City Council members, without debate, approved Tuesday, Dec. 3, the plan for redevelopment of the Fairgrounds.

The City Council gave final approval Tuesday, Dec. 3, to the Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines on which the council had delayed action numerous times since the spring.

A solid waste fee rate hike was voted down by the City Council Tuesday in its next to last session of the year and of the current council's term.

Former House Speaker Glen Casada says he reached out to Gov. Bill Lee’s office to request creation of a $4 million rural grants fund that received wide support by the Legislature, noting there was “nothing secret” about the money. But some Republican leaders didn't know the grant fund existed, including state Rep. Ron Gant of Fayette County.

Know people who make others’ lives better? Nominate them for Leadership Memphis Change Maker Awards. 

Memphis police, St. Jude and city officials discuss traffic, road closures and public safety during Saturday's marathon and the American Athletic Championship championship football game. 

The City of Memphis has $5.6 million, most of it in federal funding, to test for and remove lead paint from up to 350 single-family homes and multi-family housing units in the city and county built before 1978.

Former Germantown Middle School majorette coach was indicted for theft after holding a one-day summer camp and pocketing the money without the permission of Shelby County Schools.

Frayser Community Schools officials are hopeful the changes will help the high school return to the progress it made during the 2015-16 school year. 

Today is Giving Tuesday, and our gifts include a possible all-time volume record for FedEx, two billion-dollar developments and a reported new job for soccer star Tim Howard. 

The decisions at Tuesday’s council session would remove two items from the agenda of the council that leaves office at the end of the month. Other items are straddling the New Year’s line between the council leaving office and the new council that takes office in January.

Richard W. Smith, the outgoing chamber board chairman and FedEx Express vice president, defended the use of tax incentives for economic development gains during an extended "Behind The Headlines" interview.

Families and friends pay homage to homicide victims during the ninth-annual Season of Remembrance event hosted by Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich and her staff. 

Dr. Kenneth Robinson will receive the 2019 Memphis City Council Humanitarian Award on Dec. 3. 

The 12th annual Christmas parade includes separate band, float and car competitions. 

State Sen. Brian Kelsey, under FBI investigation for alleged federal campaign finance violations, is representing an Illinois organization in a lawsuit against Montana’s governor to bolster the cause of "dark money" groups.

Good morning, it’s Monday, Dec. 2, and today a Downtown board will discuss almost $500 million in incentives for two billion-dollar Downtown development projects. It's also Cyber Monday, which is a big deal for global logistics companies.

Experts say 200,000 homes in Memphis are at risk for lead exposure due to age and lead paint. 

False alarms will become more costly for Memphis homeowners and businesses in 2020. Under new rules designed to cut down on false alarms, permits will no longer be renewed by alarm companies -- individuals and businesses must do it themselves -- and false alarms after the first one will cost $140.

The third of our four-part survey of the 200 people, places and events that have made Memphis what is was, what it is and what it could be. 

During a visit to Memphis Sunday for a Rosa Parks Day proclamation, Gov. Bill Lee said he is willing to work with legislators on the best use of federal TANF funding that will likely include some kind of reserve funding level.

Rhodes College has built a successful infrastructure for producing medical school students, and the city’s health care institutions are a big part of that.

Kesha Whitaker’s job will be to increase the reach and readership of the Daily Memphian by reaching out to and coordinating with schools, community centers, affordable housing developments and other groups and organizations.

The murals are a reflection of different perspectives of how people perceive Binghampton and what they want it to become. 

About 20,000 students in the Memphis district come from households where English is not the language spoken at home, or about one in five students. Most of those students come from Spanish-speaking homes.