The Commercial Appeal

ArticleShelby County swears in mayor, sheriff, officials

Now-former Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery and now-former Shelby County Chief Deputy Sheriff Anthony Buckner were the highlights of Aug. 31’s Shelby County government swearing-in ceremony. Lowery now holds the position of Shelby...

Lucas Finton and Annie Goldman

ArticleICE detains 100-plus, attorney calls raid ‘dubious’

A raid conducted by immigration agents in the Berclair neighborhood of Memphis early on Aug. 30 was executed on two warrants, but the law enforcement intentions were “dubious,” said said Casey Bryant, an immigration attorney and the...

Jack Armstrong

ArticleThe Gentrys and Jimmy Hart return with new release celebrating Sun sessions

Memphis garage rock legends The Gentrys are back with a new release. Back in the mid-‘60s, The Gentrys helped ignite the Bluff City’s garage rock explosion. The group — led by singer Larry Raspberry and future pro wrestling legend Jimmy “The...

Bob Mehr

ArticleMID-SOUTH MEMORIES

25 years ago — 2001 The Tennessee hospitality industry says it will be good for business. Memphis City Council chairman E.C. Jones says it will just "give people more time to drink too much on Sundays." The object of Jones's disaffection is...