In Memphis Federal Court Monday morning, Memphis Police surveillance of protesters over the last two years is on the docket of U.S. District Judge Jon P. McCalla. McCalla ruled earlier this month in advance of the nonjury trial that police conducted “political surveillance” of protesters in violation of a 1978 federal court consent decree.

2. MLK50 Events: A Roundup of Memphis Happenings - Saturday, March 31, 2018

Here's a selection of events in Memphis marking the 50th anniversary of the 1968 sanitation workers' strike and the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. April 3 is the 50th anniversary of King’s last speech – the “Mountaintop” speech at Mason Temple, while April 4 is the 50th anniversary of his assassination on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel.

3. MLK 50 Years Later - Saturday, March 31, 2018

Bernard Lafayette remembers being in Memphis April 3, 1968, and a dejected Martin Luther King Jr. being roused from his room at the Lorraine Motel to speak at Mason Temple on a rainy night.

4. Last Word: Graceland Responds, The Hustle's First Season and Memphis Rent - Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Sun Studio getting a fresh coat of paint Tuesday as city road crews were redoing some lines on Downtown streets including turning arrows in the left curb lane that always need pointing out to visitors baffled by the Memphis enigma that is one-way streets.

5. Digest - Monday, January 29, 2018

Memphis Toys R Us

To Remain Open

A representative with Toys R Us has confirmed to The Daily News that the retailer’s Memphis location, at 7676 Polo Ground Blvd., won’t close after all.

6. Harvey's Memphis Remnants Take Out Power to 40,000 - Friday, September 1, 2017

The remnants of Hurricane Harvey “wreaked havoc” in Shelby County Thursday, Aug. 31, according to Memphis Light Gas and Water Division President Jerry Collins.

7. Last Word: St. Jude School, More Gannett Moves and Maida Pearson Smith - Thursday, August 3, 2017

For most, the school year starts next week. But classes are already underway at St. Jude’s new Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, an idea 15 years in the making, according to the physician who had that idea. The school is a big step in higher education in Memphis and its road to research center status.

8. County Commission Debates 3-Cent Tax Rate Cut - Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Shelby County Commissioners approved a 3-cent reduction in the county property tax rate Monday, June 12, on the first of three readings but delayed a vote on the operating budget resolution for more discussion about how to account for the tax-rate cut.

9. County Commission Continues Tax Cut Calculations - Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Shelby County Commissioners approved a three-cent reduction in the county property tax rate Monday, June 12, on the first of three readings but delayed a vote on the operating budget resolution for more discussion about how to account for a cut in the tax rate.

10. Last Word: Sessions Visit, Election Day and Beale Street's Journey - Thursday, May 25, 2017

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Memphis Thursday to talk about crime in a city whose record homicide count in 2016 Sessions has recently mentioned. Sessions is in town to talk with local, state and federal prosecutors and law enforcement. When the Attorney General comes to town, he or she is usually coming with policy talking points from the White House.

11. Hopson Groups 19 Schools for 'Critical Focus' - Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Nineteen Shelby County schools are getting a second chance at improving student achievement that could include a longer school day, an intervention specialist and other measures seen at Innovation Zone schools in the SCS system.

12. Hopson Groups 19 'Critical Focus' Schools for Intervention - Tuesday, February 14, 2017

A group of 19 Shelby County schools are getting a second chance at improving student achievement that could include a longer school day, an intervention specialist and other measures seen at Innovation Zone schools in the SCS system.

13. Shelby County Schools Board to Vote on Closing Dunbar, Carnes Elementary - Thursday, January 26, 2017

Shelby County Schools board members will vote next week on closing Carnes and Dunbar elementary schools effective at the end of the current school year. The board reviewed the recommendation from superintendent Dorsey Hopson at a Tuesday, Jan. 24, work session with little debate.

14. Empty Seats - Saturday, December 17, 2016

Shelby County Commissioner David Reaves can still see it clearly: “Take the whole map of the county and lay a grid on it. Then I’d like you to say, ‘Where’s the population? Where’s the projection?’ And then let’s strategically place schools all over the county based upon that and make them all of equal offerings.”

