Former bank CEO is sentenced over child porn charges, Morant Trade Watch is on and you can eat barbecue for breakfast.

The building is locked, the parking lot is empty and no music is being made at Ardent Studios, a piece of music history that once hosted acts like ZZ Top, the Replacements, Isaac Hayes, Bob Dylan and R.E.M.

Working a few lots at a time with different developers, the City of Memphis is beginning to connect the vacant lots in North Memphis neighborhood to form a pattern of redevelopment.

The renovated Bickford Aquatic Center opened Thursday, June 4, in North Memphis just in time for summer.

Robert Hartheimer, 69, was arrested last year for using dating app Grindr to solicit sex with a 15-year-old boy, according to the criminal complaint.

The inmate was arrested May 27 after allegedly stealing $258.91 in merchandise from a local TJ Maxx.

Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn officially launched her campaign Thursday, June 4, for the U.S. House of Representatives in Tennessee’s 8th Congressional District.

The feds make Memphis a model, U of M students are about to pay more and a local Broadway star heads to the Orpheum stage.

Spoiler alert, in some cases, it’s no.

Cities are encouraged to apply for a portion of $300 million in federal money to reduce crime, but that money comes with strings attached in terms of anti-immigration efforts.

A ceremony is planned for Memphis judge Jon McCalla and his wife Mary, a well-known physician.

Shelby County commissioners talked Wednesday, June 3, about leaving the county property tax rate at $2.69. It’s a discussion they’ve had in past budget seasons with different rates. But this year’s decision may be different.

U of M in-state undergraduate students, the largest group of students at the school, will pay $11,760 in tuition and fees for the 2026-27 academic year.

Elvis Presley Boulevard roadwork has years to go, the Aug. 6 ballot is getting longer and a new gas station is coming to Poplar/Highland.

Why does it matter that the wrecking balls are coming for 495 Union? Because it’s not just a building that is being destroyed. An institution is imperiled, too.

The former seminarian now faces decades in prison.

University of Memphis tuition is set to increase for all students, with in-state undergrad costs for the 2026-2027 academic year rising 4.48%, or $504.

A Shelby County judge has moved up his retirement date, so the Election Commission is adding a race for his position to the other five already on the ballot. 

And other curious happenings at the Memphis City Council. 

New bill targets child predators, a Germantown man pushes for more disc golf and Hardaway is building chemistry.

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and the county administration say they agree on dollar figures, but not a solution to the dispute. 

Halbert lost the Democratic primary for Criminal Court Clerk on the May 5 ballot by 126 votes to state Rep. Joe Towns Jr.

Following the arrest of a DeSoto County teacher last week, a Mississippi state senator has proposed legislation aimed at combating child predators.

Allen entered a guilty plea in Poinsett County Circuit Court on May 27.