Arepas Deliciosas is one of my favorite places in town, not just for the food but because owner Blanca Simpson is doing purposeful work at her restaurant. She employs young women who need work, and the proceeds from the restaurant are banked to fund a living and training center for women in need in her native Colombia.

Shelby County Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Nichols is set to oversee the Tennessee Department of Children's Services in Gov.-elect Bill Lee's administration.

If Memphis and Wichita State have another gear, now would be a good time to find it. “Things are going to ramp up,” Tigers coach Penny Hardaway said Wednesday.

Juvenile justice reform, education and Democratic leadership will be among Lee Harris' top priorities in 2019 as the county's new mayor. 

The partial government shutdown is impacting Tennessee's only immigration court – located in Memphis – and some immigrants may have to wait a year or two for their cases to be rescheduled.

It took so long after the Grizzlies’ 101-94 loss to the Detroit Pistons for head coach J.B. Bickerstaff to emerge from the locker room and into his post-game presser that you’d be forgiven for thinking the team was once again trying to figure out which Brooks they were trading.

Next holiday season, the original Corky’s Bar-B-Q restaurant on Poplar in East Memphis will have room to accommodate private parties and events.

Tennessee lawmakers passed a number of bills in 2018 that became law on Jan. 1, affecting everything from Sunday wine sales to sanctuary city prohibitions and ultrasounds done before abortion procedures.

Blake Griffin had 26 points, eight rebounds and seven assists, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Memphis Grizzlies 101-94 on Wednesday night to snap a three-game skid.

Whether in Memphis, Mississippi, Tennessee or Washington, politics in 2019 promises to be more interesting than usual in an odd-numbered year.

At the city's longest running New Year's Day prayer breakfast, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen talks about a new Democratic majority in Congress, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris discusses the new juvenile detention center and religious leaders talk about reality and the Biblical prophet Jeremiah.

The first baby of 2019 in Memphis was born at Methodist South Hospital at 2:47 a.m. 

The Shelby County legislative delegation will have five new faces and one member moving to the Senate from the House as the 111th General Assembly convenes Jan. 8.

Legislation sponsored by Senate Minority Chairwoman Raumesh Akbari would authorize sports betting in Tennessee and set up a gaming commission to oversee the industry, with 10 percent of the revenue going to state and local governments and community colleges and technical schools.

Shelby County Commission Chairman Van Turner said he wants to make more changes to the MWBE ordinance in 2019.

A planned Memphis Sports Hall of Fame at AutoZone Park is picking up momentum with a project manager on board, an exhibit designer being recruited and fundraising coming in 2019.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said on New Year's Eve the city is making progress on poverty, but there are remaining challenges as he called for the improving local economy to include all Memphians.

The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 had a profound effect on many Memphians, but for Jocelyn Wurzburg, it was life-altering.

A little girl's brief life spawns a new way to help families in need while their loved ones are hospitalized.

Breast cancer consortium to probe why more women in the Memphis metro are not getting annual mammograms, and reasons behind the wide mortality gap between white and black women. 

The Ridgeway football team showed up on national TV over the weekend, earning a starring role in NFL playoff commercial.

Restaurants opened, moved, changed hands and closed in 2018, and we said goodbye to beloved restaurateurs, too.

There were plenty of points scored between Oklahoma State and Missouri in the 60th AutoZone Liberty Bowl, but it was a defensive stand that won the game for the Cowboys.

Oklahoma State builds an early lead, then hangs on to defeat Missouri 38-33 on big defensive plays in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl.

Two new sports franchises, a world-class golf tournamaent and the arrival of James Wiseman mean 2019 could be an historic year in Memphis sports. Here are the top 10 most compelling Memphis sports figures of the year ahead (and, no, Penny Hardaway is not No. 1).