Memphians volunteered across the Bluff City Monday, Jan. 20, to lend hands and serve the community in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy.

Shelby County Schools board members heard arguments from district staff and from Memphis Business Academy Middle, Memphis College Preparatory Elementary and Veritas College Preparatory ahead of a Jan. 28 vote to renew their 10-year contracts.

Midway through his rookie season, Ja Morant's flirtations with the impossible have changed the notion of what constitutes a "highlight play" in the NBA. 

Chocolate Fantasy is back for its 35th year at Agricenter on Saturday. If you have a taste for something else, pasta, pizza, hot dogs, cheese and brews are on the menus at other events this week. 

For one couple, gastric bypass surgery led to renewed energy, more joy. 

On this King Day 2020, the 91st birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we do what we do every year. Lift his voice, his ideals, his teachings, his brilliance, his strategic leadership, his love for his family and mankind that put much of what we’re going through and need to change in perspective.

Memphis National Cemetery may be surrounded by obstacles that could keep visitors away, but the park-like burial grounds are undergoing a $10 million upgrade to make it easier to celebrate and pay respects to the heroes buried there.

The City of Memphis ended 2019 with 191 homicides — an increase of nearly 3% from the previous year, according to homicide data released by the Memphis Police Department.

Briarcrest Christian two-sport athlete Rodney Newsom will walk-on to the Tigers football team.

The vice president talked of Trump administration gains during a speech at Holy City Church of God In Christ in Raleigh after touring the National Civil Rights Museum. 

As is customary in Memphis, Martin Luther King Day celebrations are often considered a “day on, instead of a day off.” Here are several opportunities to immerse yourself, friends and family in service and leadership during the holiday.

Young stars Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. get the hype, but the Grizzlies' youngish veterans - most notably Jae Crowder and Solomon Hill - have provided a winning influence. 

Kansas City, Missouri, could soon be the first major city to offer free bus service. But Memphis isn't there yet.

'We must be a unified and united body. If we are not, we run the risks of watering down our legislative authority and allowing outside entities comprised of individuals not elected by the citizens of Memphis, essentially, to make legislative and budgetary decisions.' 

Adding Phillip May to Pinnacle's team in Memphis could mean more bankers and growth in the future.

If you see some of the old Memphis Grizzlies in the Tennessee Titans, that's not an accident. The offensive coordinator is native Memphian Arthur Smith. 

The fourth march drew a crowd of 250 who marched from Clayborn Temple to the National Civil Rights Museum and reflected a variety of causes and identities. 

There are a lot of factors that go into predicting where the Tigers can land in the NCAA postseason bracket. Here's a breakdown of the calculations used to determine seeding.

Robert Donati of Future901 says the local PAC has a long-term strategy to do for Democrats what money from statewide campaigns has long been expected to do for down-ballot races. On the Daily Memphian Politics Podcast he talked about growing the pool or regular campaign contributors.

A select group of local high school students is getting an inside look at the health care industry and the wide variety of careers available thanks to a new workforce development program at Saint Francis Hospital-Bartlett.

The marker unveiled late last year offers a more detailed view of the 1830s relocation of five southwest Native American groups by treaty and by force. Most of those groups used a route that took them through Memphis, to the river's edge and west to exile.

Amtrak is hoping to add a Memphis line from Illinois and possibly create a Memphis-to-Nashville line and another from Nashville to Atlanta as it tries to tap into growth in the Southeast.

Ja Morant loves Murray State. Murray State loves Ja Morant. There is a hopeful lesson for Memphis in this, too. 

The Grizzlies improved to 20-22 and extended their winning streak to seven games with a 113-109 win over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers.

Commissioners talk about new voting machines next week, and the election commission plans to buy and begin using new voting machines this election year – but so far the focus has been on paper trails and not paper ballots to mark.