Historically Black medical school comes to Memphis, city worker raises may be lowered and Germantown throws Houston High a bone.

According to local insurance agents, speeding tickets aren’t as big a deal as they once were.

Two Germantown aldermen brought forth proposals Monday evening to put more funds toward Houston High’s master plan. Only one of those plans was approved.

Council member Pearl Walker proposed the amendment that would give all city employees a flat 3% raise across all divisions, superseding the 5% raises the City Council passed in May.

Meharry’s expansion to Memphis is the first step in Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church’s $310 million, mixed-use development.

Local civic leaders continue to question how Elon Musk’s xAI program will benefit the community among worries that it will potentially harm residents and drain resources. 

The former officer pleaded guilty in federal court in November 2023 to using excessive force against Nichols and conspiring to witness tamper after his beating. He also agreed to plead guilty to some of his charges in state court.

Grizzlies center Zach Edey is having ankle surgery, the Memphis IKEA is downsizing its staff and we know where you can cool off this summer. 

Police brass have frequently said that it has become more difficult to stem gang violence because underlings in the gangs will often team up, sometimes with members of rival gangs, to commit crimes.

Ronald Terry and Tim Johnson were in the same street gang and died five days apart in 2019. The investigation led to a guilty verdict in Memphis federal court last week and told the story of violence within the gang known as the Ghost Mob.

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The trial that ended last week in Memphis with the conviction of Ghost Mob gang member Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of another gang member unfolded against a backdrop of political change in the nation’s capitol.

A retired Memphis police officer reveals what a traffic stop is like from the officer’s perspective.

The Memphis City Council’s budget deadline looms, and Shelby County Commissioner Miska Clay Bibbs holds a town-hall meeting.

A decade ago, Dr. Jeffrey Towbin gave Le Bonheur a 30-page single-spaced plan for how he would build a world-class pediatric heart program in Memphis.

The way to curb speeding at first glance might be to put more police officers on the street. But it’s not that simple.

The number of speeding tickets dropped in 2020 and has never increased back to pre-pandemic numbers. The number of fatalities have gone the other way.

Each year, the two-day Memphis festival celebrates June 19, 1865, when enslaved Texans learned of the Emancipation Proclamation.

“There’s a lot of homeless children in Southeast Memphis,” Hospitality Hub Executive Director Kelcey Johnson said. “Southeast Memphis leads the county in evictions, almost three times as many as the rest of the city combined.”

This year’s Memphis Juneteenth events include concerts, festivals, parades, film screenings, dance, theater and spoken word. 

Deputy Gov. Butch Eley has been part of Gov. Bill Lee’s administration for almost seven years.

The weeklong jury trial in Memphis federal court ended with the conviction of Ghost Mob leader Vincent Grant for the 2019 murder of a fellow gang member.

Attorneys for Tyré Nichols’ family and estate want a federal judge to remove a stay that has protected five former Memphis officers from parts of the civil lawsuit over Nichols’ death. 

Nichols suit will go on despite DOJ dismissal, MSCS forensic audit is coming and tight tops don’t sell chicken wings these days. 

Mike Cook, fighting this weekend in Riverfront Rumble at Beale Street Landing, trains people from all different backgrounds — even some of the local NBA team.

Tennessee officials expect to choose a firm to perform the audit by the end of the month. But many details of the audit’s scope may remain secret.