As voters cast early ballots in the primary, Tennessee lawmakers are expected to take final votes on takeover legislation that would strip elected school board members of their powers by granting major decision-making authority to nine Shelby County state appointees.
Marcel Hutton, 35, was found unresponsive in the Shelby County Jail around 7 p.m. on Dec. 21, 2025.
Aw, shucks. Wintzell’s Oyster House is opening its first Memphis location at a former Hooters site.
Tennessee’s fiscal year 2027 includes $50 million for public safety in Memphis, $350 million for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and $3.5 million for the new Downtown art museum.
Lakeland officials continue to study a possible change in the suburb’s government format with former Collierville Town Administrator James Lewellen explaining the process.
The National Center for Choreography–Akron is “Making Moves” across the United States, but the ties that bring it to Memphis go beyond tour dates.
With early voting starting this week, the lobbying for Germantown voters to decide if they want to go the full-time mayor’s route has increased.
New Memphis commit Rihards Vavers spoke to The Daily Memphian about his decision and what he plans to bring to the Tigers next season.
The Daily Memphian interviewed the five Democratic and two Republican primary candidates for sheriff, asking them about 201 Poplar, recruiting and retention, the Memphis Safe Task Force, and more.
Not only is the famed barbecue restaurant reopening Friday, April 17, but Big Bill himself is now managing the day-to-day kitchen operations.
The incident began a little after 4:30 p.m. at a small strip shopping center at 3193 Mendenhall Road, police said.
Chris Herrington is ranking all 18 players who ended the season on the Grizzlies’ extended roster. This is Part 2 and counts down players No. 8 to No. 1.
Jerry Deng, a 6-9 transfer from N.C. State, committed to the Memphis Tigers on Thursday night, according to a report from League Ready.Related content:
The lack of financial forms makes it difficult to see how key candidates have fared with donors in the past three months.
“We don’t want anyone using those public dollars that we send down to educate the children to enter into litigation because they might not agree with the high accountability standards that we’re putting in place,” bill sponsor state Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, said.
Stix Express Downtown will close Friday, April 24. Meanwhile, two coffee locations have made progress toward opening.
The Memphis Redbirds continued a six-game series against the Gwinnett Stripers, Thursday night at AutoZone Park.
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This jigsaw puzzle is of Khaleigh Hill of Arlington High competing at the 32nd annual Houston Classic and was taken by Wes Hale.
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Germantown Municipal School District is making some efforts towards its master plan, but it can’t make large improvements without investment from the city.
The Center City Development Corp. approved $220,000 worth of incentives for Downtown improvements.
Chris Herrington is ranking all 18 players who ended the season on the Grizzlies’ extended roster. This is Part 1 and counts down players No. 18 to No. 9.
On Leap Day 2008, Kat Gordon opened a small cupcake shop in East Memphis’ Sanderlin Centre. Over the past 18 years, she has grown and restructured her beloved bakery in some unexpected ways.
A Lakeland citizens advisory group thinks the suburbs’ elected officials deserve a bump in salary and have recommended raises for them — a decision that still have several steps to clear before enacted.
He did so after being encouraged by his mother’s best friend Jeannine Paul, a then-94-year-old Memphis artist.
“We need to build a cultural plan — a long-term strategy that guides how Memphis and Shelby County builds infrastructure for investment to integrate arts, culture and entertainment into its economic development, urban planning and community life.”
Today, we’ll talk about what the documents could mean for the high-profile court case as well as xAI’s paused water recycling project.
Today’s puzzle is of Eduardo Tellez with Danza Quetzalcoatl and was taken by Patrick Lantrip.