Harris suggests tax hike again, the city nominates an animal shelter director and we’ve got a tip on how to handle bad takeout food.

County commissioners wrestled with budget amendments Wednesday totaling well past the $100 million mark, including the county mayor’s proposal.

“It’s because of the love we had that I’m able to be here and be OK,” said Jim Neely, her husband of 45 years, Wednesday. 

City officials made a rare move to nominate a new director of Memphis Animal Services with a background in grassroots animal-rescue work.

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Wednesday’s signing won’t actually cause any changes at the jail as the facility has been implementing this policy since 2023.

The city also plans on appointing a deputy director of animal services. The city fired former MAS director Ty Coleman last year.

Court documents reveal details about the man who was arrested for on suspicion of aggravated criminal trespassing, stalking and criminal attempted kidnapping.

When it opened, the theater was a prominent stop on the “Chitlin’ Circuit.”

The decision comes amid a range of other federal and state efforts to regulate the lives of transgender people.

MSCS is selling properties, Harris backs off his tax hike and we bid farewell to “real dude” Desmond Bane.

Construction on the Memphis Art Museum, what the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art will become when it moves Downtown, has continued. So has construction on the Metal Museum’s location in the Memphis College of Art building.

MSCS board members are poised to finalize four property sales in June, one each in northeast Shelby County, Parkway Village, South Memphis and Whitehaven.

The new substation will help create redundancy in MLGW’s system.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris plans to sign an executive order that will adopt United Nations Minimum Standards for the Treatment of Prisoners, also known as the Mandela Rules, for county prisons.

Meet Sarai Bennett and Joseph Mangin. Both interns will work on general news assignments.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is changing the county property tax rate his administration is proposing to match the state’s certified rate.

They plan to sue Elon Musk’s xAI for alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act, stemming from the company’s use of natural gas turbines to partially power its Southwest Memphis supercomputer.

Man dies after police shooting, the Grizzlies’ trade market is wide open now and local Gen Z hipsters can soon stock up on blue-collar workwear.

Federal officials say they are negotiating with finalists who want to operate Head Start preschool programming, which funds 3,200 seats, for students from low-income families in Shelby County.

Students will gain the opportunity to pursue entertainment degrees and access to more entertainment internships, mentorships and hands-on training.

The shooting happened after police approached “a large group of individuals in the parking lot of a business,” according to TBI. 

Pervis Payne, 58, was convicted in 1988 of stabbing to death Charisse Christopher, 28, and her 2-year-old daughter, Lacie.

County mayor accused Ford of “not taking seriously” the federal indictment against him. At stake, right now, is a nearly $180,000 grant for an entertainment industry nonprofit.

The Memphis Police Department is currently investigating an incident that involved a man knocking on Memphis Mayor Paul Young’s door Sunday night, June 15.

The U.S. District judge handling the case recused himself last week, though it’s still unclear why.