It's Thursday, Feb. 13, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is scheduled to be in town for a Civil Rights trail announcement. We're also talking about new homes in existing neighborhoods, a proposed gun bill, and why we need a new juvenile detention facility.
House committee approves legislation to toughen penalties for shootings into homes, cars, crowds after Memphis residents urge change in response to deaths.
The March primaries, which lead to the only general election for a countywide position this election year, is the latest skirmish between two factions – those who work in the clerk's offices and those who don't but who have name recognition from other races.
The basics of the race for General Sessions Court Clerk on the March 3 ballot. Early voting runs through Feb. 25.
Shelby County officials toured the old Shelby Training Center as a possible site for new juvenile detention facility.
Sometimes it takes a family to find just where you belong.
"I can’t keep quiet any longer," Tomeka Hart said Wednesday about breaking her silence on serving on a jury that convicted Trump ally Roger Stone last year.
The Better Business Bureau says a new smishing campaign is using bogus text messages to gain confidential information on First Horizon Bank customers.
Gov. Bill Lee's education voucher program is taking hits from all directions as legislators raise questions.
It's Wednesday, Feb. 12, and today, we'll learn who all is playing Beale Street Music Fest, what all these hotels mean for Downtown and how the Memphis River Parks Partnership is preparing for a new Tom Lee Park.
Here is everything you need to prepare yourself for the early voting period that begins Wednesday in advance of the March 3 election day.
Early voting opens Wednesday in Shelby County in the Tennessee presidential primaries.
Mary Stewart, the mother of Darrius Stewart, the teen shot and killed in 2015 by Memphis police officer Connor Schilling, has filed a new civil lawsuit seeking $17 million in damages from the former officer.
If the proposed ordinance passes, it would eliminate the residency requirement for public safety employees hired between April 1, 2020, until April 1, 2024.
State Rep. London Lamar compared Nathan Bedford Forrest to Hitler and urged lawmakers Tuesday to put an end to Tennessee’s annual daylong observance for the Confederate general.
Joint event requires RSVP by Feb. 17.
Memphis Shelby Crime Commission settles lawsuit with journalists and agrees to release public records including donors and grant funding.
After numerous delays, a trial date has been set for Billy Ray Turner in the Lorenzen Wright slaying.
It's Tuesday, Feb. 11, and the County Commission got some surprising news yesterday. We're also talking about restaurant openings and closings, why Memphis is looking to the state and an argument for removing Nathan Bedford Forrest once and for all.
Hoping to give state employees a path around "child care deserts," state Sen. Sara Kyle of Memphis wants to give state departments the option to set up day care centers near their offices.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland is pushing passage of two bills designed to fill a growing hole in the city’s budget with $12 million in sales tax revenue.
The proposal could still pass on third reading.
The funds for transit would be allocated through the 2022-23 fiscal year, according to the ordinance.
Germantown aldermen Monday evening approved a resolution that opposes cluster mailbox delivery in new subdivisions.
The Shelby County Commission will have to hold a public referendum if it wants to use capital funding for new voting machines, according to commission attorney Marcy Ingram.