While violent crime decreased in Memphis last year, there were mixed results on other crimes in the city, according to the 2018 FBI Uniform Crime Report released this week.
A private company has paid all back city and county property taxes on the main parcel of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. plant in North Memphis, indicating some possible movement toward new development on the long-dormant site.
The Memphis elections Thursday decide some issues and create new issues as well as questions. Join our coverage early on election day as the polls open and stay with us until the last vote in the last precinct is counted.
The University Park Flats project will convert a vacant, blighted office building in an economically distressed stretch of Park Avenue into apartments and a coffee shop.
Shelby County Commissioners may not approve the plan by County Mayor Lee Harris to charge a countywide sustainability fee to fund public transportation, but Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley said Harris has forced the community to talk about funding the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
Five charter school applicants the Memphis school board denied two weeks ago for failing to meet new, tighter district standards on charter expansion have appealed the decisions to the state. neighborhoods are in need of better schools.
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The Economic Development Growth Engine Board approved a Jobs 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive for AAON Inc., three forgivable loans, and an extension of the closing date of Richardson Oilseed PILOT at its special call board meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
Penny Hardaway addresses how the Memphis Tigers’ frontcourt rotation is impacted by the departure of Tyreek Smith, a transfer from SMU who left the team due to a dispute about NIL payments.
For the second time in three weeks, a Tops location catches fire. The location will remain closed until repairs are made.
Collierville elected Maureen Fraser as its next mayor Tuesday. Mayor Stan Joyner is retiring later this year.
This week, horror fans unite at the inaugural Monster Con, Meddlesome hosts a very short race and Valerie June gets her GPAC moment.
“It isn’t new for bitterness and meanness to enter into American politics. It existed even from people we consider to be the founders of the nation.”
MLGW President and CEO Doug McGowen says on “Behind The Headlines” the utility has the money to replace its lines and is working on funding to replace it on the customer’s side of the connection.