The company returned nearly $4 billion to stockholders as it met its goal to trim $1.8 billion in operating expenses, including $500 million in the Express division.

Using Tennessee Department of Education data, The Daily Memphian created a searchable table of Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) exam scores.

Having mostly recovered from an injury that kept him off the court for a majority of last season, the Grizzlies forward helped spruce up Bickford Park in Memphis, gardening, painting, meeting young students and bagging snacks for kids.

Evan Leake said the town has never truly owned the property and claims the Leake and Irby families bought it after the Civil War.

James “Wes” Blair, currently chief of the Cape Girardeau Police Department, will begin his new role Aug. 12. 

The nation’s highest court has agreed to review a lawsuit that argues a Tennessee law blocking anyone under 18 from receiving transgender-related health care is discriminatory. 

Candidates for suburban races in the Nov. 5 election continue to pull petitions with an interest in various government and school board offices.

The Tillman Cove Apartments, years in the making, had an official ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning, although several tenants have already moved in.

The surprise came to the Memphis City Council Monday night, June 24, with copies of a two-sentence resolution. 

On Monday, Hernandez Govan posted a $250 bail on a suspended license charge and a $2,000 bail on a stalking charge.

A day before the 2024 NBA Draft, Chris Herrington looks at Zach Edey and the second-tier centers, most likely trade candidates and more scuttle on the center market.

If accepted by the city’s aldermen, the drive-thru only coffee shop would be built where a diner currently stands.

A few former Tigers will wait to see where they land when the NBA Draft begins Wednesday.

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Zimmerman is wanted by authorities in at least three states, including Texas for the 2023 murder of Keyanna Shantall Mercer in Houston. 

The restaurant will open a location in Bartlett as part of a big mixed-use development underway on the former site of the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home.

“Adam Clay was always the fat guy. He endured all the humiliations that went along with that. So how did Clay finally lose 100 pounds? With a regular diet of pickleball.”

Christian Moore hit a leadoff homer, Dylan Dreiling went deep for the third time in three games and Tennessee won its first national championship in baseball with a 6-5 victory over Texas A&M in Game 3 of the College World Series finals.

Math and English language arts proficiency varies by race, and MSCS’ scores continue to fall below statewide data. 

The City of Memphis will build a $25 million 21-acre solar photovoltaic system and emergency battery storage backup adjacent to the T.E. Maxson Wastewater Treatment Facility. 

The budget is one of the most pivotal decisions city leaders make annually. It funds day-to-day operations and outlines elected officials' vision and priorities for the next year.

A budget season compromise emerged Monday, June 24, at City Hall. The council takes votes on that and other possible changes in Mayor Paul Young’s budget proposal during the Tuesday council afternoon session.

Since the abortion ban, more than 10,000 individuals have left Tennessee to get abortions. “This is impacting our state in all sorts of ways,” said Ashley Coffield, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi. 

Prosecutors in the case petitioned the court to revoke or increase the suspect’s bond April 12: “Since being released, the state has reason to believe the defendant has been in possession of illegal narcotics and firearms.”