The 60,000-square-foot, $21.5 million facility completes the final phase of a 17-year master plan to improve the campus.

Good morning; it’s Monday, Jan. 6. Comedian Bill Burr is at the Orpheum Theatre tonight, but also important: Many local schools are back in session today after their winter breaks.

From Phyllis Tickle and Sam The Sham to Morgan and Keegan and the schools merger and demerger, we round out the Memphis 200 with suggestions from readers on the people, places and events that have made Memphis over the last 200 years.

House Education Committee Chairman Mark White says two "go-to" liaisons to the Legislature who resigned Friday leave a communication void as the 2020 General Assembly session begins Jan. 14.

Flu is spreading in Shelby County and has come early this season, meaning some could get sick more than once. Officials say it’s not too late for a flu shot. 

An individual with knowledge of operating a community/public radio service is needed to serve as executive director of a new broadcast station based at Crosstown Concourse.

The state will fund a Fayette County landfill incinerator east of Shelby County to dispose of deer carcasses testing positive for chronic wasting disease.

Bobby Lanier, former Germantown alderman and executive assistant to multiple Shelby County mayors was remembered as a friend to many and a public servant. His life and legacy was honored and remembered Saturday afternoon.

In a letter to the U.S. Department of State, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris notified federal officials that the county will continue to welcome refugees.

The first City Council meeting of 2020 next week will include a review of the two new appointees and 13 returning division directors and chiefs. 

FedEx Express is hiring for 500 permanent, part-time positions at the world hub in Memphis during a job fair Saturday, Jan. 4.

Good morning; it’s Jan. 3 and the very first Friday of the year. Today, we're talking about life after death, two restaurant closures and no more comments. 

The East Shelby Drive and Summer Avenue driver’s license testing centers were still expecting new examiners by late December to help with processing Real IDs.

Good morning; it’s Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Today marks the beginning of Hoopfest Memphis, which includes 13 high school basketball games and used to be called the Penny Hardaway Classic.

Cohen spoke at City Court Clerk Myron Lowery's 29th annual prayer breakfast Jan. 1, saying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could ultimately decide to pass on a Senate trial on impeachment resolutions against President Donald Trump.

The Memphis mayor said the new corp would start with 25 young adults picking up litter part-time for $12 an hour as they work toward high school diplomas and college degrees.

PHOTO GALLERY: Water skiers, barefooters and wakeboarders braved the frigid water of the Wolf River on New Year's Day to raise money for The Dream Factory of Memphis during the 43rd annual Ski Freeze at the Mud Island River Park, hosted by the Collierville Ski Club. 

A five-year, $5 million study of potential threats to Memphis’ drinking water supply has been slowed by protracted contract negotiations between MLGW and a University of Memphis research unit. 

The Memphis mayor promised details at his Wednesday oath of office ceremony on a city effort aimed at "opportunity youth" between the ages of 16 and 24. 

Daily Memphian photographers Jim Weber, Mark Weber and Patrick Lantrip captured 2019 through the lenses of their cameras and have selected images representing some of the city's highs and lows, the bright spots and dark moments, the victories and losses in a gallery of their best pictures of the year.

Special counsel Alan Crone will soon take his leave from Mayor Jim Strickland’s administration. As Strickland starts his second and last term, Crone, a long-time friend, will return full-time to his own law practice.

Three Memphis police officers have been relieved of duty after a police shooting in West Memphis left one suspect dead.

Since March 2018, the City of Memphis has been saying it intends to end the 1970s-era agreement to treat wastewater in a North Mississippi sewer district that predates the incorporation of Southaven. 

The new law requires health insurance providers to disclose the price of treatment options to people enrolled in their plans.

Good morning; it’s Tuesday, Dec. 31. Today marks the 61st AutoZone Liberty Bowl as well as Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland's annual prayer breakfast.