Dean Jernigan founded Storage USA in Memphis in 1984 before selling it and now will become a consultant for his latest self-storage company that bears his name.

Good morning! It's Tuesday, Dec. 17. Today is the Memphis City Council's final meeting of the year, and FedEx has an earnings call this afternoon. 

The eight-unit apartment building at Kansas and Waldorf from the 1950s got an extensive rehab with state funding and some donations after sitting vacant for 20 years.

The goal of the program is to increase the number of minority and women developers locally. 

At Caritas Community Center & Cafe, Christmas dinner for the needy will include appetizers and a three-course meal.

The Penn State defense presents a tall task for the Memphis offense in the Dec. 28 Cotton Bowl Classic. But that is only one aspect of the balanced Nittany Lions.

The City Council could also Tuesday revisit its decision two weeks ago to reject a solid waste fee hike. Mayor Jim Strickland said no fee hike could lead to laying off sanitation workers and scaling back garbage pickups of curbside trash. The combination with the MLGW rate hike proposal could cause the council to do either/or but not both.

The senator has focused relentlessly on education and health policy, working to enact the sort of important legislation that Congress is supposed to deal with instead of attacking or defending the president’s conduct. 

Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Courtney Rogers is considering “rare exceptions” for burying soldiers on weekends, a situation stemming from the state's refusal to hold services for Maj. Trevor Joseph of Collierville on a weekend when more family and friends could attend.

Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Brandon Clarke combined for 50 points as the Grizzlies beat the Miami Heat for their fourth win in their past five games. 

FedEx says Amazon could hurt small businesses by banning the e-commerce giant's third-party sellers from shipping Prime packages through FedEx Ground and FedEx Home Delivery networks starting this week.

The proposal would raise teachers' starting salary to $45,000. Those with master’s degrees ultimately could make a salary as high as $74,000, and teachers with doctorates almost $84,000.

Horn Lake man identified through rape kits to six sexual assaults in Memphis over a seven year period. 

ChenMed plans to open multiple locations in each of its five new markets, including three in Memphis.

Mac Edwards is feeding artists in residence and getting ready to update the bar menu, but has plans for more that could include feeding the public at Crosstown Arts again.

Roshun Austin, Noah Gray, and Steve Lockwood discuss the efforts in their respective communities towards neighborhood development and revitalization with reporter Bill Dries and Behind The Headlines host Eric Barnes.

Delta Air Lines will add a Salt Lake City nonstop from Memphis International Airport next July, its first new destination from Memphis since it ceased hub operations in 2013.

Chantal Hassard and John Pugliese were 20-something Vancouverites when the Grizzlies moved to Memphis in 2001. As the franchise celebrates its 25th anniversary, they're now VPs on the team's basketball and business sides, helping build a new era.

Forever Young Senior Veterans returned 14 veterans, ages 93 to 102, to Belgium in September to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. On these Trips of Honor, the goal is to return the men to the exact locations where they fought.

Whatever you do for your Christmas meal, the time for planning is nigh and at my house, spirits high.

FedEx reports earnings for second quarter fiscal 2020 after U.S. financial markets close on Tuesday, Dec. 17. Analysts expect earnings to be down nearly 30% from a year earlier.

For years sickle cell has been treated simply with pain medicine, but new research breakthroughs are producing therapies that can really attack the disease and improve lives.

Funding is in place for a short-term fix for Shelby County's records "catastrophe" and Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford has plans for a long-term solution.

Lawmakers will try to derail Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account law in 2020 amid “suspicions” about whether some lawmakers were offered perks for supporting it.

The fourth part of our series marking the bicentennial of the city's founding takes us to some of the more complex chapters of Memphis history, a few sports legends, artists, corporate innovators and two years of profound change.