Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. says, according to one legal opinion, a referendum for county government to claim half the city revenue from the half-cent sales tax increase would be a vote among citizens in unincorporated Shelby County.
The City of Memphis and Loews Hotels have signed a development agreement for a $220 million hotel on Civic Center Plaza, funded in part by public incentives.
Zookeepers and staff veterinarians proudly introduced two sister jaguar cubs during a gender-reveal neonatal exam. They’re the zoo’s first newborn jaguars in more than 25 years.
State Rep. London Lamar continued her pursuit for legislation Thursday giving pregnant high school seniors an extra year to have children and maintain Lottery scholarship funds, a bill that ran into trouble during the 2019 session.
The city seeks approval from the Land Use Control Board for a new 200,000-square-foot sports and events complex and a 700,000-square-foot mixed-use development of retail, restaurants, hotels, entertainment, commercial office space and multifamily residential.
The Pictor Group's investigation of the Memphis women's basketball program pinned several problems on the athletic administration.
The Department of Education will spend $25 million this year and hire a new vendor to give the TNReady test, but lawmakers can only hope it will run without errors when the state test goes completely online in 2021.
This is weekend chili, not a pot of this and that you throw together after work. But it's worth the trouble, and we have tips if you want to adapt it for a Tuesday night.
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The Weekly Memphian is a partial guide to things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers Oct. 10-16.
Donation helps Hutchison School expand its teaching farm, with additional phases of growth still to come.
Cornerback Chris Claybrooks – who has not played this season – should return for Saturday's game at Temple, providing Memphis with depth in the secondary.
Memphis Goodwill has set the opening date for its 16th store, in a former Rite Aid at 1810 Union Avenue in Midtown, for Tuesday, Oct. 29.
Alexis Gwin-Miller’s departure as principal came 10 days after a student-led protest. Dozens of students asked questions about the school’s cohort model, which was in place before Gwin-Miller was hired.
Momma’s Roadhouse in the former Dirty Crow serves up burgers and sandwiches just before you cross the old bridge.
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council on Tuesday presented a discussion of the investor potential of Opportunity Zones and how federal tax law might benefit distressed neighborhoods.
Ja Morant said every player has their own journey. His happened to be "getting it out the mud."
A desired duel turned into more of a dud, as rookie Ja Morant and the Grizzlies easily handled top prospect RJ Hampton and the New Zealand Breakers.
The 60-year-old Allen Fossil plant is scheduled for demolition in 2022, Tennessee Valley Authority President and CEO Jeff Lyash said Tuesday as leaders got a look at possible future uses for the 500-acre site.
Memphis will have strong representation on Tennessee’s Health Care Modernization Task Force, charged with forming policies to improve one of the unhealthiest states in the nation and Shelby County, which ranks in Tennessee’s bottom fourth.
Major Trevor Joseph was honored Tuesday for his service in the Army. Joseph served as a medical services officer and medevac pilot.
Patricia Ange is seeking $350,000 in damages against Memphis Academy of Health Sciences High School, which enrolled about 400 students last year.
FedEx Returns Technology will be deployed at FedEx pickup and dropoff locations inside about 9,000 Walgreens stores in time for the holiday peak season.
Penny Hardaway said despite all the nonsense in the air about his team, it won't change who they are and what they want to do.
Bigger crowds on Mud Island's south end during a hot summer made keeping people out of the Gulf of Mexico replica hard work. The Memphis River Parks Partnership will use the fall and winter to rethink how the Gulf should be used.