Violent crime is both a national problem and a Memphis problem. But when criminals point guns your way, as 26-year-old engineer Manuel Rodriguez discovered, it forever becomes part of your personal history. So much so, that you consider leaving the city you have always called home. 

High school distance standouts tuned up for cross-country season and some other athletes were ‘having a blast.’ But the competition gets serious on Sunday — some nice prize money is on the line for the pros 

A gathering for Collierville residents to discuss the school mask mandate ended before it began. The parents and others gathered at Suggs Park got up and walked to their cars when members of the media arrived.

One of the county’s most vocal advocates for a new voting system with hand-marked paper ballots says the push for such a system isn’t part of the national political movement that contends Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election.

While there are no firm plans on a solution, for the first time in three years, TDOT, the city and community members seem to be on one accord. A significant departure from a few months ago when Scott Street closure, as part of a $45 million redesigned Poplar Viaduct, seemed a formality.