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.
Superintendent Joris Ray believes Shelby County Schools will be able to more effectively control the behavior of officers if they report directly to the district.
The Shelby County Assessor and his director of residential appraisal, on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast, pointed to bringing back commercial development first in Orange Mound and working on seeding infrastructure for a later residential revival.
The Barksdale Mounted Police Station in Midtown and the Whitehaven fallout shelter of broadcasting pioneer Hoyt Wooten have been added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Good morning, it’s Friday, Dec. 6, and for many, this is a day of preparation. For those participating in St. Jude Memphis Marathon weekend, packet pickup today is at the Landers Center in Southaven from noon to 9 p.m.
Southwest's foundation honored Fred Davis, Charles and Patra Temple, student scholarship recipients, sponsors and donors.
The city administration lost the vote on a solid waste fee hike, but it has taken one issue with sanitation services off the table as fewer routes mean longer routes and close to an eight-hour work day for sanitation workers.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s commission will consider providing funds, possibly up to $1 million, for a Fayette County incinerator just east of Collierville to dispose of deer carcasses infected with chronic wasting disease, according to state officials.
Shelby County Property Assessor Melvin Burgess and Ken Washington, deputy administrator over residential appraisal in the assessor’s office, discuss the Orange Mound Initiative.
The goal of the meeting at a private Christian school in southeast Memphis was to tell families that starting next year, they could be eligible for up to $7,300 in education voucher money to send their children to a private school or to use for other private services.
The mediation between the Memphis River Parks Partnership and the Memphis In May International Festival ends months of mediation between the two with a detailed agreement, down to square footage and feet between stages.
Good morning; it’s Thursday, Dec. 5, and today the Greater Memphis Chamber will host its Annual Chairman's Luncheon, where its newest chair will be revealed.
Memphians gathered at BRIDGES to celebrate the career and leadership of Cynthia Ham, a pivotal figure in the development of Memphis in May, Archer Malmo, Mud Island and Beale Street Historic District.
State Rep. Mark White believes non-tuition items paid for with education savings accounts could be taxed under the state's new voucher program. But even as questions are raised about the governor's initiative, the Department of Education still hasn't firmed up the rules.
MICAH officials on Wednesday offered the Shelby County Commission alternatives that would raise all of the $30 million needed to fully fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority.
Two Republican challengers to President Donald Trump and 16 Democrats have made the ballot for the March 3 Tennessee presidential primaries.
Opponents of the death penalty are holding prayer vigils in Memphis and other cities in the state to protest the execution planned Thursday of Lee Hall, convicted for the 1991 death of his estranged girlfriend.