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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man charged with arranging the killing of Young Dolph pleaded not guilty Thursday — one year after the rapper and record label owner was ambushed and shot to death while buying cookies at a bakery in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Hernandez Govan, 43, made a brief appearance in Shelby […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — School bells are expected to ring again at Shelby County Schools come early January, as the system begins to return students to class in phases. Parents have until the end of this month to choose in-person or virtual, but some have already decided. If all goes according to plan, SCS students will […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Tennessee Department of Education released a dashboard reporting additional COVID-19 information at school and district levels, including numbers of new positive COVID-19 cases in districts and schools.   According to the state, Shelby County Schools has not reported any data so far. Among municipal school districts, Arlington has no cases, Bartlett has less […]

Shelby County students will be heading back to class on August 10, but it’s not clear if they will return to school in-person or online.

The ruling overturns lower court decisions that previously determined the program violated the Tennessee Constitution’s “home rule,” which states the Legislature can’t pass measures singling out individual counties without local support.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police arrested a Ridgeway High School employee Friday on a charge of sexual battery, and Shelby County Schools says the incident involved contact with a former student. Court documents allege Wesley Henning inappropriately touched the victim on April 17 in the 2000 block of Ridgeway. The high school’s address is 2009 […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn.– School resource officers in Shelby County received hands-on training Tuesday to prepare deputies for the unthinkable following the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The training was scheduled prior to the shooting. Chief Inspector Fred Hughes, who oversees the school resource officers, said time is an important factor in those situations. “We’ve got to […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Multiple trees and power lines downed by heavy winds, rain and even ice could be seen in parts of Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi Thursday. Rain and below freezing temperatures caused slick roads and dangerous conditions. The photos below are a growing gallery of images detailing storm damage from February 24, 2022. If […]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis mother is upset tonight after she says her daughter was going to have to miss virtual school because she didn’t have one of her immunizations. It’s virtual lesson time at the kitchen table for 12-year-old Zaarodia Gates and her sister. “They do this faithfully every day,” said mom Zaavonne Jones. […]

Shelby County Schools Superintendent Dr. Joris Ray got a strong show of support Tuesday after saying he’d consider keeping schools closed if coronavirus cases continue to rise.

The artist didn’t expect to capture the attention of the congressman, who sent him a personalized letter just a few weeks before his death.