Convicted felon and former state senator John Ford has filed a petition to run for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk, but state officials say a judge's order concerning his bribery conviction while in office bars him from running.

Plans for a new St. Jude building with security fencing and a windowless, ground-floor wall ignited a planning board's concern that it would deaden street life in the resurgent Pinch District.  But ALSAC/St. Jude officials won concessions, saying safety of its ill children is a priority.

Rahnmann Slocum moving into administration after 23 years as a coach, most recently at Southwind High.

Saltwater Crab on Madison offers seafood boils but has a large menu of other seafood, too.

Two suburban schools, Arlington Middle and Bartlett Ninth Grade Academy, have won Apple Distinguished Schools designations for their use of innovative technology.

An emergency shelter is planned in Westwood; in Midtown and the Medical District, a property owner is requesting its apartment buildings be "legitimized."

This Charlie Vergos doesn’t cook ribs for a living, but the stand-up comedian might tickle your funny bone with his high/low humor.

From the time Jews landed on southern shores, they were largely accepted by the white population. But the privileges that came with whiteness were sometimes challenged.

The Brooks’ executive director walks through the decision to move the museum to the riverfront – and gives a progress report on the new building.