Creating the authority would require City Council and County Commission approval. The task force will also ask that all Shelby County Land Bank-owned properties in Orange Mound be turned over to the authority.
The Loews Hotel plan would replace the back part of the historic Central Police Station with meeting and event, delivery and parking spaces.
Jeremiah Martin issued a reminder to his former team that no matter how bright the lights get Saturday, don’t try to be more than what makes you Memphis.
A trio of leaders of community development corporations on "Behind The Headlines" say the long-term Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines should give them and others working on nonprofit catalysts more of a voice in how the city grows.
Aspire Public Schools superintendent Nick Manning talks about Aspire’s new local control model and the relationship between charter school operators and Shelby County Schools.
Combination of home sales and price increase puts Bluff City in top 10 of U.S. housing markets for 2020 in what otherwise is expected to be slower year.
State Sen. Brian Kelsey and House Minority Leader Karen Camper are sponsoring legislation that would allow the zoo to sell alcoholic beverages during regular operating hours.
A developer on Wednesday filed for a construction permit to build a $124.2 million "sort facility/warehouse" that Amazon declines to confirm.
Good morning; it’s Thursday, Dec. 12. Tonight, students from Memphis’ Stax Academy will appear on “Ellen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways.” There will also be a vigil near Raleigh to remember victims of gun violence.
With the closing of the Racquet Club, the Memphis tennis teams are playing home matches at various locales as the wait for completion of renovation on Leftwich Tennis Center.
Rizzo’s by Michael Patrick resumed lunch service last week and launched a new menu on Wednesday.
Original Big Star band member Jody Stephens will be joined by an ensemble of the band's musician fans for a tribute concert Sunday at Crosstown Theater.
MVP effort in state-title game sends ECS linebacker Andrew Agapos to the head of this week's list of top performers.
A $7 increase for enhanced trash collection stalled in a City Council vote. If the increase isn’t approved, 199 full-time Solid Waste employees will lose their jobs.
The Memphis Bar Association gave its Judge Jerome Turner Lawyer's Lawyer Award to Charlie Newman, the conservationist-minded lawyer at Burch, Porter & Johnson whose work has changed the city's landscape.
Ja Morant had been searching for a poster dunk all season. He found it in the final minute at Phoenix as the Grizzlies were protecting a four-point lead. His unfortunate co-star: Suns center Aron Baynes.
Marlon Blackwell, who designed the buildings for the "Heart of the Park" renovation, has received the 2020 Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects.
Adam Fuller will follow Mike Norvell to Florida State.
Four women at Shelby County Jail East accomplished a milestone in their lives Wednesday, Dec. 11. They became high school graduates through the HopeWorks program for prisoners.
Memphis and Shelby County grab the attention of the Beacon Center in its annual Pork Report focusing on government spending for private projects, much of it targeting funds and incentives handed out by EDGE.
The Downtown Memphis Commission has pulled from the agenda of its Thursday, Dec. 12, meeting a proposed bylaws change limiting appeals of design review board decisions to project applicants.
Plans for the $89.3 million Reserve at Oaksedge, near Dixon Gallery & Gardens, may take "a different direction."
The only countywide election of 2020 in Shelby County has drawn more than a dozen potential candidates for a position most citizens know little about. The political scramble for the office of General Sessions Court Clerk began in November when incumbent clerk Ed Stanton Jr. told his staff he would not be seeking a third full term.
Boyce is averaging six minutes per game for the Tigers this season.
The schools had enrolled more students than their contracts with the district allowed.