The Tennessee Highway Patrol will send 30 troopers to Memphis to help local law enforcement deal with interstate and road rage shootings in the city. To date, there have been 32 shootings and one man was killed. 

The Thursday noon filing deadline could see a 10- to 16-candidate race for mayor. And 10 City Council members have filed for new four-year terms at City Hall.

While some officials contend a new strategy is needed for the state’s Achievement School District following a poor report, state Rep. Antonio Parkinson says it’s time to ditch the program.

A Shelby County Commission committee wants to beef up its $15 an hour mandate with a county ordinance that was approved on first reading Wednesday.

Untuckit, a casual clothing store, is opening its first Memphis-area location in Germantown’s shops of Saddle Creek.

Three Rhodes College faculty members, Tim Huebner, Natalie Person, and Amy Jasperson, have joined the Office of Academic Affairs.

Military veterans will have reserved parking spaces at city parks, libraries and community centers under a resolution approved Tuesday by the Memphis City Council.

The city council approved the long-range land use and development guidelines Tuesday on the second of three readings. But the council also approved a $15,000 study on the financial impact of the guidelines that would be due in mid-September.

The state-run district took over low-performing schools in Memphis and Nashville with a goal of vaulting them out of the state’s bottom 5% and into the top 25% academically. The schools – 28 in Memphis and two in Nashville – have performed no better or worse than comparable struggling schools outside of the district.

Latoshia Daniels was indicted Tuesday in the April shooting death of Brodes Perry, a Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church pastor. 

Collierville aldermen are considering a credit so a developer can continue with the Farms at Bailey Station. The development fee for the development's independent living facility is $665,000.

The Greater Memphis Financial Empowerment Center is now open and offers financial counseling to any Shelby County resident, without income restrictions and for as long as the help is needed.

Prisoner advocates say state figures debunk the claims of Tennessee’s private prison operator that its murder rate is higher than in state-run prisons because it houses more violent offenders.

Penny Hardaway will conduct pregame guitar smash for Memphis 901 FC.

With a U.S. Senate run in the offing, Bill Hagerty is leaving his post as U.S. Ambassador to Japan after two years of service, the U.S. Embassy announced Tuesday.

Memphis police are investigating 32 interstate shootings since January. One person was killed. 

A Thursday "job fair on steroids" at the Fairgrounds includes 71 employers and a dozen training programs as well as such basics as a business headshot and resume advice.

Teresa Sumpter, a former bookkeeper for Memphis attorney Jerry Schatz, fled after she was convicted of money laundering and embezzlement. A warrant has been issued for her arrest. 

The Memphis City Council, among other items, will discuss Tuesday spending $15,000 to hire a consultant to review the financial impact of the Memphis 3.0 land use and development study.

Ambassador to Japan Bill Hagerty hasn’t made an official announcement for a 2020 U.S. Senate candidacy, but President Donald Trump put him at the front of the race with a single tweet.

Local digital company Speak Creative has acquired Memphis-based creative agency RocketFuel.

Germantown has named Adrienne Royals the next leader of financial services. Royals' promotion ends the city's 18-month search for a finance director.

On the heels of Tennessee’s annual Nathan Bedford Forrest Day, authorized with a proclamation signed by Gov. Bill Lee, Memphis legislators say they’re ready to end the yearly observance. And Lee indicates he may go along. 

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation is taking proposals and will award up to $7.5 million to fund urban or rural BlueCross Healthy Places in 2020. 

Tickets for magicians and entertainers Penn & Teller at the Orpheum go on sale on Friday, July 19.