A new master plan and renovations to the west end of the Memphis Zoo are among the plans of its new president and CEO, who has returned to his hometown. 

The president of the city's longest running civil rights organization commented on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast about the funding, voter registration lawsuits and leaving her post this fall.

The Pink Palace Museum announced Friday that Crew Training International (CTI) Flight Training School in Millington has renewed its naming sponsorship of the museum’s CTI Giant Screen Theater.

Now that Gateway is officially closed, parents and students are left to find a new high school. Many are headed to their zoned neighborhood schools; others are still searching.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland announced Thursday the City of Memphis has partnered with Operation HOPE to bring HOPE Inside financial coaching and education to city employees and their families

After completing Habitat for Humanity's affordable mortgage program, nine homeowners were honored in a Home Dedication Ceremony in North Memphis.

Shelby County is considering funding an additional $2.5 million to help replace an $8 million federal grant that funds 1,000 pre-k seats, which is set to expire this fiscal year.

Rep. Joe Towns believes the governor should rescind the signing of his voucher bill into law and have it heard again by the Legislature.

Shelby County Schools is asking for an additional $35 million in capital funding, and $7.5 million in additional operating costs to include support for a reading program and more English as a second language teachers. 

The Shelby County Commission is considering 26 amendments to the 2019-2020 budget, including one that would provide county funds for MATA public transportation for the first time. 

Two men have been indicted in the September shooting death of Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary.

A man termed by some lawmakers as a “hall monitor” for House Speaker Glen Casada is out of a job at the state Legislature.

Criminal Court Judge Lee Coffee told attorneys during a hearing Thursday that he would provide them with drafts of questionnaires that will be given to potential jurors in the Lorenzen Wright murder case. 

The University of Memphis announced Wednesday it will host a forum on connecting Memphis-area businesses with skilled employees who are ex-offenders.

Orange Mound nonprofit organization My Cup of Tea announced Thursday it has been featured in Google’s tenth annual Economic Impact Report.

Alice Marie Johnson, the Memphis woman who was granted clemency last June after serving more than 21 years in prison, will share her story June 3 at the National Civil Rights Museum.

Ten of the 13 City Council members are expected to seek a return to the body on the Oct. 3 ballot. Eight incumbents already have their petitions circulating ahead of a July 18 deadline to file.

FedEx Logistics announced Wednesday the launch of a new Historically Black Colleges & Universities employment program at Mississippi Valley State.

A building permit has been filed for construction of a new microbrewery, Soul & Spirits, in Uptown.

The Shelby County Schools budget includes two major parts: the general operating fund that pays for day-to-day expenses, including teacher salaries and classroom initiatives, totaling $1.04 billion; and the remaining $360 million capital budget for new schools and building maintenance.

International Paper announced Wednesday it will sell its India-based paper business, International Paper APPM Limited, to West Coast Paper Mills Limited. 

The vote at a special party meeting Tuesday evening in Hickory Hill marks what amounts to the second confidence vote in Michael Harris since he ran unopposed for chairman at the April local party convention.

Whataburger? A dehumidifier? An athletic director? What do you get a city for its 200th birthday?

School districts in suburban Shelby County municipalities are beginning to receive payments from the county on a more regular basis. The money represents millions owed to the districts for capital projects.

A new plan for Aretha Franklin's birthplace home in Memphis would be to stabilize it, but only as a shell until other potential uses for the property materialize.