The Board of Trustees recommends that Memphis Theological Seminary shut its doors in 2026.

Bellevue Tennis Center would also get renovation funds.

Days after being taken off probation by its accrediting body, CBU eliminates another 16 faculty positions

Can an African elephant make the correct call on a contest between Bearcats and Midshipmen?

Before the vote on Tuesday, multiple council members raised the city’s fiscal condition. 

Officials in Bartlett and Arlington are hoping to entice developers to breathe life into vacant land and fund critical infrastructure needs.

“This case presents a stark example of legislative punishment masquerading as election reform,” attorneys wrote in the lawsuit filed in Shelby County Chancery Court on Monday, Dec. 15.

The move closes a six-year chapter that started with a state investigation into the school’s finances.

XAI gets to keep its turbine permit, the County Commission is keeping tabs on Wanda Halbert and JJJ is back to his old self.

Today, we’re talking to enterprise reporter Laura Testino about her first-hand look inside the facility and what the district hopes to accomplish. 

The letter apologized for the contentious nature of the debate over a raise for firefighters, but also said the raise would not matter much. 

While Halbert is now cooperating, County Commission Chair Shante Avant said she may call a special meeting of the body if the cooperation stops. 

With no more scheduled meetings and winter break rapidly approaching, it looks like around 35 Memphis schools will go without cleaning starting Jan. 1, 2026.

When or if three former Memphis police officers convicted federally in the death of Tyré Nichols will receive a new trial remains up in the air. So where does that leave the two who pleaded guilty? 

Former bank CEO Robert “Bob” Hartheimer will plead guilty to a series of child pornography charges.

Crime keeps dropping. Police say major offenses fell again in November, reaching their lowest level in nearly three years.

At a hearing that displayed a clash of environmental activism and the city’s business establishment, the Air Pollution Control Board said the controversial air emissions permit will stand. But it may come with a policy change.

A replacement has not yet been named.

It’s the last full, holiday-free week of the year and time to get business done.

East Memphis liquor store gives license another shot, sheriff’s deputies will train under ICE and the cobblestones are finally restored.

The Memphis Trousers Affair: One night in 1986, a former Australian prime minister endured his worst day in the Bluff City.

The city needs sales-tax growth at Liberty Park to pay bonds at the Memphis Sports and Events Center. To generate that tax growth, it needs hotel and apartments to become something more than hypothetical. 

Also happening this week: MSCS holds a meeting on the possible closure of Georgian Hills Elementary School.

The commission votes on a resolution that asks County Clerk Wanda Halbert to cooperate with the regular audit of county finances. Auditors say Halbert isn’t cooperating as a Dec. 31 state law nears.

The present St. Patrick Catholic Church was built in 1905 but the congregation dates back to 1866 on the same property south of FedExForum.