Lakeland wants to purchase the sewer assets in the Stonebridge community so the suburb can continue to separate itself from the Memphis system.

On Behind The Headlines, the outgoing University of Memphis president said none of the crises were in academia. He also discussed leveraging sports to fund academic growth and said a Liberty Bowl decision is coming.

The Shelby County will commission fill the vacancy at its March 21 meeting. Most of those who applied for the appointment plan to run for a full four-year term in the August elections.

A second person has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Drew Rainer, a Rhodes College student who was killed last year during a home invasion robbery. 

Kelsey announced the decision in a Twitter post Friday, March 4. The end of the current legislative session in Nashville will mark the end of an 18-year run in Nashville for Kelsey, who first came to the General Assembly as a state House member.

Makeda’s Cookies will permanently close their Airways location, Gov. Bill Lee makes a stop in Memphis, a public art piece is coming down in the Edge District and the Tigers beat the Bulls.

The center in Frayser will bring multiple benefits to the community for everyone from youths to veterans to seniors.

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Ken Moody has got the one-on-one challenge of incumbent Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris he wanted in the May Democratic primary. 

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland and law enforcement leaders are advocating for a state bill that would eliminate parole for people convicted of specific felony offenses, such as attempted murder.

Second term state House Democrat London Lamar moves to the Senate chambers after winning an appointment over nonprofit leader Rhonnie Brewer.

A day after announcing the addition of 20 state troopers to patrol the interstates in Memphis, Gov. Bill Lee Thursday, March 3, reiterated his commitment to invest in law enforcement to make the city safe.

Legislation that would transfer ownership of Germantown’s namesake schools from MSCS to the suburb is under consideration again by state lawmakers.

Bill sponsored by G.A. Hardaway recognizes Black first-graders who integrated four Memphis schools in 1961 as ‘young civil rights leaders.’

Some parents speaking at a hearing in Nashville alleged librarians are helping ‘groom’ children to become desensitized to sexual abuse and pornography.

The closing will leave one Makeda’s Cookies location, a Downtown store at 301 Jefferson Ave.

Memphis City Council backpedals on Venmo for towing fees, The Pinch District project moves forward and Ja Morant breaks more records.

New York-based developer Tom Intrator has also secured funding for his separate, $1.1 billion project in the Pinch District. 

Most of the six people who have applied to fill the vacancy plan to be on the primary ballot in August, seeking a new four-year term past the appointment. 

Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk Heidi Kuhn is holding her 15th expungement clinic for those seeking to clear their criminal records. The clinic will be March 5 at First Baptist Church Broad. 

The vast majority of Tennesseans support medical or recreational marijuana, but Tennessee could be “the last state standing” when it comes to legalization. 

Brent Taylor resigned as chairman of the Shelby County Election Commission this week but didn’t mention a bid for the state Senate. 

“Like many of you, I believe in local control,” state Sen. Sara Kyle of Memphis said.

The increase in THP officers for the city’s interstate system and state highways has been a goal of Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland.

Under the amended ordinance, people would be able to use major credit cards to pay tow truck companies, but the allowed fee will go up to 4%.