Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis was sworn in as Memphis’ police chief Friday, June 18. She is the first woman to be named chief in the city’s history. 

Two nonprofits organized a colorful way to hand over scholarship checks of $2,000 each to 104 girls and young women on Friday, June 18.

Featuring over 70 teams, including some of the best from Memphis, the Hoopfest had plenty of prominent schools with coaches in attendance. Texas, FSU, Creighton and Mississippi State were present at Briarcrest.

For Chris Luther, an NFL draft and NBA play-in game were more than just that in his father’s final days.

Terry Rooker helped launch the careers of four players from his Germantown Giants team. 

David Skinner sues Germantown and its Planning Commission after they denied a request to rezone his property.

LeMoyne-Owen welcomed back students — prospective or current — for the first since the campus closed last March at the COVID-19 pandemic’s beginning; a moment that brought joy and excitement to staff and faculty at Memphis’ only HBCU.

Bartlett Mayor Keith McDonald said Friday, June 18, the city emailed resident Nick Toombs because of vagueness over the city’s sign ordinance.

Two Memphis nonprofits — Collage Dance Collective and Memphis Music Initiative — recently received grants from MacKenzie Scott, billionaire philanthropist and ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. 

Germantown Assistant Chief Jeff Beaman will be the next leader of the Gallatin Fire Department. He is retiring from Germantown after 31 years.

If it all comes together the undeveloped intersection of Elvis Presley Boulevard and Holmes Road in Whitehaven could be home to the second-largest Black-owned film studio in the U.S. within a few years.

College coaches from around the nation will be on hand to evaluate talent in Basketball Coaches Association of Tennessee event.

Despite being automated, the distribution center will employ 350 people. 

A developer plans to build 15 townhouses and dual-purpose public art on another acre of Midtown’s abandoned I-40 property.