A new Shelby County Youth Council will give the county's young people a voice and a place in the decision-making process.

Eleven Shelby County deputies were exposed to fentanyl 
Thursday, allegedly brought in the jail by a man being processed in the intake area. 

Restaurant group and owner of Babalu restaurants Eat Here Brands LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday.

The policy gives the board the ability to deny a charter school application to open in a neighborhood with relatively few students; establishes a timeline for revoking a school’s charter if it shows poor academic results; and provides schools a chance to compete for free rent in district buildings.

Memphis-based real estate investment trust MAA raised guidance for annual net income and funds from operations after reporting strong quarterly numbers July 31.

Memphis Made Brewing Co. has signed a distribution agreement with Ajax Distributing.

A rape charge against a former University of Memphis football player has been dismissed, but changes in how the university handles sexual assaults remain in place.

Scammers pretending to be from Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division are targeting people in the Memphis area and threatening to cut off their service.

Walmart and the Southaven community dealt Wednesday with the aftermath of Tuesday's fatal shooting of two employees at the store by a disgruntled employee. 

Mid-South Food Bank has received a $16,000 donation from the Darden Foundation to help provide meals to food-insecure households across Mid-South Food Bank’s 31-county service area.

It's time to train for the healthyShelby 5k Run/Walk, scheduled for Sept. 1 at Shelby Farms Park.

BB&T shareholders approved the merger of equals between BB&T and SunTrust and Truist Financial Corporation as the new name of the combined company on BB&T Wednesday.

Madi Butler, a 27-year-old chef from Kentucky, stopped in Memphis on a nationwide railroad journey, an internship called Summer By Rail. 

A Memphis-based food manufacturer is seeking a $2.1 million building permit to expand its Whitehaven warehouse. 

Saint Francis-Memphis ranks on U.S. News & World Report's list of hospitals for its work in chronic pulmonary disease and heart failure.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland opened his reelection campaign headquarters Tuesday in Poplar Plaza, citing his record and setting a goal to "accelerate momentum" if elected to a second term.

It’s a reprieve for low-performing schools that are academically in the state’s bottom 5%, known as priority schools. Most are in Memphis and Nashville and were expected to receive some of the lowest letter grades. 

Drivers who test drive vehicles at Roadshow BMW will have the chance to help support Memphis-based Kosten Foundation’s fight to end pancreatic cancer August 1-31.

Carol Johnson-Dean, superintendent of Memphis City Schools from 2003-2007, before leaving to take the top job at Boston Public Schools, will replace Andrea Miller. The LeMoyne-Owen board didn't renew Miller's contract.

Freedom Preparatory Academy will continue operating its Westwood neighborhood elementary school as part of the state turnaround district instead of moving the school to Shelby County Schools oversight.

An employee of the Southaven Walmart who had been suspended recently returned Tuesday morning and fatally shot the store manager and another employee before wounding a police officer, authorities said.

A dozen people from other states answered Tennessee school chief Penny Schwinn’s request to meet in Nashville and talk about the Achievement School District. Seven years after its creation, the Tennessee district’s third leader recently left; a study found the program has not improved student achievement; and Schwinn said no new schools will join this year.

State Rep. London Lamar is planning to revamp human sex trafficking legislation, potentially shifting from a bill creating a defense for victims to efforts to provide more help for those coerced into the trade.

Mayor Jim Strickland and former Mayor Willie Herenton have raised their rhetoric about each other in recent days after initially avoiding direct criticism of each other.