Alex Lomax once was the child receiving Christmas toys at a community center. Now he’s the one passing them out. “This means a lot to me, being from Memphis and being able to give back toys to the kids,” he said.

The honorary street name was approved by the Memphis City Council at a meeting earlier this month. 

“Licensure of liars should not be allowed,” one Nashville physician told the state legislature’s Joint Government Operations Committee.

It’s the fourth officer-involved shooting in Memphis and Shelby County this year and the 53rd officer-involved shooting in Tennessee this year.

The most encouraging sign from Tuesday’s win was Penny Hardaway’s growth on the sideline.

Until the new president can be nominated and confirmed, EDGE chose to appoint a vice president to handle certain day-to-day and administrative functions.

Gov. Bill Lee bumped up the starting annual salary for corrections officers from $32,500 to $44,500.

What to do with shuttered big box stores, and an update on the planned mixed-use development at the former Union Avenue police station.

Germantown and Collierville have among the top ACT scores in Tennessee.

Althea Greene opened her bid for the District 7 commission seat by saying Tennessee’s new open carry gun law is meant to increase violence and killings. Candidates can begin pulling and filing qualifying petitions in the May primaries, including the commission races, starting Monday.

The City Council Scorecard examines the procedural votes that brought a controversial commercial development project and a key intersection back to life after the council killed the project in November on a tie vote.