Just days after placing in a regional spelling bee, one Richland student was shocked to learn she’d won a national soap-dispenser design contest during a schoolwide celebration.

Polling by Voices for a Safer Tennessee suggests most Tennesseans support the moderate gun laws they are proposing, like universal background checks.

Bartlett’s American Paper Optics is on a mission to bring eye safety to millions of people viewing the April 8 total solar eclipse. Small Business Administration official Isabel Guzman visited the company Wednesday, March 27. 

The lawsuit accuses Collierville of an illegal denial, causing harm to site trustee Bob Cartwright.

Passenger counts were up 19.2% in 2023, a record year at Memphis International Airport, and there’s talk of possible new flights (think Raleigh-Durham, perhaps San Francisco).

Lakeland officials say the necessity of finishing a road could help ease traffic in some nearby neighborhoods.

The Triple-A Memphis Redbirds open their 2024 season Friday at AutoZone Park with several gift giveaways games planned and postgame fireworks shows scheduled.

Senior Seth Henigan and transfer Mario Anderson are among the topics of discussion as Frank Bonner II, Tim Buckley and host Greg Gaston talk spring football on The Daily Memphian Tigers Podcast with Greg Gaston.

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Melissa Boyd, who had been out on a $5,000 bond since Dec. 13, was taken into custody Wednesday.

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The bill that would help fund FedExForum renovations by allowing Shelby County to reallocate hotel-motel tax dollars to the project cleared its first legislative hurdle on Wednesday, March 27.

First-time pass rate dipped to 65% in 2022 at Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. Efforts in 2023 brought it up more than 10 percentage points. 

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Davion Ross missed 11 of 13 games last year with a season-ending injury to his right arm in what was supposed to be his final year of eligibility. 

Collierille’s mayor and aldermen got a first look at conceptual floorplans for the library expansion on Monday afternoon.

The Urology Group is working on its space along Wolf River Boulevard, while Poplar Towers gets a new tenant. Plus, a church is opening an event center.

Gill Family Law firm and Obsidian Public Relations announce an addition and promotion.

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The former superintendent departed under an investigation into allegations that he abused power and violated district policies. 

The youthful St. George’s Gryphons score early and often against visiting ECS, winning a 14-3 run-rule game.

City leaders get an earful from Frayser citizens at Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s third “One Memphis” forum. 

Richard Kinley II played in 40 career games at MTSU. He only participated in three spring practices at Memphis. 

Cohen secured $1.9 million in federal funding for MPD — half for surveillance cameras and the other half for officer equipment. 

The former Commercial Appeal facility was recently split into two entities: an office building and a warehouse.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young told hundreds of community stakeholders during a two-day conference that violence plaguing the city can’t be combatted by flooding the streets with police officers. 

The vote coincides with Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Melissa Boyd’s pending criminal case, a conviction that could put her law license at stake.

The $80 million, which will be divided among 85 awardees statewide, represents just a portion of the total settlement money the state will receive from opioid producers, distributors, pharmacies and marketers over an 18-year period.