The ballot question would be the second amending the city charter in this election year. Also on the budget are Memphis Area Transit Authority funding and the city’s blight problem.

“Elvis” is the biggest-ever Elvis movie and Elvis is arguably — maybe inarguably — the biggest-ever Memphian. But what will the film ultimately mean for Memphis and one of its most popular tourist attractions? 

The Loeb Fellowship will include a year on Harvard’s campus where all fellows will participate in research, audit courses, convene workshops, and conferences as a way of expanding their work through social engagement.

We look at alternatives to arming teachers and see what’s quacking in Cordova. Plus, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has a new way to recruit students who want to live on-campus.

Leigh Mansberg has unleashed her own entrepreneurial bent to reshape the way JA works, digging down to formularize the can-do energy that was the air she breathed growing up.

While political candidates are required to file financial disclosure documents as part of their campaigns, several have missed deadlines, including in Bartlett.

Gov. Bill Lee said he’s open to arming teachers, despite evidence that when teachers have guns, the risk of gun violence increases. Restorative justice can’t stop violence on its own, but evidence shows it improves students’ grades and behavior.

Metzer Farms Hatchery, located on the outskirts of Cordova, offers ducks, geese and fowl for sale.

Since 2018, 7,500 property owners in Shelby County have fallen victim to this form of identity theft. 

Southwest Tennessee Community College has moved to virtual learning and academic services on Fridays only through Aug. 12, to help students and faculty save money on transportation.

Brian Young moved to Memphis to stage the Tyson-Lewis fight. It was a huge success. But what happened next might be the best part of the story. Without ever expecting it, Young became a dad of five.

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U.S. health officials on Saturday recommended COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots.

While he never directly stated his plan for the next presidential election, throughout his speech Saturday and again during his closing remarks, Trump hinted at the possibility of a second run in 2024. 

Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett was arrested for driving under the influence Friday, June 17 after leaving the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Coffee County.

On “Behind The Headlines,” Memphis City Court Judge Tarik Sugarmon said Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael’s appearance on the show a week earlier looks like a change in Michael’s attitude toward juvenile justice reform but isn’t. 

While students are away on their summer break, officials with DeSoto County Schools are working to accomplish all the duties necessary while classes are out of session.

The former president, the headliner at a conservative political conference on Saturday, offered a preview during a speech in Nashville of what he is likely to say.

The festival at the Pipkin Building celebrates Black-owned businesses.

Juneteenth Douglass Freedom & Heritage Festival kicked off Friday in Douglass Park with yoga, face painting, book giveaways, a petting zoo and more. 

Andrew Z. Murray has worked with the CRA since 2017. 

There are new findings in the Bellevue Baptist sexual abuse case, retail spots are going fast in Germantown’s Thornwood and we offer ideas on how to celebrate Juneteenth in Memphis.

With increased concerns about school safety, Bartlett officials have added funds to the budget to provide police officers in the suburban district schools.

The recount requested by two second-place finishers in the May primaries and approved by the state Democratic party’s primary board did not change the certified results.

Five members of the U.S. Navy Leapfrog Team parachuted onto the front lawn of the Museum of Science and History Thursday, June 16, as part of Memphis Navy Week.

Memphis in May is projecting a record-setting financial loss of roughly $1.9 million for 2022. Its largest loss, previous to this, was in 2020 when the festivities were totally canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.