City Council approves referendum on police and fire residency. Residents will have a chance next November to weigh in on whether police and firefighters can live within 50 miles of the city or in neighboring counties.
Water and gas rate hikes were approved but a proposed electric rate hike was rejected. The council also took back its rejection of a solid waste fee hike that goes on the same monthly utility bills. That after Mayor Jim Strickland threatened layoffs and reductions in garbage service in the new year without the hike.
Boyle Investment Co. applies for two construction permits totaling $1.5 million to renovate and rebuild the Williamsburg Village Shopping Center.
Rep. Martin Daniel says state taxpayers could be paying "tens of millions of dollars" too much per year for state employees' health insurance claims.
Dean Jernigan founded Storage USA in Memphis in 1984 before selling it and now will become a consultant for his latest self-storage company that bears his name.
ESPN’s Herbie Awards doled out generously to Memphis after an epic GameDay here in November.
Memphis-based FedEx Corp. missed Wall Street earnings expectations for the September-November quarter and further reduced full-year earnings guidance.
Smiley will push for gun changes, Shelby County saw its lowest voter turnout in years and the Tigers consider a post-Tyreek future.
Starting this week, Pattillo Industrial Real Estate will begin working on the 200,000-square-foot facility for a California-based business.
Star point guard Ja Morant shared his disdain for the Los Angeles Lakers after a dominant win on Wednesday. High-scoring Grizzlies soar over L.A., but Morant leaves with injuryRelated content:
In November, you can enjoy cocktail-inspired chocolates, a green cook-off and a festival all about coffee.
Collierville elected Maureen Fraser as its next mayor Tuesday. Mayor Stan Joyner is retiring later this year.
A version of the “beauty and the billionaire” fairy tale, “Anora” won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival this summer and is now being touted as a top contender for a much more mainstream prize: The Oscar.
“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.