15. Shelby County Schools Board Sets Stage for School Right-Sizing Decision - Thursday, December 8, 2016

Parents and teachers of three schools that would be closed under the latest right-sizing plan for Shelby County Schools made a vocal show of force Tuesday, Dec. 6, as the SCS board voted to begin the process of public hearings in areas affected by the plan.

16. SCS Board Hears From Parents and Teachers of Schools Considered for Closing - Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Parents and teachers of three schools that would be closed under the latest rightsizing plan for Shelby County Schools made a vocal show of force Tuesday, Dec. 6, as the SCS board voted to begin the process of public hearings in the areas affected by the plan.

17. SCS Board Mulls Details of Right-Sizing Plan - Thursday, December 1, 2016

Shelby County Schools board members may push a vote on a proposal to close seven schools and build three new ones to February instead of January. A review of the proposal by the SCS board Tuesday, Nov. 29, still keeps in place a vote at the Dec. 6 school board meeting that would start a process of public meetings to gauge the reaction of parents affected by changes.

18. School Board Gets More Specifics on Right-Sizing Proposal - Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Shelby County Schools board members think the holiday season may push a vote on a proposal to close seven schools and build three new ones to February instead of January.

A review of the proposal by the SCS board Tuesday, Nov. 29, still keeps in place a vote at the Dec. 6 school board meeting that would start a process of public meetings to gauge the reaction of parents affected by the change.

19. Latest SCS Right-Sizing Proposal Goes To School Board After Thanksgiving - Wednesday, November 23, 2016

On the other side of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Shelby County Schools board begins formal consideration of a proposal by SCS superintendent Dorsey Hopson to close seven schools and build three new ones.

20. Facing History Announces Memphis Upstanders - Saturday, May 14, 2016

The Memphis chapter of Facing History and Ourselves has named the people and groups that will be memorialized on its “Upstanders Mural,” a public art project honoring those who chose to take positive action in the face of injustice.

21. Facing History Announces Memphis Upstanders - Thursday, May 12, 2016

The Memphis chapter of Facing History and Ourselves has named the people and groups that will be memorialized on its “Upstanders Mural,” a public art project honoring those who chose to take positive action in the face of injustice.

22. ‘Honda Girl’ Ashley Blair Finds Career Outside Car Ads - Saturday, July 11, 2015

Ten-year-old actress Ashley Blair takes her job seriously. She’s like many other actors in the region working to improve her craft and looking for the next project. The Knoxville area has a thriving community of actors, writers, directors, and producers, all trying to showcase their best work, both locally and nationally.

23. School Transitions - Monday, December 29, 2014

In the uniquely timed world of education, a year can be defined several ways, and while one of those years is underway, planning for the next one has already begun.

By the calendar year, 2014 has been a dizzying array of historic moments and transitions.

24. Millington Leaders Emphasize Unique School System - Tuesday, August 26, 2014

For much of the move to the demerger of public education in Shelby County, the Millington Municipal Schools district has been overshadowed by the five other suburban school systems.

All six formed starting in January and three weeks ago opened for classes, but Millington school system leaders, principals, teachers and civic leaders didn’t have their opening celebration until this past weekend, the day after the Millington Central High School Trojans beat the Germantown Red Devils in the first weekend of high school football.

25. School’s In - Monday, August 4, 2014

When public schools open Monday, Aug. 4, for the academic year across Shelby County, the merger of public education into one school system will give way to the demerger into seven separate public systems.

26. New Push to Get Girls Into Computer Sciences - Friday, June 20, 2014

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) – Diana Navarro loves to code, and she's not afraid to admit it. But the 18-year-old Rutgers University computer science major knows she's an anomaly: Writing software to run computer programs in 2014 is – more than ever – a man's world.

