The first infusion of cash for the city’s Public Service Corps will probably have to wait until the city’s budget season in the spring and the new fiscal year.

The dispute involves the city's effort to catch up on a backlog of autumn leaves that include weekend work and the use of private contractors to clear the backlog by the end of the month. 

State Rep. G.A. Hardaway of Memphis is renewing a push for legislation creating a felony offense for police officers who misuse body cameras and dash cams and preventing the collection of evidence.

Dr. Bill West is an oncologist and founder of the West Cancer Center.

Getting high-quality private schools to sign on is viewed as crucial to the success of the education savings account program, which will launch with up to 5,000 students zoned for Shelby County Schools, Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, and the state-run Achievement School District.

The winner will advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

Southwest hired Leake in 2002 to turn around its low-performing culinary arts program. 

It's Jan. 22, and The Early Word is talking about brands, beignets, chess, beauty pageants and bugs. It's a banner day. 

FedEx tied with American Express and Netflix at No. 14 on Fortune's 2020 World's Most Admired Companies list. That makes 20 years in Fortune's top 20.

A slate of 15 city division directors and chiefs were approved Tuesday, Jan. 21, by the Memphis City Council after a two-week delay and several attempts by some on the council to further delay the vote Tuesday.

City Council member Worth Morgan and the city administration are reviewing the decisions of the Memphis Civil Service Commission -- specifically, how it made the decision to return retired Memphis Police detective Eric Kelly to work after he was fired three years ago for roughing up a suspect.

The rate hike marks a breakthrough for MLGW, which has had two other multi-year rate-hike proposals rejected by the Council in the past two years. The legal opinion on bonds backed by projected post-TVA savings was part of the compromise.

State Sen. Brian Kelsey and state Rep. Antonio Parkinson began campaigning Tuesday for legislation to compensate college athletes and to prevent the derailing of superstars such as former University of Memphis basketball player James Wiseman.

The 601-unit Park at Forest Hill apartments, which are adjacent to Irene Golf & Country Club, have sold to a Kansas real estate company.

The Senate Judiciary Committee passed legislation Tuesday to put Tennessee's Right to Work law in the state Constitution as state Sen. Brian Kelsey declared a potential conflict of interest because of his legal work against unions in other states.

Fifty young people will be chosen randomly to take part in the work program that will place them in a Shelby County government office, a nonprofit agency or area business.

Crosswind Elementary School in Collierville closed Tuesday due to an electrical issue. It will reopen Wednesday.

Memphis advertising executive Jerry Ehrlich will receive the 2020 Silver Medal Award from the American Advertising Federation Memphis.

A $1,235,000 contract amendment for research on the Memphis Sand aquifer has been executed by Memphis Light Gas and Water and University of Memphis. It's retroactive to last July 1.

The ballot question on broader residency for Memphis fire and police officers was approved by the council that left office at the end of December. During council committee discussions Tuesday, some of the six new members who joined the council this month had a chance to weigh in on the matter.

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 21, and the youngbloods over at the Memphis City Council will be talking about removing the residency requirement referendum from the ballot.

State Sen. Brian Kelsey is sponsoring a Right to Work constitutional amendment while battling unions in his outside job, raising questions about whether he has a conflict of interest.

The discussion over the residency item is another indication of new thoughts on a city council with six new members. The second council meeting of the year also features more discussion and a possible vote on an electric rate increase from Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division and possible funding for Mayor Jim Strickland's Public Service Corps.

Thousands lined up to tour the National Civil Rights Museum Monday and at a Midtown forum, there was new reaction to Sunday's tour of the museum by Vice President Mike Pence. The reactions 52 years after Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination show his legacy and what it means today remains a volatile topic.

Memphians volunteered across the Bluff City Monday, Jan. 20, to lend hands and serve the community in remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy.