During a recent orientation, newly hired teachers learned more about the Shelby County Schools focus on social and emotional learning. 

JNJ Express, Inc. filed a building permit Thursday for the construction of a new truck service facility at 5074 American Way.

CNN political commentator Angela Rye made a return trip to Memphis Aug. 8, stumping at a fundraising luncheon for Memphis mayoral candidate Tami Sawyer.

About 24% of third-graders in Shelby County Schools scored proficient in reading on the state’s standardized assessment TNReady, down from about 27% last year. Statewide, 36% of elementary students tested proficient.

On "Behind The Headlines," Gary Rosenfeld said a revenue source, possibly from a sales tax hike or gas tax hike, is needed to implement a two-year-old plan to increase the frequency of bus trips in the core city and to find ways to connect areas outside of the core. 

The Memphis planning and design firm A2H has expanded its presence in Middle Tennessee by opening an office in Nashville this summer.

Olive Branch Country Club has been named one of 12 host sites across the U.S. for a PGA Jr. League Regional competition Sept. 21-22. 

With a Blue Alert in effect, Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee law enforcement officials are asking state residents to be on the lookout for Curtis Watson, a man accused of killing a West Tennessee State Penitentiary administrator and escaping from the prison grounds on a tractor.

Billy Ray Turner, the man accused of fatally shooting retired NBA star Lorenzen Wright, was sentenced Thursday to 16 years behind bars on separate gun charges. 

The Shelby County Commission approved $1.6 million for SkyCops cameras to help with crime prevention in all 13 commission districts, but the details will take time to work out.

With Democrats from across the nation calling for stricter gun laws in the wake of two mass shootings, state Rep. London Lamar said President Donald Trump planted the seeds for the deadly incidents by fomenting hatred.

Shelby County Schools is not included in a proposed county ordinance to pay workers $15 an hour.

House Speaker nominee Cameron Sexton is opening the door for talks on removal of the Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the State Capitol.

A citywide plastic bag ban that would have tested a state law forbidding such limitation by local governments was voted down by the Memphis City Council.

International Paper will host company leaders from across the greater Memphis to help support the work of U of M's Center for Applied Earth Science and Engineering Research. 

The city's $3 million commitment to the $19 million undertaking would come from a source some city council members say could have been tapped for other priorities.

Three council members took a look around the new Foote Park at South City Tuesday with plenty of questions and discussion around the larger issue of how to keep the city's development boom from displacing Memphians.

An interview with 'Charged' author Emily Bazelon about her decision to focus on the Memphis case of Noura Jackson in her book and on the wider issues of prosecutors and mass incarceration. 

Former University of Memphis football player Ernest Suttles has filed a lawsuit against the school over the way it handled the rape allegations brought against him in 2017. The charges were dismissed last month. 

House Speaker nominee Cameron Sexton found common ground with the Tennessee Black Caucus on items such as criminal justice reform and the state’s new voucher law during a recent Memphis town hall, but he’s on a different wave length on the existence of “institutional racism” in the Legislature.

Two Collierville churches are helping give school supplies to those in need.

A contested Republican primary is brewing in 2020 for the District 99 House seat in Shelby County with former Republican Party Chairman Lee Mills entering the race.

Memphis City Council members take final votes Tuesday on the Memphis 3.0 land use and development guidelines, a new set of rules for public art projects funded by the city and a ban on plastic bags.

A Knoxville House member filed legislation Monday to expel state Rep. David Byrd from the General Assembly over allegations of sexual misconduct with high school basketball girls 30 years ago.

Gov. Bill Lee is analyzing gun control legislation in the wake of two mass shootings nationally but appears most interested in cybersecurity to stop people who show signs of radicalism or mental “instability.”