The bill would prevent public and charter schools from flying any flags except those permitted under the measure. The bill’s sponsor said the measure is meant to prevent schools from flying the LGBTQ+ pride flag. 

All DeSoto County graduations will be held in mid-May at the Landers Center. 

Crime in Memphis trended down across key categories during the first quarter of this year, according to Tennessee Bureau of Investigation data the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission shared Tuesday, April 16.

Since 2017, the MLGW board has allowed for two members who live outside the Memphis city limits, but they don’t get a vote. That could soon change if the City Council and residents agree. 

Senate Bill 2711, sponsored by state Sen. Brent Taylor, was held during the Tennessee Senate’s session Wednesday morning.

News of the formal ask follows Mayor Young telling the public Tuesday that he plans to ask City Council to raise property taxes to fill what could a $30 million budget hole.

Bonner wants out of the juvenile detention business, Germantown is investigating possible arson and a longtime Cooper-Young boutique is closing.

Four years after closing its high school, Immaculate Conception Cathedral School faced continuing challenges and a financial deficit it couldn’t overcome. 

Memphians can clean up parks and trails, party with pollinators, try goat yoga, and do arts and crafts.

Mayor Paul Young had a direct request for Memphis Tuesday: Don’t leave. Here’s why he made the request. And why it made a lot of sense. 

Bonner informed the County Commission of the change via an emailed letter Tuesday, April 16. 

Humes, now a middle school, is exiting a state-run turnaround district after 10 years. Its students will be reassigned to a school in a different part of the city.

“I think it’s time for us to step into a new reality,” he told a crowd of several hundred at Mount Vernon Baptist Church. “I’m going to ask for a tax increase.”

A new law would let some Tennessee barbershops and salons sell and serve drinks, but they’d also need to serve food and have seating. Some Memphis places are interested, while other say it’s a hair don’t.

Even as the Tennessee Legislature inches closer to eliminating the seat, four candidates have applied to run for the Shelby County Criminal Court Division 9 judgeship formerly held by Melissa Boyd.

The Tennessee House passed a bill Tuesday, April 16, that removes a magistrate’s financial consideration from the initial bail-setting process.

The surviving suspect in Friday’s police killing took a plea deal last year, Mike Detroit shares the story of his secret brother and Memphis barbecue gets some Nashville love.

State GOP House lawmakers gave near-final passage to the bill on Monday, putting Tennessee close to joining states such as Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana and North Carolina with similar laws.

National source cites years of issues for the nonprofit charged with helping poor people get legal aid in civil cases. The vast majority of its clients are women. 

The bill approved Monday would also temporarily remove their gun rights if they are ruled incompetent to stand trial due to intellectual disability or mental illness.

During Dana Wilson’s tenure, the signature Bridge Builders grew from 1,200 young leaders to about 5,000. 

In February, the legislature adopted the state’s first official food: hot slaw, a dish popular in the Cleveland area of East Tennessee. But its second official state food is Memphis-based. 

The suspect pleaded “no contest” to three aggravated robberies on March 2, 2023, according to records obtained by The Daily Memphian.

The Tennessee bill says law enforcement agencies and officials “shall” cooperate in various immigration tasks already spelled out in state law, instead of saying they “are authorized” to do so.

Friday shootout leaves one MPD officer dead, Cleotha Abston is found guilty on a rape charge and WLOK’s foundation means the station can live forever.