Category Archives: Memphis Morning News
LOCAL | MSCS Board Unanimously Appoints Dr. Roderick Richmond As Permanent Superintedent
Dr. Roderick Richmond was unanimously appointed as the permanent superintendent by the Memphis-Shelby County School Board on Wednesday night. The contract now has to be negotiated. "I'm excited. I nev...
Feb 12, 2026
LOCAL | MSCS Board To Decide On Closure Of Five Schools
A final vote to close five Memphis-Shelby County schools is anticipated on Wednesday, putting the decision in the hands of school board members. The school system is doing all of this in an attempt to...
Feb 11, 2026
LOCAL | Man Charged With 2024 Murder Of Ex-Girlfriend In Shelby Farms Turns Down Plea Deal
At his court hearing on Wednesday, Jackson Hopper, the man accused of shooting and killing his ex-girlfriend Ellie Young in Shelby Farms before leading police on a multi-county pursuit, turned down a ...
Feb 11, 2026
LOCAL | Man Accused In Deadly 2023 Hit-And-Run Pleads Guilty To All Charges
According to the Shelby County District Attorney's Office, the man who has been accused of killing University of Memphis student Ava Christopher in a hit-and-run accident in 2023 entered a guilty plea...
Feb 10, 2026
LOCAL | IKEA is closing it's Memphis store
The only IKEA location in Tennessee is closing May 3rd. The home furnishings store at I-40 and Germantown Parkway has been open for ten years and has recently made changes to it's operations in attepm...
Feb 10, 2026
LOCAL | Super Bowl LX's MVP Kenneth Walker III Is a Memphian
Kenneth Walker III helped the Seattle Seahawks defeat the New England Patriots 29-13 on Sunday night in Super Bowl LX,. Before being selected by Seattle in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft, Walk...
Feb 09, 2026
LOCAL | NFL Champion Barry Wilburn Identified In Abandoned Orange Mound House Fire
The death of former NFL champion Barry Wilburn in an Orange Mound house fire early Friday morning was confirmed by the Washington Commanders over the weekend. Following his graduation from Melrose Hig...
Feb 09, 2026
LOCAL | Bartlett Alderman David Reaves suggests fees over property taxes
Bartlett city alderman, David Reaves has started a conversation about doing away with property taxes and collecteing the money through monthly fees. City government has the ability to take a property ...
Feb 09, 2026
LOCAL | Garbage Pickups Resume Back To Normal
The city of Memphis said in a press release Friday morning that garbage pickups will be resumed by City Solid Waste collection services. Team Waste, the city's third-party collection contractor, is al...
Feb 06, 2026
LOCAL | Fayette County Woman Pleads Guilty For Taking Donations While Committing Stolen Valor
A woman from Fayette County pleaded guilty to receiving donations while falsely claiming to be a Marine Corps veteran. Amanda Kate Walker Bass entered a guilty plea to one count of fraudulent use of m...
Feb 05, 2026
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