Although the capital and operating funds are separate, the new capital projects are expected to push attendance up, which raises more money for the zoo to operate.

Two Texas men were convicted of wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering related to the $773,695.45 lost by the City of Memphis during a 2022 phishing scam. 

Arlington officials express concerns about the potential testing route for a proposed driver's license station on U.S. 70.

Lawmakers pause an anti-immigrant education bill, state Constitutional amendments will go to voters and the Overton Park Shell drops its summer line-up.

The Tennessee General Assembly passed three possible amendments, including one that could allow judges to deny bail to defendants accused of certain crimes. 

The move diminishes the chances for the bill to pass this year as lawmakers prepare for a likely adjournment this week.

Collierville Police and Shelby County Sheriff’s Office held a press conference Monday afternoon to talk about possible drink tampering in the suburb’s limits.

The council hears about a proposal to enforce standards for lighting and cleanliness of Downtown parking garages and votes on a move to extend the life of a temporary Downtown surface parking lot at Beale and Main streets.

The Overton Park Shell’s free summer concert series opens and closes with local acts.

Five people were shot in the Medical District, the MPD is being sued over an arrest and we’ve got tips on what to order at Felicia Suzanne’s.

A man wrongfully accused as a teen of murder is now suing the Memphis Police Department for $5 million.

For roughly three decades, the only musicians who played what is now the Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium were marching bands. But why?

Also happening this week: The Wolf River Bottoms Task Force meets for the first time, and Tigers football is back.

Five people were shot, one fatally, in a shooting in the Medical District April 19. 

The jail is more packed than it has been in at least five years, and amid the crowding, more inmates are being placed on suicide watch, according to Shelby County Sheriff’s Office data.

Hundreds protested for or against numerous causes at Poplar Avenue and Highland Street on Saturday afternoon, carrying signs denouncing xAI, the Trump administration and one that said simply, “Where do I start?”

Investigators behind a new criminal justice report talked about a way to change how cases move through the courts.

PJ Haggerty’s entry into the NCAA transfer portal isn’t just about this new era of college athletics, which like most things in our society has gone through seismic changes. It’s about what Haggerty’s potential decision to leave suggests about Memphis basketball’s place in it.

MSCS may tear down old buildings, the state budget slashes Memphis programs and Ja Morant is a maybe tonight. 

Former Superintendent Marie Feagins debuted the real estate plan in December weeks before school board chair Joyce Dorse Coleman first called for her ouster. Progress appears to have continued through the leadership tumult.

As international students at CBU and the U of M, like others across the country, have their visas revoked, the issue is setting up new quandaries for college administrators. 

Rep. G.A. Hardaway, along with other Memphis lawmakers, expressed concern over the reductions and outright elimination of many Memphis organizations and programs.

County Commissioner Britney Thornton said Wednesday the allegations against Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. shouldn’t be considered in deciding what, if any, changes should be made to the body’s grant program.

A resolution that urges the Tennessee Supreme Court to create a panel to investigate three state district attorneys general passed the state Senate Wednesday, April 16.

Baron Von Opperbean gets big bucks, a school takeover compromise is coming and a Midtown bar owner brings “fun times” to Millington.