Preservationist Bill Townsend provides updates for the Luciann Theatre, the Lowenstein Mansion, the Pillow-McIntyre House and the former Masonic Temple.

Also, Thanksgiving Day is this Thursday, and we’ve got your last-minute guides with recipes and tips on where to pick up fully cooked meals.

A planned surge of public-safety resources into Downtown Memphis comes after years of public perception souring on safety in the central business district.

Tennessee needs to spend about $9.8 billion on repairs, upgrades, or construction to keep its K-12 public school buildings safe and conducive to learning, according to a new state report.

At Hawkins Mill Elementary, chronic absenteeism plummeted. And at Trezevant High, graduation rates climbed closer to the district average. Both had been among Tennessee’s bottom 5% for over a decade.

Kids and adults gathered Downtown Saturday for the Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting sponsored by the Downtown Memphis Commission. Photographer Ziggy Mack was there to capture the excitement.

Onlookers at the Memphis Christmas Parade on Saturday talked about how the parade was a nice chance to show off their community spirit, an event to shine a positive light on the vast South Memphis area.

MATA’s interim CEO Bacarra Mauldin addressed the myriad problems facing the transit system, even while noting progress on some fronts.

DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton announced “Operation Final Departure” to help the incoming Trump administration with its vow to deport immigrants. Barton’s effort will focus on inmates in the DeSoto County jail.

The City of Memphis plans to invest additional resources Downtown — including almost 200 more cameras — to make the area safer. 

The TBI is investigating, and the sheriff’s office does not currently believe anyone else was involved in the inmate’s death. 

“I think he was used by his brother,” the prosecutor said after the sentencing. “I think he knew better, and he obviously knew things were fishy and that he shouldn’t be doing these things. He is not a criminal.”

Cameras are coming to Hickory Hill, a new brewery opens in the Edge and we’ve got tips on a stress-free Thanksgiving. 

One of Tennessee’s top Republican leaders says his team will review all of a local judge’s criminal cases following a series of controversial bail decisions.

The town hall addressed two issues before the Shelby County Commission. One would help in expunging juvenile records. while the other would require recording and legal representation for youth during questioning by law enforcement.

“Anything that we can do to deter crime is the issue,” said Miska Clay Bibbs, the Shelby County commissioner who represents District 11, which includes Hickory Hill.

Shelby County Health Department Director Dr. Michelle Taylor said she wants to reinforce established science that shows vaccines protect communities from infectious diseases and fluoride improves dental health. 

Downtown could get a “hamburger tax,” a new center for paralyzed vets is coming to Beale and we tell you why all those ladybugs were in your house early this week.

Amy Eoff will end her time on the Germantown Board of Education this week. She was elected in 2016 and reelected in 2020.

The first three weeks of November continued an October trend of warmer than normal conditions. That streak breaks with this forecast.

An employee of the Rankin County Detention Center confirmed Zimmerman was booked into the facility earlier Wednesday but could not provide further information.

District officials said the money is needed to keep the project on track as it recalculates next steps for the stalled Cordova high school.

This has been the second attempt to remove the Shelby County clerk. 

Mayor Paul Young hears of concerns regarding a road infrastructure project, as well as blight and crime, during his final One Memphis event of the year.

The City of Memphis is eyeing a single-item tax on food and other items sold Downtown to fund the district’s security, beautification and assistance for the area’s unhoused population.