Seven Shelby County tracts with industrial development potential are being targeted as part of a state program to build the county’s portfolio of marketable property.

The first executive order issued by President Trump in February 2017 was to reduce crime and restore public safety to communities across the nation.

The Thanksgiving turkeys are not even in the oven yet, but Memphis has already had it's first dusting of snow and residents turned out by the thousands Saturday, Nov. 17, for the annual Whitehaven Christmas Parade and to welcome Santa as he choppered in from the North Pole to visit the Pink Palace and officially open the Enchanted Forest Festival of Trees.

University of Memphis basketball player Karim Sameh Azab died Thursday night, losing his battle with leukemia diagnosed earlier this year.

Every NBA season for every team meanders from fall to spring at an irregular rhythm. Some turns are hard ones (an injury, a trade), other points of departure are only seen in hindsight.

The Shelby County Commission took another step toward rebuilding its relationship with the administration of county government Wednesday.

Former Memphis Bishop Martin D. Holley ruined the fellowship in the local Catholic diocese, spoke disrespectfully of his predecessor – Bishop Terry Steib – and steered the diocese into financial jeopardy before he was asked to resign by Pope Francis, a local monsignor said.

With a proposal to extend City Council term limits rejected, the stage is set for the first significant change on the 13-member council since nine new members were elected in 2007.

Here is a look at Friday's playoff games involving area teams. Division 2 teams are in the semifinals while Division 1 and MHSAA are featuring quarterfinal games this week. Kickoffs are at 7 p.m.

Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen will leave her post in January to take a job as CEO of a nonprofit organization that helps schools attract and keep top-notch teachers.

Memphis River Parks Partnership eliminated the full-time positions of five to six employees at Mud Island River Park as the organization moves to more centralized management of the riverside and prepares for significant changes in the park this spring.

The Grizzlies are coming off a big win in Milwaukee, with an interesting, and potentially telling, stretch of games ahead.

For the first time the city saw the light, at least in a measured way.

At least three Shelby Countians are weighing candidacy for a special election to fill the District 32 Senate seat vacated by Mark Norris for a U.S. District Court judgeship.

With visions of making Germantown’s central business district and surrounding areas more walkable, inviting and safe, several streetscape improvement projects are in progress or envisioned for the suburb.

Students in the Collierville Schools district may not have gotten a day off for the earlier-than-normal dusting of snow Wednesday, but the possibility opened the social media door for some good-natured lobbying of Superintendent John Aitken to postpone classes.

Construction is to start by January on The Flats at Overton Square, part of which will be among the first live/work apartment buildings in Midtown.

Mike Conley scored nine points in the last 3:13 to preserve a late Grizzlies lead in Milwaukee, including a spinning fadeaway in the lane to keep the charging Bucks at bay with under 30 seconds to play.

Two people were killed and 44 were injured when a tour bus headed to Tunica flipped over on an icy section of Interstate 269 in DeSoto County Wednesday afternoon.

Covington businessman Paul Rose is joining the race for the 32nd District Senate seat vacated by Mark Norris, possibly making it a four-person battle for the job.

A light wintry mix of snow and sleet dusted Memphis Wednesday, Nov. 14, causing some schools to close early, a wedding party to take cover, and the city and local businesses to take precautions as winter weather conditions threatened the area on a late fall day.

The University of Memphis announced the signings of class of 2019 forward DJ Jeffries and center Malcolm Dandridge this afternoon. 

To build a vertical village, you might as well start with food on the ground floor. Folks have to eat, and at Crosstown Concourse, where they also live, go to school, work and play, choices about where to dine continue to expand.

Jambalaya, gumbo, lasagna soup, chili, shrimp and crab meat casserole – those are just a small sample of the dishes served up Sunday at Taste of the Boulevard.

On Saturday I joined 100-plus folks in a banquet room at a Holiday Inn, where we spent the day learning how to be a certified Memphis in May barbecue judge.