The council approved a November 2020 referendum on a residency requirement for police and fire fighters Tuesday on the first of three votes. 

Collierville is looking for the most festive homes in town to be included on its annual Collierville lights tour.

Santa Claus will visit Memphis on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Pink Palace Museum.

Leaders in the Achievement School District, charter schools that took over historically low-performing schools, fear further state cuts would seriously affect special education programs for students with some of the highest needs.

Tom Intrator, 18 S. Main developer, took the concept of aligned development to City Council members Tuesday as they reviewed a unique tax incentive for the $1.1 billion project that is a PILOT used like a TIF.

Memphis-based global logistics firm Dunavant has opened its 20th location with a new container drayage terminal at the Port of Baltimore.

The program is on track to launch in the fall of 2020, a year earlier than required under a new state law. Lee ordered the accelerated timeline this summer.

Memphis City Council members have paperwork on their agenda Tuesday for the second convention center hotel project, changes to the Union Row project incentives and a supplement to the Pinch District redevelopment.

State Rep. G.A. Hardaway is insisting House leaders live up to a commitment to investigate allegations of misconduct made against state Rep. David Byrd as a high school girls basketball coach 30 years ago.

A public comment session Monday at the Central Library drew several dozen people and plenty of reminders of the city's long-running debate about the bus system run by the Memphis Area Transit Authority. The corridor has almost all of the $74 million to build the Union and Poplar corridor that would start operations in 2024.

A month after Shelby County Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford told county elected officials that without more money she wouldn't manage their records, the County Commission did not approve funding to hire more archives workers.

The various Shelby County law enforcement agencies will oversee implementation of a new security camera program for the county, according to a resolution approved Monday by the County Commission to establish program guidelines.

The Shelby County Commission voted Monday to transfer $80,000 to the Health Department to cover the cost to test potentially 19,000 students at 35 schools where excessive levels of lead were found in water sources.

State education vouchers worth $7,300 that Shelby County parents can use to send their children to private schools will count as federally taxable income, according to Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn.

Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings says a residency requirement for officers is hurting recruitment efforts by his department, and he wants voters to decide the matter. 

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Jim Lammey receives public reprimand for social media posts he reposted and shared on his Facebook page. 

Tina Walker has been named chief operating officer of Patriot Bank.

Memphis Public Libraries are doing away with one of the basics of public libraries -- fines for books that are returned past their due date.

Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan Monday dismissed a move by the estate of Sedley Alley to have DNA tested in an attempt to exonerate him posthumously, saying the estate does not have standing in the case.

The Sunday afternoon Mass recalled the 1939 milestone at the neighboring Magevney House and the ecumenical spirit that led to the city's first Catholic parish that followed. St. Peter's pastor also reminded parishioners that faith is not without divisions and controversy but is also about unity.

An October federal indictment of Blake Owens and four others for allegedly dealing heroin and fentanyl is a major drug case. It's also part of a 25-year saga that includes real estate, strip clubs, kidnapping, racketeering, wiretaps and a plea by Owens in 2006 for federal prison officials to release him somewhere other than Memphis.

The Germantown Parks and Recreation Commission will host public forums Monday and Tuesday to get input about planned changes at Germantown Station and Riverdale parks.

When a woman was struck by a motorist near their school in June, a group of Memphis sixth graders dedicated their semester to learning about pedestrian safety. On Saturday morning, they spoke out about what they learned.

General Sessions Court Clerk Ed Stanton Jr. has a little less than a year left in office and will not seek re-election next year. Before his exit, Stanton says he has a few goals to accomplish.

College president responds to alleged victim who complained about the how the Rhodes Title IX office handled her sexual assault case.