Shelly Lowe, who was asked to step down as chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities by President Donald Trump in March, is giving a public lecture Thursday.

The multi-year dollar figure comes from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and would fundamentally alter the county’s annual capital budget now at $150 million a year for all capital projects. 

After settling the district after the death of former Arlington Schools superintendent Jeff Mayo, Allison Clark has been rewarded with a four-year contract.

The Zoo wants more money, the Grizzlies lost again and “Sunday supper” comes to Cooper-Young.

To many, xAI is just another chapter in what residents said they think is a legacy of industrial racism and pollution. The debate centers on one central question: Is Colossus worth the cost?

Council Chair Ford Canale and Council member Philip Spinosa are working on a proposal they hope will not draw the attention of Airbnb lobbyists in Nashville who undid some of the regulations council members put in place in 2016.

Disagreements about what kind of authority an appointed board should have over the Memphis school system stopped the bill from advancing before lawmakers adjourned for the year. 

The state governing body for high school athletics is facing the possibility of a government takeover. Or outright dissolution.

A special committee of state lawmakers is expected to hammer out the details of a proposed takeover of Memphis-Shelby County Schools in a final push toward passing the legislation before the Tennessee General Assembly adjourns in the coming days.

Although the capital and operating funds are separate, the new capital projects are expected to push attendance up, which raises more money for the zoo to operate.

Two Texas men were convicted of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering related to the $773,695.45 lost by the City of Memphis during a 2022 phishing scam. 

Arlington officials express concerns about the potential testing route for a proposed driver's license station on U.S. 70.

Lawmakers pause an anti-immigrant education bill, state Constitutional amendments will go to voters and the Overton Park Shell drops its summer line-up.

The Tennessee General Assembly passed three possible amendments, including one that could allow judges to deny bail to defendants accused of certain crimes. 

The move diminishes the chances for the bill to pass this year as lawmakers prepare for a likely adjournment this week.

Collierville Police and Shelby County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference Monday afternoon to talk about possible drink tampering in the suburb’s limits.

The council hears about a proposal to enforce standards for lighting and cleanliness of Downtown parking garages and votes on a move to extend the life of a temporary Downtown surface parking lot at Beale and Main streets.

The Overton Park Shell’s free summer concert series opens and closes with local acts.

Five people were shot in the Medical District, the MPD is being sued over an arrest and we’ve got tips on what to order at Felicia Suzanne’s.

A man wrongfully accused as a teen of murder is now suing the Memphis Police Department for $5 million.

For roughly three decades, the only musicians who played what is now the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium were marching bands. But why?

Also happening this week: The Wolf River Bottoms Task Force meets for the first time, and Tigers football is back.

Five people were shot, one fatally, in a shooting in the Medical District April 19. 

The jail is more packed than it has been in at least five years, and amid the crowding, more inmates are being placed on suicide watch, according to Shelby County Sheriff’s Office data.

Hundreds protested for or against numerous causes at Poplar Avenue and Highland Street on Saturday afternoon, carrying signs denouncing xAI, the Trump administration and one that said simply, “Where do I start?”