The child and family services agency has expanded efforts to reach both children and parents before a foster parent option must be considered.

At 25, KIPP Academy's Terrance Ayers will be the youngest football coach in Shelby County this season. But he's learned from some of the best.

The County Commission's budget committee discussed potential next steps in the budget process when it reconvened Wednesday morning. 

Roy Nixon began his career as a lawman with Memphis police and later went into politics becoming Shelby County first mayor under a new form of government where he built relationships with other city leaders. 

Riding a five-game unbeaten streak, Memphis 901 FC is looking forward to getting back on the pitch Saturday.

A Memphis emergency physician is transforming the vacant Easy Way grocery store in Bartlett into an urgent care center. 

Rev. Ayanna Watkins says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast the group is working on its own and within the political process toward change that is part evolution and part disruption.

Dr. Karen C. Johnson is among principal investigators on a six-year nationwide diabetes prevention clinical trial that released findings today at the American Diabetes Association’s 79th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco.

Brad Anderson left the University of Memphis as basketball trainer last month. Meanwhile, former Phoenix Suns assistant Cody Toppert appears to be the next assistant coach on Penny Hardaway's staff

FedEx said Friday it will discontinue a FedEx Express contract to carry Amazon packages in the U.S. domestic market after June 30. 

If you thought the most popular Grizzlies fan account on Twitter couldn't be the work of a young woman who started it when she was just 12, consider yourself enlightened.

FedEx has reaffirmed it won't make annual incentive compensation payments to employees and top executives alike for the fiscal year that ended May 31, "in response to challenging business conditions."

Roy Nixon was Shelby County mayor less than two years, but it was his attitude toward the 4,500 acres at the Shelby County Penal Farm that led to a vision of that expansive land as a park.

Most of us believe the Second Amendment gives us the unfettered right to own practically any type of weapon – high powered or otherwise – along with unlimited ammunition and accessories to go with it. The Virginia Beach shooter had several extended magazines that allowed him to continuously fire at his victims and responding police officers.

With six weeks left to file qualifying petitions, the number of likely candidates in Memphis elections is on par with four years ago, with a dozen contenders having pulled petitions for the city mayor's race so far.

The Downtown Memphis Commission Design Review Board unanimously approved a plan to unify all elevations of the former Gibson Guitar Factory with brick, windows and black steel, but some members have questions about signage planned by new tenant FedEx Logistics. 

Developers will seek a single-site tax increment financing district for the 55-acre, mixed-use development along the Wolf River Harbor in Uptown.

In an effort to increase the hourly wage for its lowest-paid employees, the University of Memphis board of trustees has approved an across-the-board pay raise for all faculty and staff. 

Yolanda Dandridge is leaving for charter operator Memphis Scholars. She will take charge of the Memphis-based charter organization’s Caldwell Guthrie Elementary School. She’s been at Georgian Hills as a teacher, assistant principal and principal since 2013. 

Erling’s bartender Maggie McLendon ordered cherry blossoms from Japan for her cocktail; we’ll give you a break on that.

The final worship service for Grimes Memorial United Methodist Church is Sunday. A developer has bought the property that has featured a large, religious mural seen by Summer Avenue travelers for 37 years.

Were it not for matching American Diabetes Association T-shirts, it would be hard to distinguish between kids playing just to play and those learning how to manage their diabetes. 

There is no immediate move to sell Confederate monuments removed from two Memphis parks until all appeals by Sons of Confederate Veterans, which is contesting the sale of the parks and the statues' removal, are exhausted. 

Shelby County House Republicans say Speaker Glen Casada is wearing out his welcome with an Aug. 2 resignation date, with two contending he should step down immediately as caucus leaders push for an earlier time frame for a special session to replace him.

Vatterott Career College’s shuttered culinary school in Cordova will reopen this summer as an extension of the University of Memphis Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality & Resort Management.