Former Shelby County Democratic Party chairman Corey Strong will challenge U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen in the August 2020 Democratic Congressional primary.

U of M math professor Irena Lasiecka has been awarded the 2019 Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award, the first woman to receive the award in its 40-year existence.

On the literacy front, the district is adding teacher assistants in second grade and implementing a phonics curriculum this year to ramp up a plan to hold back students in second grade if they don’t meet certain reading benchmarks in the 2021-22 school year.

Terminix International Company LP is laying off 99 workers at its flex warehouse space in Shelby Oaks North Business Center in northeast Memphis.

On "Behind The Headlines," Memphis Police Chief Michael Rallings said a federal court consent decree forbidding police surveillance has put the police department in a "very difficult situation" but that he will abide by court's ruling. He also said MPD is still reviewing how it handled the Brandon Webber situation six weeks ago.

Sidewalks and bike lanes near Riverdale School are coming together as part of Safe Routes to School.

A new Shelby County Youth Council will give the county's young people a voice and a place in the decision-making process.

Eleven Shelby County deputies were exposed to fentanyl 
Thursday, allegedly brought in the jail by a man being processed in the intake area. 

Restaurant group and owner of Babalu restaurants Eat Here Brands LLC filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Tuesday.

The policy gives the board the ability to deny a charter school application to open in a neighborhood with relatively few students; establishes a timeline for revoking a school’s charter if it shows poor academic results; and provides schools a chance to compete for free rent in district buildings.

Memphis-based real estate investment trust MAA raised guidance for annual net income and funds from operations after reporting strong quarterly numbers July 31.

Memphis Made Brewing Co. has signed a distribution agreement with Ajax Distributing.

A rape charge against a former University of Memphis football player has been dismissed, but changes in how the university handles sexual assaults remain in place.

Scammers pretending to be from Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division are targeting people in the Memphis area and threatening to cut off their service.

Walmart and the Southaven community dealt Wednesday with the aftermath of Tuesday's fatal shooting of two employees at the store by a disgruntled employee. 

Mid-South Food Bank has received a $16,000 donation from the Darden Foundation to help provide meals to food-insecure households across Mid-South Food Bank’s 31-county service area.

It's time to train for the healthyShelby 5k Run/Walk, scheduled for Sept. 1 at Shelby Farms Park.

BB&T shareholders approved the merger of equals between BB&T and SunTrust and Truist Financial Corporation as the new name of the combined company on BB&T Wednesday.

Madi Butler, a 27-year-old chef from Kentucky, stopped in Memphis on a nationwide railroad journey, an internship called Summer By Rail. 

A Memphis-based food manufacturer is seeking a $2.1 million building permit to expand its Whitehaven warehouse. 

Saint Francis-Memphis ranks on U.S. News & World Report's list of hospitals for its work in chronic pulmonary disease and heart failure.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland opened his reelection campaign headquarters Tuesday in Poplar Plaza, citing his record and setting a goal to "accelerate momentum" if elected to a second term.

It’s a reprieve for low-performing schools that are academically in the state’s bottom 5%, known as priority schools. Most are in Memphis and Nashville and were expected to receive some of the lowest letter grades. 

Drivers who test drive vehicles at Roadshow BMW will have the chance to help support Memphis-based Kosten Foundation’s fight to end pancreatic cancer August 1-31.