“I am cautiously optimistic about what we have seen so far,” said Memphis-Shelby County Schools superintendent Joris Ray. 

The ordinance, sponsored by by Republican Commissioner Mick Wright and Democratic Commissioner Van D. Turner Jr., allows people with criminal histories to volunteer to serve. 

MoSH exhibit shares local LGBTQ history, a new podcast features Memphis civil rights veterans and Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. breaks into the fashion business.

Two organizations held a joint press conference Monday to call for the resignation of the MSCS superintendent.

Prices to attend Saturday’s event range from $9 a person to watch a live feed from an overflow room to a $3,995 “presidential” package that was recently changed to a “buy one, get one free” deal.

The state’s education commissioner and others were in Shelby County to see how well programs are helping students stem learning loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The inspections come amid reports of no air conditioning as summer temperatures reach dangerous levels this week.

Suburban mayors are left in the dark on MLGW matters, a former Hickory Hill movie theater will become a school and an emergency response team ‘CARES’ about mental health. 

Local law enforcement and emergency responders are trying to keep people suffering from mental health crises out of the ER and out of jail. 

Ex-offenders, families, friends and the district attorney celebrate the one-year anniversary of Life Together’s Final Escape program at Temple Church of God in Christ.

The Tennessee Democratic Party’s primary board ordered recounts for the Shelby County Commission Districts 7 and 11 races.

The event returns with 11 businesses for its fourth annual celebration.

Dan Michael makes the case on “Behind The Headlines” for court reforms and changes in the police interactions with Black children. It’s a very different view than the one he took five years ago.

COVID gutted the distribution networks for street gold like shoes, belts and sleeping bags. But Pam Scarbrough of Community Alliance for the Homeless found a way around it.

After $50 million entertainment hub deal stalls, former movie theater in Hickory Hill has new owners, new vision. 

Republican U.S. Representative says it’s “a seat at the table on issues such as taxes, trade and healthcare” for constituents in West Tennessee and the Mid-South region.

Memphis Police say the driver of a car that struck a MATA bus Thursday, June 9, had not been shot as MPD originally reported.

A Bartlett summer camp caters to kids with ‘diverse abilities,’ Eads is getting a 108-foot-tall statue and there’s a new Mexican restaurant in the old Pancho’s.

The awards recognized outstanding achievements in the business community.

Let’s not kid ourselves: Council’s effort to extend term limits is not about ensuring a better and more equitable government.

For years, advocates have said MLGW could save hundreds of millions of dollars annually by leaving TVA and buying electricity from someone else. But savings of “huge dollars” didn’t materialize in the latest proposals from other providers.

Camp Able is a week like none other at St. Columba Conference & Retreat Center in Bartlett, where campers with disabilities spin through a rotation of physical pursuits as if weights had fallen from their feet.

Officers believed the driver involved in the crash had been shot. 

Gov. Bill Lee says “we’re not looking at gun laws” in plan to improve school security, Olive Branch has a new top cop (and even he was surprised) and a Bartlett blues woman is remembered.

The Board of Education is implementing a policy to review its books. However, it’s causing some confusion among board members.