The choice is the first by the Greater Memphis Chamber. France was last honored in 1990 by Memphis In May. 

The program, which started in 2022, partners with several local charter schools and hospitals to steer at-risk individuals away from engaging in gun violence.

The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department, Walls police and Memphis police were all involved in a chase Wednesday night that began in Mississippi and ended with one arrest in Tennessee. Four other suspects remain at large.

Multiple attendees told Department of Justice employees that the Memphis Police Department has a culture problem, one that has persisted for years.

The city released additional records Tuesday that highlight how and when the city learned about the different parts of the water crisis.

Olive Branch’s budget focuses on paving, police and municipal buildings, while maintaining the same millage rate for the ninth straight year.

The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating after a person was killed during a shooting involving the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department.

The United States has cruised at the FIBA World Cup so far, but that could soon change. Next up for Jaren Jackson Jr. and the Americans are two games against NBA-level centers. 

“I tell people all the time … it’s actually easier for me to heal the physical wounds of gun violence than it is for us to deal with the emotional, mental, and social needs of these children and families that are really going to last for the rest of their lives,” said Dr. Regan Williams, Le Bonheur’s medical director of trauma services.

Joe Cooper, the stepson of former Memphis forward Rodney Newsom, has walked on with the Tigers.

The two chambers of the Tennessee General Assembly resolved a standoff on Tuesday, Aug. 29, agreeing to pass the four bills that the Senate passed last week and ending a special session prompted by the Covenant School shooting.

Germantown Parkway and Cordova Road, just across from the Cordova International Farmers Market and its adjacent growing food truck scene might suddenly be a “most interesting food intersection in Memphis” contender — and perhaps most unlikely. 

The projects are part of the hospital’s Blue-Sky program, which encourages innovative ideas from employees. 

Memphis mayoral candidate J.W. Gibson says that as a “businessman” he would bring accountability to the city’s highest office, and that he believes he has “a responsibility to take Memphis to a different level.”