The plan for redeveloping the Fairgrounds for a big youth sports complex, retail, offices, residences and other uses was approved Nov. 14 by the Land Use Control Board. 

Student government association leads protest at LeMoyne-Owen College after learning vice president of academic & student affairs Dr. Terrell Strayhorn and other college administrators were fired by president Carol Johnson-Dean.

James Wiseman has withdrawn his lawsuit against his NCAA. That clears the way for a settlement that everyone can live with.

A federal judge has denied the city’s motion to modify the 41-year old consent decree barring political surveillance by the Memphis Police Department.

Despite mounting evidence Amazon plans to build and operate another big facility in Memphis, the company won't elaborate on its plans.

Wiseman withdraws lawsuit against NCAA as word of a setttlement continues to mount.

Seven players from Briarcrest set to take the field in next month's high school showcase at MUS.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts will host hip-hop artist Don Lifted with chamber music group Blueshift Ensemble on Saturday. 

Songwriter Frederick Knight originally conceived “Ring My Bell” as a song for teens about talking on the phone, but it became a hit for older audiences in the disco-era when it came out on Anita Ward's debut album.

Bhan Thai serves up tasty Thai and offers 10 lunch deals under $10 Tuesday through Friday.

Rage and guns are a bad combination. In Memphis last weekend, eight people were shot, one of them killed, in altercations at a strip club, a convenience store and outside a Beale Street honky-tonk. On Monday, one discount store customer shot another four times. 

The lead went back and forth, but the Grizzlies beat the Hornets 119-117. It was a team effort, but credit rookie point guard Ja Morant with the buzzer shot, to go with his first double-double.

The EDGE board approved new tax incentives for four companies that will invest about $70 million and create about 140 jobs.

Attorney General William Barr, the nation's top law enforcement official, visited Memphis Wednesday to announce a new plan to reduce gun violence locally and nationwide. 

MLGW brass, TVA leaders and Memphis City Council members met Wednesday at City Hall for the latest discussion in a decision the utility and the city are expected to make in 2020. 

The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance is ordering state Rep. Joe Towns to come before the panel to explain why he is failing to file campaign finance reports, violations that have led to $65,000 in civil penalties against him.

The races in District 1 and District 7 close out the 2019 election year in Memphis politics with hard fought contests reflecting political combat before the election season started. 

The $544 million first phase would include 942 apartments, 406 hotel rooms, 160,000 square feet of retail and 200,000 square feet of office.

An $8 million building permit for a four-story sort facility on land purchased this week by Amazon.com Services has been filed for 4055 Memphis New Allen Road under code name "Project Iris."

Slider Inn has opened in the South Main Historic District, bringing sliders and slushies to a building that almost takes up a city block.

Department of Environment and Conservation mulls three-month shutdown of golf courses as part of governor's request to trim 1% from 2020-21 budget.

Memphis sports fans are enraged about the enforcement of amateurism on the immensely talented basketball center James Wiseman, arguing that the NCAA’s execution is arbitrary and biased. In fact, amateurism, by its very nature, is arbitrary and biased.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris will bring in local health department officials and a national environmental advocate to help make the case to county commissioners Wednesday to invest in transit to aid the environment.

Oregon defeats Memphis as James Wiseman is slowed by (how mundane is this?) early foul trouble. 

The experienced Ducks held their second-half lead over the Tigers in Portland as Wiseman struggled with early foul trouble.