A new initiative to get hygiene and personal care products to lower income students kicked off on Friday at Kate Bond Middle School.

The Tennessee Shakespeare Company received a $20,000 grant to take the Bard's works to juveniles in the Shelby County justice system. "William Shakespeare and his plays are for everyone," says the company's founder.

Rep. Joe Towns is preparing to sponsor legislation to rescind the state’s new education savings account law and said he notified House Speaker nominee Cameron Sexton about his plans.

With the new kitchen, Agricenter is helping children learn to cook with produce from a farmers market, surrounding fields.

LeMoyne-Owen College is holding its first-ever “Move the Needle” Summit on its campus Aug. 16-17.

The Memphis Library Foundation announced Thursday it will host the 22nd annual Corporate Knowledge Bowl Sept. 23-27.

A new early childhood center will open in 2022 in an area around the University of Memphis' Park Avenue campus.

Memphis Tourism's I Love Memphis Blog is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a party at Railgarten.

Store owner charged in 2018 fatal shooting of 17-year-old Dorian Harris found guilty of second-degree murder on Thursday after three-day trial. 

Pamela Moses represented herself in a Chancery Court hearing Thursday, Aug. 15, unsuccessfully seeking to stop the printing and mailing of Memphis election ballots that go to city absentee voters starting Monday. 

House Minority Leader Karen Camper is holding up on efforts to push a resolution to rescind the state's new voucher law during an Aug. 23 special session.

The mayoral contender and county commissioner commented on a "Behind The Headlines" recording Thursday when asked about comments made by CNN commentator Angela Rye in Memphis last week labeling Mayor Jim Strickland a "racist' and "Dixiecrat."

A grand jury has indicted two men in connection with the 2017 road rage shooting death of 2-year-old Laylah Washington in Hickory Hill.

Sky High for Kids is giving $20 million to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for naming rights of a research floor in the hospital’s Advanced Research Center, which will open in 2021.

MEMPopS, the local purveyor of homemade icy confections, will give $1 to UT West Institute for Cancer for every popsicle it sells on Thursday, Aug. 15.

More than 40% of elementary and middle school students met the state’s proficiency standards in math, compared to 36.5% in 2018. 

Only 3.4% of high schoolers in the Achievement School District met the state’s proficiency standards on this year’s math and English exams, while 12.6% of elementary students reached that benchmark.

The district’s students did not make as much progress as other students across the state, earning Shelby County Schools the lowest score on the state’s 5-point growth scale.

TNReady scores showed Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville Germantown and Lakeland are among the top-performing districts in the state. Lakeland was designated as an Exemplary district by the Tennessee Department of Education.

A panel discussion and viewing of the film "Brian Banks" gave young people a lesson in how the criminal justice system works and how they interact with it.

State Rep. London Lamar, expecting a baby boy in late November, hopes her pregnancy will help lead to more accommodations for mothers at the Legislature while sounding a bell for the right to choose.

CrimeStoppers of Memphis and Shelby County is seeking public assistance in identifying those who damaged property and injured officers in Frayser the night of June 12, when Brandon Webber was shot and killed.

Miska Clay Bibbs will remain on the Shelby County Schools board after taking the TFA job. Keith Williams, executive director of the Memphis-Shelby County Education Association, wrote in a text message that Bibbs should resign.

The Tennessee Registry of Election Finance levied another $10,000 civil penalty against state Rep. Joe Towns Wednesday, raising his total to $55,000. But he is refusing to pay out of protest and could be planning legal action.

TNReady tests are designed to assess every student’s true understanding of the material they’ve studied, not just memorized. The goal is to know how to help students advance their knowledge and skills, teachers raise their level of instruction, and districts improve their schools.