Shelby County Schools is seeking to rebrand itself as Memphis-Shelby County Schools to be more representative of the students who make up its population.

Shelby County Health Department director Dr. Michelle Taylor said that there have been a few reports in Shelby County of fake testing sites.

A federal Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Grant covers the cost of Collierville Schools’ free voluntary COVID-19 tests for students and staff. 

The latest COVID-19 Task Force briefing begins at noon, Thursday, Jan. 13.

The Grizzlies turn a stare-down into a great giveaway, the state’s first charter school will close at the end of the year and a potential judge is on the hot seat. 

Like Elvis, Tom Bailey started in Tupelo and found his way to Memphis. He’s now ending a journalism career that spans four decades in the two locations. 

Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Matt Perry: “We’re gonna hire a whole lot of troopers in a short period.”

The Shelby County Board of Education voted to revoke the charter for the network that was at the center of an investigation for misappropriation of funds last month. 

The Judiciary Committee scrap over Mathis’ nomination was part of a larger issue about blue slips used to express support or opposition by Senators on federal appeals court nominees when the home-state Senators are not of the president’s party.

Rep. Kevin Vaughan said his district often doesn’t ask too much of him, but Wednesday he shared how decisions in Nashville impact their daily lives.

The Shelby County Schools Board is having public meetings Wednesday evening to decide whether to revoke the charters of two charter networks. 

Gov. Bill Lee announced Tuesday the appointment of Shanea McKinney, a career pharmacist and University of Tennessee graduate, to the university’s board of trustees.

A total of three people have now been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Memphis rapper Young Dolph, authorities said Wednesday, Jan. 12.

Civil rights icon Ida B. Wells is commemorated as part of Mattel’s “Inspiring Women” series. 

Judge sets sentencing hearing for March 3 in state Sen. Katrina Robinson’s fraud case. 

Shelby County now offering booster shots for children ages 12 to 15. 

Charges are dropped in Collierville against Tony Allen; Brooks takes another look at local office; and will the area ever get new voting machines? 

The former county commissioner has pulled petitions to seek a return to the County Commission or to run for Juvenile Court Clerk. 

The Tennessee Department of Education released a draft of its new education funding framework Tuesday, Jan. 11, the same day lawmakers began this year’s regular legislative session.

Justin Johnson had posted on social media that he planned to surrender locally on Monday, Jan. 10, but did not. He was arrested in Indiana, and a second suspect, Cornelius Smith, was arrested in Southaven.

State lawmakers have descended on Nashville for three months of committee hearings, debates and vote-wrangling over how to spend taxpayer dollars.

The dismissal came after Allen and his wife, Desiree, the victim in the Nov. 28 incident, appeared in court together Tuesday afternoon with attorney Leslie Ballin. 

Memphis community organizations are offering several days of upcoming volunteer opportunities in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. 

 A Chancery Court lawsuit preserved the stalemate between the Shelby County Election Commission and the Shelby County Commission over a way forward in the controversy. 

COVID staffing shortages are affecting high schools and donut shops, James Wiseman revisits his time at East and we could have a “complete” Summer by 2024.