Billy Ray Turner, the man accused of fatally shooting retired NBA star Lorenzen Wright, was sentenced Thursday to 16 years behind bars on separate gun charges. 

Germantown is opening its first school uninherited from Shelby County Monday. The school is on the cusp of welcoming its first group of students.

Brady McBride, who was serving as the primary backup to starting quarterback Brady White, is leaving the Memphis football program.

Highland Axe & Rec plans to open at 525 S. Highland on Sept. 4. And The Find furniture store is returning to the Strip while keeping its larger store in Regalia shopping center.

Coach Mike Norvell said Memphis football's best players have naturally been the team's biggest competitors. And the daily Coxie-Carter showdown in practice is worth watching.

The Shelby County Commission approved $1.6 million for SkyCops cameras to help with crime prevention in all 13 commission districts, but the details will take time to work out.

Whether the next user of Rust Hall buys the building from Memphis College of Art or leases it from the city, the city of Memphis has a strong say about who gets the keys. 

The upscale consignment sale has both a popular and almost cult following. Stock Exchange is Les Passees’ largest fundraiser and displays some 60,000 items on any given day of its seven-week run.

Veteran chef Spencer McMillin finds purpose and creative outlet in Caritas Village kitchen in Binghampton.

With Democrats from across the nation calling for stricter gun laws in the wake of two mass shootings, state Rep. London Lamar said President Donald Trump planted the seeds for the deadly incidents by fomenting hatred.

Shelby County Schools is not included in a proposed county ordinance to pay workers $15 an hour.

House Speaker nominee Cameron Sexton is opening the door for talks on removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the State Capitol.

A street-closing application to the Office of Planning and Development cites plans for a UPS expansion at Memphis International Airport.

The Grizzlies announced a five-game preseason schedule starting with a trio of home games.

FedEx said Wednesday it will stop delivering Amazon packages via FedEx Ground in the U.S. The Memphis-based carrier previously stopped carrying Amazon packages in its U.S. air network June 30.

This season’s Memphis Tigers basketball team is headed for uncharted waters – literally when they reach the Bahamas next week for their tournament at the Baha Mar resort.

Three council members took a look around the new Foote Park at South City Tuesday with plenty of questions and discussion around the larger issue of how to keep the city's development boom from displacing Memphians.

New UT researcher receives $1.53 million grant for work in autism, schizophrenia. 

A Korean rice bowl makes a nice breakfast or lunch at Sunrise; bi bim breakfast is just bibimbap renamed.

Memphis 901 FC frustrates St. Louis to earn a road draw.

Penny Hardaway described Alex Lomax as “big brother” part of the leadership roles of returning player ahead of his team’s trip to the Bahamas. 

Former University of Memphis football player Ernest Suttles has filed a lawsuit against the school over the way it handled the rape allegations brought against him in 2017. The charges were dismissed last month. 

House Speaker nominee Cameron Sexton found common ground with the Tennessee Black Caucus on items such as criminal justice reform and the state’s new voucher law during a recent Memphis town hall, but he’s on a different wave length on the existence of “institutional racism” in the Legislature.

The Tigers basketball schedule isn't complete yet, but unofficially, the potential games are becoming clear through contracts and other teams' announcements. 

Porter-Leath plans to build a child care center in Frayser and Girls Inc. seeks to build a $4.5 million community garden and learning center by expanding its existing campus nearby.