Arlington Mayor Mike Wissman presented his annual State of the Town address on Wednesday, highlighting the strides made and the potential for more amentities.

DeSoto County officials head to Jackson on Thursday to lobby state legislators for funds to widen Interstate 55, eliminating a bottleneck where it narrows and making the expressway safer.

A look at how each Memphis defensive position group stacks up in 2023 compared to last year.

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East High School audio-visual students have a new, fully functional studio space where they can get hands-on instruction in broadcasting.

Chef Ryan Trimm has also been named Memphis’ Restaurateur of the Year, and it comes with a big party. 

The legendary Memphis wrestler nicknamed “The King” was hospitalized Monday, Feb. 6, in Florida.

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the Grizzlies win over the Bulls, booing and the NBA trade deadline. 

BlueCross and Methodist leaders are continuing negotiations toward an agreement that could restore access for members covered through employer and individually-purchased health plans. 

The concert, put on by the Iris Collective, features the work of Black and Chinese composers.

If the proposed hotel isn’t under construction at the end of those two years, the permit will expire.

The company chose Memphis for its first U.S. facility.

Among the street names is Piquette Drive, a reference to the Piquette Plant in Detroit where the first Ford Model T was produced.

The city’s sales tax revenue is strong despite concerns of a possible recession when the budget was developed last year.

How much of a difference will the returns of Malcolm Dandridge and Alex Lomax make for the Tigers? 

Southwest Tennessee Community College, John J. Campbell Co. and The Works, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Memphis Bar Association announce promotions and additions.

Ja Morant dug in, Dillon Brooks got booed and the Grizzlies fell behind yet again. Which is when head coach Taylor Jenkins urged his team to “embrace the adversity.” It turned out to be winning advice.

The district’s board of education voted unanimously at its business meeting Tuesday night to hire Hazard, Young, Attea, and Associates to conduct the search.

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Jaren Jackson Jr. was efficient on offense and dominant on defense in a much-needed victory for the Grizzlies on Tuesday night. 

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U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus said during an interview on Politics Nation on MSNBC on Jan. 29 that he extended the invitation to the family.

The city’s chief operating officer says the festival wants a limited-liabilty provision for damages to the park that the city has never granted for past festivals in Tom Lee Park. Everything else has been agreed to.

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St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s $13 billion campus expansion, the largest in its history, is progressing.

Demetrius Haley is one of six officers who have been fired from the police department and one of five who have been charged with second degree murder and other charges related to the death of Nichols. 

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Memphis is hoping to expand ways state money can be used. 

The lawsuit was filed Tuesday, Feb. 7, by Monterrious Harris, 22, with the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. 

“Unquestionably, the level of crime in Memphis is unacceptable. But we will never be able to bring it under control by having police be meaner than the criminals.”