The commission could address pay raises for itself, the mayor and sheriff are on Monday’s agenda. A commission pay raise would trigger pay raises for city council members and possibly the Shelby County Schools board.
A Germantown doctor who temporarily lost her license in 2018 for using a whip on patients, and then did not follow the terms of her professional probation, has had her license suspended again.
Andre Mathis spends a great deal of time on service, much of it to the Memphis neighborhoods where he was raised. He could be the first Black man from Tennessee confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
The RedZone Ministries Opportunity Zone Center will stand at 30,000 square feet and will house a large recreation facility, game room, cafe, multi-purpose room, classrooms and offices.
Seventeen thousand runners, including cancer survivors and some running in memory of loved ones, were part of the throng trotting through Downtown and Midtown streets.
Neighborhoods that would receive the tax-increment financing would include Soulsville/South Bellevue, South Third/Gaston Park area, French Fort, South City and South Main/South End.
A leader of the Big River Park Conservancy and the CEO of Ducks Unlimited talk on Behind The Headlines about plans for the flood plain across the Mississippi River from Memphis that include restoring farm land to hardwood forests and native grasses.
Due to close scores, the Tennessee Department of Education honored two top principals this year.
The federal government is funded into February with the votes among the city’s representatives in Washington falling along party lines with one exception — a senator who did not vote on the continuing resolution.
A $250,000 partnership between the Children’s Museum of Memphis and Porter-Leath allows 1,500 families enrolled in the Porter-Leath Early Head Start program to have free access to the museum.
Memphis Councilman JB Smiley plans to sponsor a Memphis City Council resolution naming a street after the rapper.
Team of teens from Memphis neighborhoods counter “pay-to-play” youth sports machine with Play Where You Stay.
Popular taco truck owner plans to open Germantown restaurant, Grizz get a huge win and an epic rap battle brings out all the features.
Memphis City Council members talk about a new bid to allow police officers and firefighters to live outside Shelby County at a special committee session Monday, Dec. 6.
Tannera Gibson becomes the Memphis Bar Association’s first Black female president. She succeeds Peter Gee, the organization’s first Asian American president.
Following a shooting at Cummings K-8, community members decided to show up for the neighborhood kids every morning.
Gov. Bill Lee granted clemency to 17 people Thursday, Dec. 2, using the power for his first time as governor. Two of the beneficiaries are from Shelby County.
The university still encouraged workers to get vaccinated and submit proof.
The Pipkin Building site is planned to close Dec. 15, but City of Memphis COO Doug McGowen said if demand peaks it would reopen.
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With a looming deadline for purchasing the former Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home property in Bartlett, the permits for a mixed-use project are on a fast track for consideration.
We’re heavy on criminal justice, but there’s a new spot for brunch in Bartlett, everybody’s watching that Mississippi Supreme Court case and it’s time for the Jalidays!
Shelby County Schools board members voted unanimously to approve a memorandum of understanding with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, effectively solidifying the deputies’ presence in schools after a monthslong debate.
The permanent exhibit shows the historical process of desegregation in the Fire Department.
Reaction from the city’s two Congressmen and the state’s two U.S. Senators fell along party lines on the long-running political issue of access to abortions.