During his visit to Memphis, President Donald Trump said that Memphis is a different place because of his Memphis Safe Task Force, praising the city’s leadership along with the Task Force while noting the declining homicide rate.
Parents, pets and local politicians lined an intersection, holding signs condemning everything from President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts to the war in Iran.
“I directed the Department of War to temporarily postpone land strikes against major energy and electricity targets in Iran,” President Donald Trump said during his Memphis visit Monday, March 23.
The state senators have filed competing bills to restore a Criminal Court division to Memphis.
President Donald Trump visited the city Monday, March 23, praising the city’s leadership and the declining homicide rate. Meanwhile, demonstrators took to the streets to condemn the president.
The Union Avenue landmark was demolished last Friday.
A violent Friday night Downtown stokes the ongoing debate about the Memphis Safe Task Force’s effectiveness.
A new developer plans to deliver on more than 100 townhouses for The Lake District, bringing progress to Lakeland’s mixed-use development after bankruptcy and foreclosure.
Standouts from Collierville, Lewisburg, Millington, MUS, St. Mary’s and St. George’s are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 26.
Peach Cobbler Factory will open next month in the Memphis Medical District.
Jennifer Chandler reviews Maru Handroll Bar, where Japanese hamachi, whole blue fin tuna, scallops and uni make up the “tiny” but “well-curated” menu.
Many watched the Academy Awards earlier this month spent much of their night watching weathermen on the TV.
A rural dental hygiene program has served hundreds in rural northwestern Tennessee who have little to no access to dental care, UTHSC College of Dentistry professors said.
At a local library, Chef Jasmen Richmond is using the kitchen to dish out more than just recipes by building literacy, business skills and confidence for children.
“The leadership of the Memphis Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School and Believe Memphis Academy Charter School have begun a conversation about merging.”
“We should recognize the power of art as an ever-evolving representation of who we are as a city.”
“I have been eating at Hillboyz since the beginning — next door to the carwash and am proud of how far they have come. These are great people with an inspiring story.” — Erica May about From Pine Hill to Lamar Avenue and beyond, Hillboyz builds a Memphis success story
“Draft is coming like a slow tugboat on the mighty Mississippi.” — Martha Smith about Road return stings in Grizzlies loss to Hornets
“It’s frustratingly inefficient, but these grassroots and granular solutions to this problem are the only ones that work.” — Ham Smythe about Opinion: ‘Justice, safety, solidarity, law and order — in Memphis, they have to be the same project’
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The backdrop for President Donald Trump’s visit to the city is complex and has everything to do with the Memphis Safe Task Force. What Trump will say, if anything, about the task force is anyone’s guess.
Kelsey Huse is no stranger to transit and biking issues in cities, but in less than three years, she’s already helped others elevate those issues in Memphis.
After the intensity of the Winter Olympics, a crew of ice-skating performers will display their talents in an exhibition at the Landers Center.
A Memphis-founded brand has global dreams. And it all started in Pine Hill, South Memphis.
The American Contract Bridge League, based in Horn Lake, is opening The Game Table, where visitors can play bridge, spades, mahjong, and various other card and board games.
Award-winning poet and U of M professor Marcus Wicker has been in Memphis for nearly a decade. Here’s how he developed a passion for poetry, and why he’s sharing it with the community.
“Amid the frustrating recruitment challenges facing the Memphis Police Department, I would like to turn our attention to a different critical element of our public safety architecture: the frontline civic organizations engaged in violence-reduction efforts.”
The new formula and its links to the city’s quest to create 10,000 new and renovated units of housing by 2030 is among the topics discussed on “Behind The Headlines.”
This jigsaw puzzle is a photo of the signage at Regional One Health and was taken by Patrick Lantrip.