PART 2: High-stakes testing has shifted the focus of kindergarten from what's developmentally appropriate to get kids ready for school, to what's academically required to prepare students for their first standardized achievement tests in third grade.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Democrats and House Minority Leader Karen Camper are demanding the resignation of House Speaker Glen Casada from his leadership position.
A city council decision to return to a Beale Street cover charge for the remainder of May reignited a long-running debate. It follows two crowd "surges" and a shooting after two sold-out nights at the nearby Beale Street Music Festival last weekend.
A portion of St. Paul Avenue in South City could be renamed after Southern Heritage Classic founder Fred Jones Jr.
Targeted recruit Lester Quinones will decide where he will attend college on Friday, May 10 – an announcement that could have ramifications in Memphis and across college basketball.
For the first time, taxpayers can redirect up to $1,700 ($3400 married couples filing jointly) of federal taxes to fund scholarships at the school of their choice.
Collierville voters can begin casting ballots — again — as early as next week.
Edward “Eddie” Saig died Nov. 9 at 87. He was a legend in commercial real estate, but his real legacy was how he helped so many young brokers throughout his career.
Defending Class 4A state champions begin the season as the nation's No. 1 team, according to MaxPreps.
The sandwich features barramundi, grilled to order and lightly brushed with Jamaican jerk sauce as it finishes cooking.
Collierville voters can begin casting ballots — again — as early as next week.
In this week’s To-Do List, get a sneak peek inside the Overton Park Greenhouse, have a Dickensian Christmas in Hernando and fall-crawl your way through Cooper-Young.
Mississippi “tied a bright blue bow on a national election in which voters from coast to coast said heck no to the corruption, the incompetence and the feckless fealty to the Trump administration by (Cindy) Hyde-Smith and her GOP colleagues in Congress.”
Over the past few weeks, the owners of the rights to Elvis Presley’s songs have sued artificial intelligence companies, claiming in one suit that “all of the humanity ... that constitutes Elvis’ identity was stolen.”
This jigsaw puzzle features the portraits of current University of Memphis President Bill Hardgrave and former Presidents David Rudd and Richard Jones.