27. School Board Unveils Digital Devices - Friday, May 30, 2014

Shelby County Schools board members got a look this week at the new digital devices students in 16 schools will get when the new academic year begins in August.

The first Lenovo Yoga and Yoga 11e convertible laptops to arrive were unwrapped before the board vote Tuesday, May 27, for the $5.4 million contract with Unistar-Sparco Computers Inc. to lease 13,000 devices for three years.

28. School Board Approves $52.6 Million Capital Ask - Thursday, March 27, 2014

Shelby County Schools board members have approved 25 sets of attendance zone changes for the first school year of the demerger and sent a $52.6 million capital “ask” for the current fiscal year to the Shelby County Commission for consideration.

29. SCS Attendance Zone Proposal Affects 7,000 Students - Thursday, February 20, 2014

Shelby County Schools board members got their first detailed look Wednesday, Feb. 19, at a set of more than two dozen changes in student attendance zones in the 2014-2015 school year that could affect nearly 7,000 students in the school system.

30. Last Deadline Passes in Schools Case - Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Two days before Christmas, the nearly three-year-old federal court case that was a key part of the change in Shelby County public education passed what might be one of its final deadlines.

Dec. 23 was the deadline for the many sides in the multifaceted court case to get back to U.S. District Judge Samuel “Hardy” Mays on what, if any, issues were left to be resolved by the court.

31. Commission to Consider Schools Agreements - Monday, December 2, 2013

As the Thanksgiving holiday weekend began, Germantown’s still-forming municipal school district was the only suburban school system in Shelby County without an agreement in principle with Shelby County Schools.

32. Bartlett, Collierville and Millington Schools Pacts Approved by School Board - Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Shelby County Schools board members approved agreements Tuesday, Nov. 26, for Bartlett, Collierville and Millington municipal school districts as well as quit claim deeds for the transfer of all but one of the school buildings within the borders of the three suburban cities.

33. Suburban Leaders Turn to Schools Details - Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Shelby County Schools board members have schools agreements with suburban leaders in Bartlett, Collierville and Millington on their agenda Tuesday, Nov. 26, a week after approving the same type of agreements with different dollar amounts with Arlington and Lakeland.

34. Millington Schools Pact Makes Fifth So Far - Saturday, November 23, 2013

Millington leaders and Shelby County Schools officials reached tentative agreement Friday, Nov. 22, on a plan that includes the transfer of four school buildings in Millington to the still forming Millington municipal schools system.

35. Millington Schools Pact Makes Fifth So Far - Saturday, November 23, 2013

Millington leaders and Shelby County Schools officials reached tentative agreement Friday, Nov. 22, on a plan that includes the transfer of four school buildings in Millington to the still forming Millington municipal schools system.

36. Millington School Board Meets Public - Thursday, November 14, 2013

A group of 100 citizens in Millington Tuesday, Nov. 12, had a lot of questions and angst about the coming of a Millington municipal school system.

The town hall meeting was the first gathering of the seven Millington school board members elected Nov. 7. They won’t take office until next month, so a lot of the questions at the Millington Civic Center Tuesday evening from a room that was mostly teachers and other educators were about decisions the board hasn’t started making yet.

37. Building Negotiations Likely to Stray for Schools - Wednesday, October 30, 2013

The Shelby County Schools board approved a specific framework Monday, Oct. 28, for negotiations with each of the future six suburban school systems on school buildings within their boundaries.

The specifics are 40-year leases for a specific list of schools for a “negotiated sum” that would “assist in offsetting the health and life insurances costs of currently retired school system employees.”

38. School Board Approves Suburban Schools Negotiation Framework - Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Shelby County Schools board members voted Monday, Oct. 28, to authorize superintendent Dorsey Hopson to negotiate 40-year leases on schools within the six suburban towns and cities in Shelby County between Shelby County Schools and the still forming suburban school systems.

39. School Board Weighs Suburban Plan - Monday, October 28, 2013

Shelby County Schools board members could vote as early as Monday, Oct. 28, on the first elements of what amounts to a coexistence plan with the almost-formed suburban school districts.

