Leaders have moved all the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board seats to the ballot and instituted partisan primaries for the seats. Campaign season will coincide with state lawmakers’ consideration of a bill diminishing the powers those candidates could have.
“Our hearts are with them,” said Karen Carrier, who owns two nearby restaurants and was on-site for The Beauty Shop’s lunch service at the time. “We’re really concerned about Mulan.”
Wanda Halbert and Millington officials are in disagreement over whether the County Clerk’s office owes the suburb any money for using space.
A new McDonald’s proposed for southwest Collierville wants to see more parking than is allowed. It has asked the town to review the regulations and up the maximum spaces allowed.
Not much actual instruction happens on the first day, of course. For the 2025-2026 Memphis Grizzlies, instruction will begin Tuesday during a training camp held, for the second consecutive year, in Nashville.
New numbers, roster changes, injuries and beyond. When the Memphis Grizzlies coach, general manager and stars spoke at media day, they issued some quiet confidence.
Cedric Coward brings to Memphis a passion for basketball rooted long before he was taken on the first round of the 2025 NBA Draft.
Former Memphis City Council member Myron Lowery, who died Sunday, was also interim Memphis mayor and City Court Clerk during 40 years in the rough and tumble of local politics.
During a recent Sound Bites podcast, Hive owner Josh Steiner said the bagel shop and deli’s next location would be in East Memphis. Now we know where.
“This isn’t about outside firms coming in, taking out dollars and leaving,” the Regional One president and CEO said. “This is about combining specialized health care expertise with Memphis proven capabilities, ensuring that Memphis business grows.”
AngelStreet Memphis is fundraising for the $2 million development with partners already in talks.
For about a year, the City of Memphis has sought information from a California family who were close with Nichols. However, attorneys for Nichols’ mother sought to prevent the records from being handed over.
After the Tigers had their win sealed at Florida Atlantic, some fans wondered why Memphis scored again. Ryan Silverfield tackles the issue.
Memphis Tigers coach Penny Hardaway is wasting no time to establish a pecking order among his players as official practices begin.
Standouts from Collierville, Germantown, MASE, Melrose, Munford and St. George’s are up for consideration this week.
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Dr. Kevin Schaaf, a Metro Nashville Public Schools reading specialist, said students are often fatigued and disengaged in class, stressed by the emphasis on test performance.
“The outsiders ... who think this “surge” is a wonderful idea for the city have little insight into how the deployment of a few hundred people in a city as sprawling and diverse as Memphis can effectively combat crime.”
“Drew, thanks for the great story about Ja’s visit to Asia. It’s good to know that Ja’s management team supported him well and that he got to experience things that he wouldn’t otherwise have due to the unexpected changes. Now I’m looking forward to the new season.” — Janice Frazier-Scott about Ja in China: An Alaska detour, funeral crashing, typhoons and tattoos
“… If true from other articles, the NG will consist of 150 people. I am not sure that can be called or classified as an ‘Occupation’ of the city … While the crime rate is, statistically, down; it seems most Memphians do not feel safe. So I ask: What is the problem with bringing in the 13 Federal Agencies, with the NG as unarmed support? Is it the taxpayer money being spent by the State or Federal Government to do this; or the idea that the State or Federal Government should just give the money to Memphis/Shelby County and let our leaders spend it as they wish OR is it because Trump ordered it? Just a few thoughts…” — Thomas Barnes about The politics of the coming National Guard deployment
“It is a shame that the public system is so ‘bad.’ It doesn’t have to be. The board has been a disappointing group of self-interested folks and that needs to change. … There are large systems in our country that are great successes, make Memphis one too.” — Priscilla M Teixeira about Opinion: Parents want accountability at MSCS. Students deserve it
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Beleaguered CBU lost a third of its student population from last year while other local colleges saw modest declines or, in the case of LeMoyne-Owen, a small increase.
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