Gibson is a former Shelby County Commissioner who founded Gibson Companies, which has been involved in several economic development projects.

Two of the co-defendants in the case are half brothers. 

Memphis Tigers admit to recruiting violations, state DCS faces damning audit and Sylvamo Corp. opens a new global HQ.

A Tennessee comptroller audit on the Department of Children’s Services concluded that allegations of sexual abuse went uninvestigated, as did accusations of misconduct by contractors.

GMSD was the fourth and final vote by a government entity needed to approve the agreement regarding Germantown namesake schools operated by Memphis-Shelby County Schools within the suburb’s boundaries. 

According to authorities, Mark Coleman said he was assaulted by Wesley Caldwell while playing golf at the Links at Whitehaven. 

Memphis-Shelby County Schools is now one step closer to getting the funding it needs for a new high school in the Cordova area.

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Judge Andre Mathis replaced Donald on the federal appellate court.

The 11 who made the noon Thursday, Dec. 15, filing deadline are all in the Jan. 24 Democratic primary in the predominantly Democratic district. No one filed in the companion Republican primary.

The August crash killed firetruck driver David Pleasant and left three other firefighters injured. 

Missing U of M student’s body is found, Shelby County home sales are down and there’s a hot property in Collierville.

The Back the Blue 901 initiative is sponsored by more than a dozen businesses and citizens. 

The 8-5 vote by the commission came after an emotional debate and crossed party lines. It is the second of four votes on the deal that would transfer the namesake elementary and middle buildings to Germantown’s school system and greenlight the sale of Germantown High.

With a pink stethoscope draped around her neck, Lorna Golden heads to work at Career Tech West in Horn Lake to help her students “find their passion.”

Barshay Wilson was a nursing student at the University of Memphis and was set to graduate Sunday, Dec. 11. 

Walter Bailey Jr. gets a portrait, James Lewellen gets a room at Town Hall and Germantown students react to 3Gs deal.

A redistricting committee explores whether City Council members seeking reelection on the October 2023 Memphis ballot take a hand in redrawing their district lines.

Bailey is perhaps best known as a lawyer representing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the sanitation workers’ strike of 1968, and also took on several high-profile legal battles to desegregate Memphis schools.

The Shelby County Commission meets Wednesday, Dec. 14, to talk about making an appointment to the State House District 86 seat ahead of the special elections.

Constance Abbey’s founder is paralyzed, Damaria Franklin is ruled eligible for the Tigers and JJJ puts blocks on the Hawks.

As Mayor Jim Strickland formally opened the Memphis Sports and Events Center on Saturday, he had a contract on his desk for the commercial mixed-use development along Central Avenue.

The certified vote totals from the November election show an increase in the number of provisional ballots cast and counted compared to the August elections. The votes added didn’t change any of the outcomes on the November ballot, but they did boost the turnout to 34.4%.

Germantown was the first of four government bodies to approve an agreement transferring two of the 3Gs to the suburb’s school system.

Roger Wolcott, 74, and his wife, Margery, started Constance Abbey in 2013 to meet the needs of homeless people by living among them.

Attorneys for the City of Memphis want a judge to dismiss rape victim Alicia Franklin’s lawsuit, contending MPD owed Alicia Franklin no duty to investigate to the extent she wanted.