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.

Bartlett Republican Jim Coley will not seek another two-year term in 2020 after a recent diagnosis with early stages of dementia.

Sherra Wright’s lawyers withdrew their request for jurors from outside Shelby County to hear the murder charges against their client in the death of Lorenzen Wright, the NBA player who was Wright’s ex-husband. 

FedEx issued an apology Tuesday for mishandling packages destined for Huawei Technologies amid accusations the company deliberately diverted four parcels addressed to the Chinese tech giant's offices in Asia.

More than a dozen local banks are coming together for a free event to offer credit and financial counseling to Memphians.

Research reveals social factors that account for large discrepancies in the way people in the U.S. connect with swimming. 

This Memorial Day carries a special meaning for LaQuita Darnell, a year after her daughter died in a National Guard training accident.

The West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery hosted a Memorial Day ceremony attended by hundreds of people to honor fallen and missing veterans.

Rev. Ralph White, the pastor of Bloomfield Full Gospel Baptist Church, died suddenly on Saturday. 

A funky chicken, a creepy penguin and a half-naked bear-woman stood sentinel outside the meeting room at 21C Museum Hotel, where House Republicans debated the fate of House Speaker Glen Casada.

The Tennessee Supreme Court has disbarred Memphis attorney Paul James Springer.

Galilee Memorial Gardens will reopen on weekends and holidays under a court-approved plan. The cemetery was closed in 2014 after its owner was arrested for mishandling bodies and theft.

The city council still has some difficult decisions to make. But past budget seasons show there is also still some compromise possible between what the mayor proposed and what the council decided last week.

The marker south of Beale Street marks the site of a Chinese association founded in Memphis in the 1920s. It is also a testament to the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act that remained in place for 60 years in America.

The Department of Justice reportedly talked to state lawmakers about alleged “straw donations” into state Sen. Brian Kelsey’s 2016 congressional campaign.

Memphis police and other authorities reached out to the community Friday with information about available resources after a dozen suspected opioid-related overdoses in a 24-hour period.

Shelby County Commission Chairman Van Turner says he may propose a joint resolution with the election commission to seek further assurances before granting them funding for new voting machines.