Billed as a “one-stop shop” for parents, Tennessee School Finder focuses on school choices for families zoned to Shelby County Schools, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools and the state-run Achievement School District. 

Since Women of Achievement was founded in 1985, more than 250 women have been honored.

While the fight was for second place in the Democratic primary field of 13, Joe Brown emerged the victor in his second election in a year. He faces Republican Paul Boyd, upset in a Probate Court re-election bid two years ago in the August county general election.

Biden won big in the county and across the state with Bloomberg betting big on Super Tuesday as his entry point to the Democratic nomination. Bloomberg's early organization in Memphis proved no match for Biden's post-South Carolina momentum.

A Senate committee recommended passage of legislation enabling people to carry handguns without a state permit, despite hearing from police officers and the parent of a woman whose son was gunned down at an Antioch Waffle House.

With the backing of state Rep. Kevin Vaughan, medical cannabis legislation passed a House subcommittee Tuesday. The measure would set up a state system for clinical treatment and research, according to the bill's sponsor.

Strickland told city council members Tuesday that the referendum isn't binding on the city and that most voters would support such a use of extra revenue beyond a restoration of benefits cut by the city six years ago. The idea is still in the talking stage, with Strickland to take his plan to the council in April when he presents his city budget proposal.

Voters turned out to polling locations around town on Super Tuesday, March 3, to cast their ballot in the Tennessee presidential primaries and the primaries for Shelby County General Sessions Court Clerk.

Court monitor in consent decree case believes city has violated social media search sanction. A trial has been set for March 17. 

All of the kits from the backlog that first came to light in 2012 have been tested, Memphis Police say. About 6,000 cases in which DNA was found are awaiting investigation.

Responding to Cyntoia Brown's case, legislation by state Rep. London Lamar of Memphis has passed in the House enabling victims of human trafficking to use it as a self-defense in criminal cases.

A “massive act of nature” killed 23 people and destroyed buildings and homes from Benton County to downtown Nashville, Mt. Juliet and Cookeville early Tuesday, leaving people’s lives shattered as emergency workers searched for more missing people, officials said.

Tornadoes ripped across Tennessee early Tuesday, shredding at least 40 buildings and killing at least seven people. 

It's Super Tuesday, and in addition to election coverage, we've got a mansion with room for more, a tower with a view, Katori Hall and Post Malone.

Sewer infrastructure work for the One Beale project will stop traffic on Beale between Front and Riverside between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. March 9-March 20.

Democrat Joe Brown and Republican Paul Boyd are leading the way in the General Sessions Court Clerk primaries.

Memphis Zoo goers are closer to sipping a cold beer while hanging out with the animals after the state Senate passed legislation Monday allowing booze to be sold during regular business hours.

The tax hike and restoration was approved by city voters in 2019. But there are doubts that the revenue from the extra half-cent is enough to pay for the return of benefits the city cut in 2014. 

Polls across Shelby County are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday with the state's presidential primaries topping the ballot. The presidential campaign Memphis voters saw for the past year has been mostly on the Democratic side with a few appearances by the contenders themselves.

Everything you need to know to vote on election day, from finding your precinct to keeping your long fingernails and voting in confidence.

Committee meetings run throughout the morning; the full board convenes at 1:30 p.m.

Cordova resident Patti Possel announced Monday she has qualified to run as a Republican for election to the state House District 96 seat representing Cordova and part of Germantown.

Tennessee's voucher program is facing a second legal challenge, with a group of Shelby and Davidson County parents saying it violates the Constitution and state law by diverting taxpayer funds to private schools.

The state’s grading policy for high school — which now awards A’s for point percentages between 93 and 100 and B’s for 85 to 92 — would return to a 10-point scale under the bill sponsored by Rep. Jason Hodges.

Shelby County schools and the District Attorney's office are no longer partners on a truancy reduction program. The school district will now oversee the program.