The proposal, outlined by superintendent Dorsey Hopson at last week’s school board work session, involves approximately 20,000 students who live in the unincorporated areas of Shelby County, including the Memphis annexation reserve area and the 14 public schools outside the boundaries of any of the seven cities and towns within Shelby County.

40. Students In Unincorporated County Move Into Focus - Thursday, October 24, 2013

It was the issue that didn’t get a lot of public discussion in the initial move to form suburban school districts in Shelby County.

Suburban leaders envisioned that their six school systems would retain attendance zones and incorporate agreements that allowed all children attending the schools in their cities and towns to continue attending those same schools. That included thousands of children who live in unincorporated Shelby County including the Memphis annexation reserve area as well as their own reserve areas. And it included children in one suburban city who attended school in another suburban city.

41. Hopson Proposes Plan for Unincorporated Schools - Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Shelby County Schools system would continue to educate school age children in the unincorporated areas of Shelby County and operate the 14 schools in those areas as well as one in Lucy and the three schools in Germantown bearing that city’s name under a proposal presented Tuesday, Oct. 22, to the countywide school board by schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson.

42. Hopson Proposes SCS Keep Unincorporated Schools Plus Four In Suburbs - Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Shelby County Schools system would continue to educate school age children in the unincorporated areas of Shelby County and operate the 14 schools in those areas as well as one in Lucy and the three schools in Germantown bearing that city’s name under a proposal presented Tuesday, Oct. 22, to the countywide school board by schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson.

43. Hopson Proposes SCS Keep Unincorporated Schools Plus Four In Suburbs - Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Shelby County Schools system would continue to educate school age children in the unincorporated areas of Shelby County and operate the 14 schools in those areas as well as one in Lucy and the three schools in Germantown bearing that city’s name under a proposal presented Tuesday, Oct. 22, to the countywide school board by schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson.

44. Hopson Proposes SCS Keep Unincorporated Schools Plus Four In Suburbs - Wednesday, October 23, 2013

The Shelby County Schools system would continue to educate school age children in the unincorporated areas of Shelby County and operate the 14 schools in those areas as well as one in Lucy and the three schools in Germantown bearing that city’s name under a proposal presented Tuesday, Oct. 22, to the countywide school board by schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson.

45. Suburbs Head to Polls in Municipal Schools Vote - Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Voters in Shelby County’s six suburban towns and cities go to the polls Tuesday, July 16, in a repeat of the set of 2012 referendums on forming municipal school districts.

Polls in 43 precincts with 143,334 voters are open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

46. Towns Named to Southern College of Optometry Board - Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Leticia “Tish” Towns, senior vice president of external relations for the Regional Medical Center at Memphis, has been named to the Southern College of Optometry board of trustees. Among her duties at The MED, Towns oversees the development of the hospital’s strategic plan and manages marketing and communications, community engagement, the Traumatic Brain Injury program, government relations and pastoral care.

47. 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.

48. 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.

49. 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.

50. 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.

51. 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.

52. After the Vote - Monday, August 20, 2012

As 400 supporters of municipal school districts rallied just off the Arlington town square in July, conversations about the ballot outcome turned to one question – how Federal Judge Hardy Mays would rule in the legal challenge to the state law governing the establishment of a municipal school district.

53. County’s Math Proves Problematic - Friday, August 17, 2012

WE ALL LOSE, 7-1. While the suburbs cite the test performance of Memphis students as a primary reason to form their own systems, a closer examination reveals that they themselves seem to be lacking in a basic understanding of math.

54. Lucy Votes Won't Count In Millington Elections - Friday, July 20, 2012

The votes of citizens in the Lucy area near Millington on the municipal school district issue or in Millington elections for mayor and the board of aldermen will not count because the recent annexation of the area is on hold.

