Cedrick Gray will start his new role as director of education in January if the County Commission approves his appointment. 

Memphis City Council members have rejected gas, water and electric rate hikes proposed by Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division. On three separate 3-7 votes Tuesday, the council voted down the rate hikes to take effect in 2019 and again in 2021 across all three divisions of the publicly owned utility.

Memphis City Council members say there were some indications of discord before the rift over filling three vacant council seats. But when the rift settled in for the rest of the year it was a surprising turn.

From tenant and landlord issues to debt collection and family estate problems, Memphis-area attorneys have been providing free legal guidance and services to Memphians for more than a decade through a series of clinics offered at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library.

Students and instructors at L’Ecole Culinaire on Germantown Parkway were taken aback Monday when they were told the school is closing, effectively immediately.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has extended the deadline for Memphians to comment on the future of coal ash at the Allen Fossil Plant in southwest Memphis.

The Knowledge Quest students helping with the reimagining of the Memphis riverfront and Tom Lee Park spent this past summer engaged in a Stanford University-style design thinking lab.

Amazon will build its first fulfillment center in Mississippi, just south of the Tennessee state line.

Here are Saturday's reported high school results along with late results from Friday. For clairifcations, corrections or to report your team's scores, please e-mail jvarlas@dailymemphian.com.

The University of Memphis (8-5, 5-4 American Athletic Conference) appears in a program-record fifth-straight bowl game when they take on Wake Forest (6-6, 3-5 Atlantic Coast Conference) in the Birmingham Bowl at 11 a.m. on ESPN.

Both sides in federal lawsuit over Memphis police surveillance request a year to work out differences outside of court ruling.

University of Tennessee interim President Randy Boyd is searching for better administrative effectiveness within the system’s five campuses, but he said he has no plans to outsource university jobs.

University of Tennessee interim president Randy Boyd is considering seeking more state funding for medicine residencies, an effort to offset stagnant federal dollars and enable the UT Health Science Center to graduate more physicians.

Shelby County Election Commission filed a motion to dismiss a complaint filed by John Barzizza, Germantown mayoral candidate, saying his claims for a recount are without merit.

Tennessee State coach Brian "Penny" Collins grew up an Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway fan. In fact, that's how he got the nickname. Now, they face off Saturday at FedExForum.

Chris Douglas-Roberts, now known as Supreme Bey, is returning to Memphis early next week to start a foundation and host an event to give Christmas gifts to kids. He explains why he's doing it, what he's up to these days and why he declined the university's offer to retire his number. 

Memphis businessman Wei Chen was remembered Friday as an ardent booster of his adopted hometown, which was on full display in his 2011 flight around the world.

If Memphis and Tennessee State foul at their usual rate Saturday, coach Penny Hardaway says fans may need a pillow.

As the Memphis Police Department struggles to catch up with a nationwide movement to reform interrogations, its failure to record lets an accused murderer go free.

A twin-engine jet registered to company owned by a Memphis businessman crashed Thursday in Atlanta, killing all four aboard.

The Shelby County Commission voted to authorize a 30-year, $100 million tax increment financing district for phase I of the $950 million Union Row development Monday, despite a request from Mayor Lee Harris and two county commissioners to delay the vote. 

Kevin Locastro told the onlookers assembled at Lausanne Collegiate School Thursday that he's never been much of a Tennessee fan. But he sure is now.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland won’t officially announce his re-election bid until next month.

Two local colleges are hosting sessions this week for students who found themselves without a school when L'Ecole Culinaire and two local Vatterott Career Colleges campuses closed abruptly on Monday.

A TownePlace Suites by Marriott, designed for longer guest stays, will be built near Ikea in Cordova.