With an eye toward prepping the Memphis Regional Megasite for its next potential suitor, the State Building Commission has approved a $500,000 site consulting contract to ensure it doesn’t miss out on another jobs deal.

Based on the Shelby County Election Commission's number of provisional ballots from Germantown precincts, it appears unlikely challenger John Barzizza can overcome the 127-vote lead of incumbent mayor Mike Palazzolo.

The winner of this year's Tennessee Titans Mr. Football award in Division 2-AAA will come from Memphis. The only question remaining is which of three local standouts will take home the state's top prize.

The Memphis-based Church of God in Christ's annual holy convocation is coming home to Memphis from St. Louis in 2021-2023. Church leaders voted Monday to bring the annual convention back to Memphis for three years starting in 2021. It will continue to be hosted in St. Louis until then.

Joe Ingles scored 19 points, Rudy Gobert added 15 points and 16 rebounds and the Utah Jazz won their third straight, 96-88 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.

When Tonya Dyson was little, she recalls, grandmothers were the protectors of the neighborhood. They would be there when the school bus pulled up at the end of the day and would keep a watchful eye until suppertime, making sure all the little ones were safe and cared for.

More than 100 people stood in the cold in downtown Memphis on Saturday, Nov. 10, to protest President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew G. Whitaker as acting U.S. Attorney General, a move that many across the country believe will threaten the investigation of special counsel Robert S. Mueller.

With a hand up from FedEx’s pioneering black aviators, Albert Glenn reached his profession’s pinnacle flying wide-body air freighters around the world.

From digital payment transactions to streaming television shows, advances in technology over the past several decades have changed the way the world does business, consumes media and even gives to charity. ALSAC, the fundraising and awareness organization for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, realizes that to keep up, it too must evolve.

Rosalind Harrison has made history twice in the last year with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

Crowded parking decks and longer security lines await Thanksgiving week travelers at Memphis International Airport.

Penny Hardaway’s final assignment at the University of Memphis – the final assignment before he could get his degree – was a paper on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”

Memphis’ (6-4, 3-3 American Athletic Conference) blowout of Tulsa (2-8, 1-5 AAC) was a season-best performance for the Tigers defense.

Memphis (6-4, 3-3 American Athletic Conference) rolled over Tulsa (2-8, 1-5 AAC) 47-21 Saturday afternoon. 

The largest mixed-use development in Memphis history goes public this week, promising to transform a haggard Downtown gateway with apartments, stores, restaurants, a hotel, office towers, parking structures, green spaces, even a half-acre park perched over a roadway like a rooftop.

Strange as it seems for a program that's won two state championships since 2012, but Whitehaven has been flying under the radar. Fairly or unfairly though, the Tigers showed they're back where they belong on Friday.

There are plans to construct a building for Grind City Brewing Co. in Uptown, according to a building permit application filed this week.

Tunica is no longer the only nearby destination for casino lovers. In Tuesday’s midterm elections, Arkansans voted to approve licenses for four casinos statewide, including Southland Park Gaming & Racing in West Memphis.

New Memphis president and CEO Nancy Coffee is transitioning into a new role after 15 years at the organization's helm.

After nearly 40 years with the Memphis Zoo, CEO Chuck Brady has announced his retirement, effective April 2019.

Shelby County lawmakers are trying to figure out what direction Gov.-elect Bill Lee will take on everything from criminal justice reform to health care and school vouchers. But at least one legislator says the next governor could face tough sledding with the General Assembly even from those in his own party.

He’s responsible for handwritten notes and extras that pamper Hotel Napoleon guests: chocolates and champagne, or rose petals scattered on the beds of people celebrating anniversaries.

Senate District 31 Democratic candidate Gabby Salinas, down by 1,520 votes to Republican incumbent Brian Kelsey, is falling well shy of the number of provisional ballots needed to put her on top.

You know what school hasn’t been to five straight bowl games?

Downtown Dining Week ushers in its 10th year Monday with more than 50 restaurants, about triple the number it started with back in 2008. But all those extra choices will cost you: This year a three-course dinner is $20.18, up 10 cents from $20.08 when it started.