Special Report: Memphis' Reading Test PART 1: Meeting goals for third-grade reading proficiency in Tennessee is a daunting task unless dramatic improvements occur in Shelby County, where the hurdles are high and the challenges complex. And in Memphis, a city where nearly four in five children in public schools aren't reading on grade level, the undertaking is monumental.
Fred’s Inc. reported a loss of $137 million for fiscal 2018 and continues to look at its shrinking store footprint and liquidity issues.
Cade Cothren, the chief of staff for House Speaker Glen Casada, resigned Monday over charges that included racially derogatory language, drug use and falsifying evidence.
The builder of Forum Flats apartments says 205 units could still be repaired and completed by the original deadline in August.
The Grizzlies reportedly interviewed Golden State Warriors assistant Jarron Collins over the weekend for the Grizzlies' vacant head coaching job.
The $17 million renovation is the first public library in Orange Mound. Mayor Paul Young said the project is an answer to the gunfight last week in the community that killed two and wounded seven.
Rebecca Distuhl, owner and president of Dinstuhl’s Fine Candy Company, is a longtime board member and volunteer with the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.
When Laird Veatch was introduced as the new athletic director at the University of Missouri, he acknowledged those at his most-recent stop.
Eric Barnes and Holly Whitfield riff on Memphis barbecue and hot slaw as the Tennessee state foods, wine menus and water pet peeves.
With help from state funds, Bartlett’s school district will give teachers an increase in pay for the coming fiscal year.
The Tony-winning musical “Your Arms Too Short to Box with God” hasn’t been officially produced since 1982 but will return to the stage in Memphis.
We’ve had plenty of rallies, vigils and marches. We’ve created one anti-violence group after another. We’ve floated balloons as well as ideas. And still, the deaths keep coming.
Eric Barnes and Holly Whitfield riff on Memphis barbecue and hot slaw as the Tennessee state foods, wine menus and water pet peeves.