As part of a long-term survival strategy, Christian Brothers University is considering a partnership with a sister campus located outside of Chicago. 

The faith-based school expanded in 2013, but it’s looking to grow again.

A trial date is forthcoming in the federal criminal case against Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. 

The Shelby County government budget season opens Wednesday, May 14, in County Commission committee sessions. There is more than dollar figures and the county property tax rate at stake.

MSCS sues over a hacking incident, Bartlett’s Union Depot may get bigger and the NBA Draft Lottery wasn’t great for the Grizzlies. 

Four Youth Villages staffers previously had been indicted for facilitation of aggravated child abuse and facilitation of reckless homicide in the death of 17-year-old Alegend Jones.

The software company stores personal information for students and their families, including addresses and Social Security numbers. 

After a stellar performance run in New York, The Central High School jazz band came home with a first-place win. 

Riverbeat beat last year’s numbers, Union Avenue’s blue dogs are mostly gone and we try to determine who invented barbecue nachos. 

The firm has done work on stadium renovations around the country, including the Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home of the Indianapolis Pacers.

Who created barbecue nachos? Well, it depends on who you ask, and be careful if you do ask because both sides are feisty about the answer.

The Central High jazz band did it. They defeated bands from across the country — and around the world — to win the Essentially Ellington contest in New York. And, yes, there were many tears.

Also happening this week: Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris brings his budget to County Commission, and a new Pilates studio opens.

“I am excited to grow creative collaborations around environmental humanities, especially care for water as our lifeblood,” Gretchen E. Henderson said.

The Central High jazz band continued to blaze through New York, advancing to the finals of the Essentially Ellington contest. Said Ollie Liddell, the band’s director: “We play with the spirt of the city, man.” 

The U.S. senator from New Jersey sat down for an exclusive interview with The Daily Memphian before delivering the commencement address to the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law graduating class.

“I think you could hear a pin drop in the courtroom when the judge read out the verdict: ‘not guilty, not guilty, not guilty,’ seven times, not guilty for each officer,” Memphis journalist Katherine Burgess said.

Eight-year-old Landon Binkley was hospitalized from November 2023 to February 2024. Former Tennessee Titans and current Memphis Showboats cornerback Eric Garror has been in his life ever since. 

Last year UTHSC identified a $15.5 million budget gap, and Raaj Kurapati, UTHSC executive vice chancellor and chief operating officer, said $12.5 million of it has been addressed.

A former CEO of the nation’s largest waste-management company who currently serves on the FedEx board of directors will take over control of the U.S. Postal Service.

Chamber claims xAI is “demobilizing turbines,” Tops Bar-B-Q is smoking again on Summer and we meet Jaylen Wells’ mom.

Memphis’ Medical Education and Research Institute is growing, but it needs additional storage space to accommodate that growth, including whole human body donations.

The family of Tyre Nichols and local activists gathered Thursday to protest Wednesday’s not guilty verdict against the three former Memphis police officers charged with killing him in 2023.

A century to the day that Tom Lee rescued 32 people from the Mississippi River, the Memphis hero was honored across the city. “To see a man that did so much so long ago still be recognized today — It’s awesome.”

More than 50 residents and supporters of Frayser came together Thursday in something of a pep rally for the community following two recent episodes of gun violence. And two specific items were mentioned that could provide some encouragement for residents.