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WKNO Daily Newscast | Wednesday, September 24, 2025

— Federal prosecutors are asking an appeals court to reverse a recent decision to grant three former Memphis Police officers a new trial for charges related to the Tyre Nichols beating.

— A Missouri woman involved in a fraudulent scheme to sell Graceland has been sentenced to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release.

— A $500,000 bond has been set for DeAndre Brown, the director of the Shelby County Office of Reentry, who is facing 12 felony charges related to misappropriating more than $1 million dollars of grant money to his nonprofit Lifeline to Success.

— Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ buildings need more than $1 billion worth of maintenance upgrades throughout the next decade, according to estimates from a recent evaluation.

— Two Tennessee airports rank among the top ten for the highest percentage of flight delays in 2025, according to flight insurance agency InsureMyTrip.


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Reporting from the gates of Graceland to the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Christopher has covered Memphis news, arts, culture and politics for more than 20 years in print and on the radio. He is currently WKNO's News Director and Senior Producer at the University of Memphis' Institute for Public Service Reporting. Join his conversations about the Memphis arts scene on the WKNO Culture Desk Facebook page.