Southwest Tennessee Community College is cutting ties with the embattled charter school it partnered with to allow high school students to earn a diploma and an associate degree, according to a letter sent to the high school's parents.
The data released Sunday also shows three early voters separated the city's top two early voting sites — one that drew a predominantly African American turnout, the other that drew a predominantly white turnout.
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery, in seeking execution dates for nine men including two from Memphis, apparently made a unilateral move in what one federal public defender is calling “mass execution.” Gov. Bill Lee is steering clear of the matter - at least until he is asked to grant clemency.
The 6,258 early voters Saturday followed a Friday surge of 7,196 that pushed the total turnout for the 14-day period to 361 more than in city elections four years ago.
Members of the LGBTQ community in the Mid-South gathered for Pride Fest in Robert Church Park. Along with a parade down Beale Street, the festival paired entertainment with information pertinent to participants.
The historically black college in South Memphis also plans to increase alumni giving from 8% to 30%.
Sixty-one Shelby County high school seniors were named semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.
The $200 million renovation of the Memphis Cook Convention Center is taking place as the center continues to hold events.
State Rep. G.A. Hardaway is preparing to revive legislation requiring guns kept in cars and boats to be secured, saying he has the support of Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings, who is seeing a yearly increase in gun thefts from vehicles.
On The Daily Memphian Podcast, the Shelby County mayor said he's open to other ideas for a "$10 million-plus" commitment to MATA. He framed the call to action around broader changes in local issues as he outlined a start by funding more frequent trips on the eight most popular bus routes as soon as possible.
A student-led protest at the University of Memphis over President David Rudd’s bonus package and other issues sparked to life briefly Friday afternoon with chanting before fizzling.
Memphis police responded to 150 calls at the Red Roof Inn on Shelby Oaks Drive over the past year. After four fatal heroin overdoses, thefts, burglaries and other crimes, the motel was declared a public nuisance Friday, Sept. 27 and closed.
The state senator from Memphis held the town hall to inform community members about pending potential gun violence legislation at the state level, among other issues.
One week from election day in Memphis, the early-voter turnout is poised to pass the turnout four years ago. Mayor Jim Strickland is honored by the developers of Union Row as challenger Tami Sawyer paints a very different picture of the city's fortunes.
Movers and shakers at the weekly lunch meeting of the Frayser Exchange Club questioned Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris Thursday about his plan to help fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority through a proposed $145 sustainability fee for addresses with three vehicles.
On “Behind The Headlines,” Rhodes College president Marjorie Hass said the school is recruiting students nationally as the number of high school students in the southeastern U.S. is projected to drop.
Poverty rates for Memphis and Shelby County rose in the past year despite a strong statewide economy and even as Hispanic residents made significant progress, according to a report based on the latest Census figures.
Memphis residents will get a chance to “reimagine” what school buildings and academic programs will look like – and essentially rework a facilities plan left by the former superintendent.
Gov. Bill Lee is considering scheduling a Memphis public hearing on his Medicaid block grant proposal at the urging of House Minority Leader Karen Camper.
University president David Rudd sends email to students, faculty declining raise he was given.
The goal of First 8 Memphis is to bring together enough money to pay for pre-K for any child in Memphis who wants to attend, especially children in low-income neighborhoods.
Shelby County Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. says if a sales tax increase referendum passes in Memphis, the County Commission should go after the county's “fair share” of the funds.
State Rep. Jim Coley will be honored by the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence at an October event in Nashville as a champion for fighting human trafficking and modern-day slavery.
The Tennessee Attorney General is asking the Supreme Court to set executions for nine people, including two Memphis men convicted of multiple murders. But the move will run into opposition from a federal public defender who called the situation a “request for mass executions.”