55. Margarette Purvis to Head NYC Food Bank - Monday, August 29, 2011

Margarette Purvis, daughter of longtime Fox 13 Memphis anchor Mearl Purvis, has been named president and CEO of Food Bank For New York City, the Big Apple’s major hunger-relief organization.

56. Website Lets Customers, Employers Show Gratitude - Wednesday, May 12, 2010

The Kindness Revolution, a Memphis-based nonprofit initiative committed to raising awareness about the importance of kindness in customer service, has launched a new online forum for customers to say “thanks” for service with a smile.

ThanksforKindness.com invites visitors to submit stories about positive exchanges with businesses and organizations.

57. Architect Honored for Remarkable Achievements - Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Before St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital became the sprawling complex of medical buildings in Uptown Memphis, the original facility was more modest, but no less important to the city’s landscape.

58. Shelby County Schools Receives $1M Arts Grant - Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Shelby County Schools has received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to benefit 17 Shelby County elementary and middle schools.

The three-year grant will enable county schools to participate in the Professional Development for Arts Educators “Arts in Education” program.

59. Events - Friday, January 18, 2008

Rhodes College will present its 21st annual Institute on the Profession of Law today from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Bryan Campus Life Center Ballroom on the Rhodes campus. David Luban, the Frederick J. Haas Professor of Law and Philosophy at Georgetown Law School, will be the keynote speaker.
A panel of experts also will be in attendance. Tuition for one person is $325. Attorneys may register by calling the Meeman Center at 843-3965.

60. Schools Desegregation Case At Crossroads - Thursday, July 26, 2007

It began with the parents of 21 black Shelby County Schools students filing a lawsuit in the summer of 1963 to desegregate and integrate the school system.

In court records the case is called Claude Bernard Robinson vs. Shelby County Board of Education. It was filed nine years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Topeka Board of Education (1954) that racial segregation in schools should end with "all deliberate speed."

61. Events - Thursday, June 29, 2006

The Shelby County Soil Conservation District Board meets today at 6:30 p.m. at Agricenter International, 7777 Walnut Grove Road, Suite 5. Call 544-0228, Ext. 3, for more information.

Student participants in Memphis City Schools' Echoes of Truth career training program present "Carousel Memories: Echoes from the Heart" today at 7 p.m. at the Orpheum Theater, 203 S. Main St. The students will perform the original musical in tribute to the Grand Carousel at the Mid-South Fair. The event also will feature paintings and other artwork created by Echoes of Truth participants that feature the Grand Carousel and other historic Memphis sites. The items will be offered in a silent art auction that begins at 5:30 p.m. Tickets are $6. For more information, contact Dolores Bell at 351-6460 or dolobell@bellsouth.net.

62. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, September 26, 2002
Schools, sewers deciding factor in county expansion

Board contends schools deciding factor in county growth By MARY DANDO

The Daily News

The sleepy, historic community of Lucy, situated between Raleigh-Millington Road and U.S. Highway 51, c...

63. Archived Article: Conservation P.2 - Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Golfers headed to Edmund Orgill Golf Course this Spring will pay a new surcharge in addition to the regular greens fees Conservation board hikes greens fees By JENNIFER MURLEY The Daily News Golfers headed to Edmund Orgill Golf Course this spring wi...

64. Archived Article: Conservation (lead) - Thursday, March 16, 2000
MIM Triathlon, County board approves MIM Triathlon request By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News The Edmond Orgill Park will once again be the site for the Memphis in May Triathlon. The Shelby County Conservation Board on Wednesday approved MIM Triathlon...

65. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, September 9, 1996
Sept Sept. 9 Professional Secretaries International will meet at 6 p.m. at the Marriott hotel, 2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd. The guest speaker will be Julie Terry, a certified public accountant and financial advisor with American Express. The cost is $12...

66. Archived Article: Calendar - Monday, August 12, 1996
Aug Aug. 12 The Mid-South Quality-Productivity Center will sponsor a series of four workshops at State Technical Institute titled "Developing and Managing Effective Relationships at Work." The topics include developing an effective communi...