Memphis-based banking holding company surpasses estimates for earnings and revenue in solid second quarter.

With a U.S. Senate run in the offing, Bill Hagerty is leaving his post as U.S. Ambassador to Japan after two years of service, the U.S. Embassy announced Tuesday.

Jordan Spieth, who has won three majors in his young career, has committed to play the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational at TPC Southwind next week.

Memphis police are investigating 32 interstate shootings since January. One person was killed. 

Grizzlies rookie Brandon Clarke led his team to a 95-92 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Las Vegas Summer League Championship game Monday night.

After being arrested for drug possession, former Memphis Tiger Joe Jackson disappeared from public life. Now he’s emerging to begin what he hopes is a comeback.

On the heels of Tennessee’s annual Nathan Bedford Forrest Day, authorized with a proclamation signed by Gov. Bill Lee, Memphis legislators say they’re ready to end the yearly observance. And Lee indicates he may go along. 

Patrick Taylor and Bryce Huff have been named to award watch lists ahead of fall practice. 

A four-year study on care given to really sick patients after being discharged from the hospital reveals the importance of creating reimbursement systems that pay for total patient care, including rapid follow-ups.

We'll find out soon if Tiger Woods will be playing Southwind next week. Just to help the cause, we put together the definitive Memphis gift bag.

Gov. Bill Lee said the state, which began its new fiscal year on July 1, has enough money to start the education savings account program for the 2020-21 school year. His decision to work toward an early rollout caught even some staff members in his education department off guard. 

The revival of Overton Square, coupled with its parking garage, has made nearby properties the target of acquisition by developers.

State lawmakers are concerned rushing the Education Savings Account program could cause problems in delivery of state funds to student to enroll in private schools.

Race is a complicated, foreboding and necessary theme to consider in Memphis's 200-year history. It's also more than the city's past. Race is part of the city's eternal present.

Café Society adds steakhouse menu this week; Folk's Folly has special-run Japanese Wagyu; Destination: Delicious dinner is set for Restaurant Iris.

Mud Island River Park was a hive of activity Saturday, as community organization Neighborhood Heroes led Memphis kids in superhero-related activities meant to inspire mental and physical wellness, while the Downtown Memphis Commission threw a party to celebrate summer birthdays. 

The nation's top college prospects believe Memphis belongs in the same discussion as the blue bloods of college basketball, especially Kentucky. 

Business executives with ties to Memphis in May have formed Get Our Riverfront Right to push for reexamination of plans for Tom Lee Park.

Political support for the Tennessee achievement district could be waning. After the district’s high profile leader Sharon Griffin left this month, some state lawmakers are calling for hearings on its future.

With an estimated cost of $400,000 and designed to last 30 years, Arlington’s new Playground of Dreams has opened at Hughes-College Hill Park near the historic Depot Square area of town.

Community activists say they still feel they're being watched and harassed by law enforcement, while a monitoring team says it is trying to ensure Memphis police comply with court-ordered reforms.

Memphis 901 FC rained out in Charleston.

The University of Memphis becomes the latest school to extend a scholarship offer to the rising 2021 star. 

Think of Aretha Franklin or Isaac Hayes in Soulsville, Willie Mitchell in Orange Mound and Dewey Phillips at the Hotel Chisca. A Rufus Thomas statue could go just about anywhere in town and Memphis Minnie and Furry Lewis sure would look good on Beale Street.

Southwind residents Randy and Laurie Higginbotham became advocates for trucking safety after their son Michael was killed when his Jeep struck a U-turning big rig in Memphis in 2014.