The schools had enrolled more students than their contracts with the district allowed. 

Good morning, all. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 11, and today we're talking about ALL the letters, a new crude oil pipeline and how AutoZone plans to grow. 

Biden partisans locally are pushing the narrative that the former vice president is the only Democrat in a large pack of contenders who can beat President Donald Trump in the November general election.

Porter-Leath’s NEXT Memphis founder Chloe Moore makes the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

A healthcare advocacy organization is calling the state’s federal block grant proposal too “vague” for “meaningful” public comment and says it should be rewritten to show exactly how the state plans to spend any “shared savings” with the federal government.

MAA announced Tuesday, Dec. 10, that its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend payment of $1 per share of common stock, an increase of 4.2%.

The Studio Gang design firm talked by video conference Tuesday with the board of the Memphis River Parks Partnership about meeting the specific terms of a mediated agreement announced last week. Among the results is more space for the 2006 Tom Lee Memorial in the park.

The city’s two Congressmen, David Kustoff and Steve Cohen, have long had different views on removing President Donald Trump. Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is a vocal opponent of the process while fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has avoided comment.

Memphis receives $4.1 million in federal funding from the Department of Justice. The grants will go toward rape kit testing, gunshot detection technology and training. 

A Nigerian man has been extradited to Memphis in connection with a cybercrime scheme involving several U.S. businesses, including a Memphis real estate company. 

A Muslim, Jewish and Christian comedian will grace the stage at Crosstown Theater for a night of laughs and conversations.

Good morning, it’s Tuesday, Dec. 10, and many of us have snow on the brain (if not on the actual ground). Today, a Downtown board will consider a 20-year PILOT for part of the Snuff District redevelopment in Uptown. 

Nearly two months after Shelby County Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford threatened to stop overseeing the management of documents for other elected officials, she left the County Commission meeting Monday, Dec. 9, with the money she said she needed.

A new policy approved by the Shelby County Commission will make it easier for suburban school systems to tap into capital improvement funds.

House District 97 in Shelby County will have a contested Democratic primary in 2020 with Allan Creasy running for the seat again, this time against Gabby Salinas, who nearly defeated Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey in 2018.

Shelby County Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley will establish an ad hoc committee to clarify the county's residency requirements for county employees.

House District 97 Republican candidates Brandon Weise and John Gillespie are taking different stands on education vouchers, with Weise opposing them and Gillespie declining to say exactly where he stands on the governor’s initiative.

Construction on the facility is expected to be completed by 2021. 

It’s Monday, Dec. 9. Today, the Shelby County Commission will meet; "It's a Wonderful Life" will show at The Orpheum, and, oh, hey, it might snow tomorrow. 

State Rep. Kevin Vaughan is set to sponsor legislation enabling active-duty soldiers such as Army Maj. Trevor Joseph of Collierville, a decorated soldier killed this fall in a Black Hawk crash at Fort Polk in Louisiana, to be buried on weekends at Tennessee Veterans Cemeteries.

Led by new president Darrell Cobbins, the 100 Black Men of Memphis are looking to live up to their name, with a goal to have 100 active members by January.

St. Jude Marathon, which is a qualifying event for the Boston Marathon, attracts many top-tier long distance runners from around the country.

Starbucks has recently tightened access to bathrooms and installed needle-disposal boxes at some of its core-Memphis coffee shops.

The race to replace Republican state Rep. Jim Coley in House District 97 is shaping up with a Democrat and another Republican joining the fray.

Mayor Jim Strickland has raised the possibility of layoffs and garbage service cutbacks six days into the new year if the Memphis City Council doesn’t reconsider its decision to reject a solid waste fee hike.