and racketeering charges that also include murder for hire.

73. Defendant in Petties Case Pleads Guilty - Monday, October 24, 2011

The biggest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court is down to three defendants who have a tentative trial date in January on racketeering and murder-for-hire charges.

Demetrious Fields pleaded guilty last week to three of the counts he faced for his role in the multi-state drug organization headed by Craig Petties from 1995 to 2008.

74. Fields Pleads In Drug Case - Friday, October 21, 2011

One of the four remaining defendants in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court pleaded guilty Thursday, Oct. 20, to drug conspiracy, racketeering and money laundering charges.

Demetrious Fields pleaded guilty Wednesday, Oct. 19, before Federal Court Judge Hardy Mays with his sentencing scheduled for March 2.

75. Feds Seek Anonymous Jury in Drug Case - Thursday, September 15, 2011

Federal prosecutors want an “anonymous jury” for the trial next year of four men accused of being contract killers for the largest drug ring ever tried in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee in Memphis.

76. Motions Offer New Details in Petties Drug Case - Friday, June 3, 2011

Three of the four remaining defendants in the largest and most violent drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court want more information about the cases against them and a separate trial for two of them.

77. Four Petties Codefendants May be Tried in January - Thursday, March 17, 2011

Four codefendants in the largest and most violent drug-trafficking case ever brought in Memphis federal court may go to trial in January 2012.

Report dates for Demetrius Fields, Clarence Broady and Clinton Lewis in the last week have focused on what happens next in the case. That follows the revelation last month that the alleged leader of the drug organization, Craig Petties, pleaded guilty to 19 counts including murder-for-hire in December 2009. The guilty plea was unsealed and made public just last month.

78. Drug Case Gets Stranger With Plea Revelation - Thursday, February 24, 2011

It is not unusual in Memphis federal court for a grand jury indictment to be sealed by a judge. And there are times when a guilty plea may be sealed.

But the revelation this week that alleged drug kingpin Craig Petties pleaded guilty over a year ago to 19 counts including murder for hire charges in Memphis federal court is unusual.

79. Memories of 1995 Haunt GOP as Shutdown Talk Grows - Tuesday, February 22, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — Few memories haunt Republicans more deeply than the 1995-96 partial shutdown of the federal government, which helped President Bill Clinton reverse his falling fortunes and recast House Republicans as stubborn partisans, not savvy insurgents.

80. Mays: Petties Codefendants to Keep Capital Counsel - Monday, February 7, 2011

Extra legal counsel appointed for four defendants in the largest and most violent drug case ever tried in Memphis federal court will remain on the job, but they will take a pay cut.

U.S. District Court Judge Hardy Mays issued the ruling this week after federal prosecutors sought to have the extra attorneys dismissed because the government will not seek the federal death penalty against Demetrious Fields, Clinton Lewis, Martin Lewis and Clarence Broady.

81. Petties Drug Case Begins Moving to Next Phase - Wednesday, September 8, 2010

After several years of report dates that take less than five minutes, the largest drug case ever prosecuted in Memphis federal court is beginning to move into questions about what comes next.

Sometime this month, U.S. District Court Judge Hardy Mays will meet with defense and prosecution attorneys for a status conference. It will be the first conference of its kind since the U.S. Justice Department decided not to seek the death penalty against four of the defendants: Demetrius Fields, Clinton Lewis, Martin Lewis and Clarence Broady.

82. Feds Appear Likely to Seek Death Penalty Against Petties - Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The federal government will apparently seek the federal death penalty against alleged drug kingpin Craig Petties.

83. Elena Kagan Chosen by Obama for Supreme Court - Tuesday, May 11, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court on Monday, declaring the former Harvard Law School dean "one of the nation's foremost legal minds." She would be the court's youngest justice and give it three female members for the first time.

84. Petties Drug Case Reaches Pivotal Juncture - Wednesday, December 16, 2009

The largest drug case ever presented in Memphis federal court reaches a critical phase today when U.S. Attorney Larry Laurenzi begins a series of meetings with attorneys for five of the nine defendants.

85. Dress Newest Pathologist At Pathology Group of the MidSouth - Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Dr. Matthew A. Dress has joined Pathology Group of the MidSouth PC as its newest pathologist.

Before joining Pathology Group of the MidSouth, Dress served as the chief resident in anatomic and clinical pathology at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Tennessee. He then completed a fellowship in hematopathology at the University of Rochester Medical Center-Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.Y. 

86. Petties Drug Case Could Linger Into Autumn - Thursday, April 16, 2009

It could be the fall before prosecutors in the federal drug, racketeering and murder for hire case against Craig Petties and seven others make a decision on seeking the death penalty.

87. Wharton to Seek Law Against Uninvolved Parents - Thursday, February 21, 2008

It was an idea that Shelby County Mayor A C Wharton Jr. dropped into his state of the county speech Tuesday to the Memphis Rotary Club.

Wharton decided to go through with his call for a law that would make parental neglect of a child's education a crime after a morning visit with a group of about 40 juvenile offenders in a detention center. The group included the teenager who shot a classmate earlier this month at Mitchell High School.

88. Archived Article: Demogorerally - Friday, October 18, 1996
NotesVPGorerally Gore stumps for Democrats By GABRIELLE C.L. SONGE The Daily News While President Bill Clinton and his Republican challenger, Bob Dole, were in California for the second debate and West Coast campaign appearances, Vice President Al G...

89. Archived Article: Back - Wednesday, June 19, 1996
The Black Business Association of Memphis is sponsoring a day of activities dedicated to women in business on June 20 The Black Business Association of Memphis is sponsoring a day of activities dedicated to women in business on June 20. Activities w...