A Knoxville House member filed legislation Monday to expel state Rep. David Byrd from the General Assembly over allegations of sexual misconduct with high school basketball girls 30 years ago.

Gov. Bill Lee is analyzing gun control legislation in the wake of two mass shootings nationally but appears most interested in cybersecurity to stop people who show signs of radicalism or mental “instability.”

A nursing student in Memphis receives $10,000 scholarship from the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation.

The W.C. Handy House and Museum in the Beale Street entertainment district will reopen Saturday with a parade and live music.

Memphis and Shelby County will receive $799,048 in grants from the Department of Homeland Security for security improvements at the Port of Memphis.

Yarbrough’s Painting LLC will pay $102,603 in back wages and liquidated damages to 55 employees after an investigation found violations of overtime and recordkeeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Brother Stanislaus Sobczyk, who led Christian Brothers University from 1999-2005, has died.

A Shelby County Sheriff's deputy was stabbed and a man identified as James Lee Kirkwood was killed by the officer during an officer-involved shooting incident Downtown Monday morning.

The renovation at the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center, 201 Poplar Avenue, will take at least 10 years to complete but will upgrade everything.

Breaches in the Memphis aquifer means some of our drinking water comes from heavily polluted Nonconnah Creek, but filtration still yields excellent water quality.

Nonconnah Creek, along with the Wolf River, is one of the two major sources of drainage for the Memphis area, yet many people aren't familiar with it. But understanding Nonconnah and the potential consequences of man-made changes to it, as demonstrated on a terrifying night in 1980, could be important to our future.

A two-day robotics training program at the University of Memphis is trying to show teachers that leading students in robotics and technology isn’t so difficult.

Tami Sawyer charges patriarchy. The Jim Strickland campaign says Willie Herenton left a "mess" with tax hikes and service cuts during his 17-year tenure at City Hall.

After a rally held by community organization F.F.U.N. (Freedom From Unnecessary Negatives) in South Memphis on Saturday, 1,200 young people and their families are heading into a new school year with more than just new supplies but also information about health, wellness and violence prevention. 

While teachers, students, faculty members and parents across Memphis are gearing up for the school year, City Year, a nonprofit powered in partnership with AmeriCorps, is also getting into gear.

Memphis Police Director Michael Rallings announced a heightened police presence in local shopping areas in response to recent public shootings in Texas, California and nearby Southaven.

Memphis City Council contender Frank Johnson is connecting with some supporters with his concerns about gentrification and displacement as parts of the city prosper and other parts don't.

Terry Ross, who had served as principal at Kingsbury High School since 2014, was suspended with pay a year ago. He now will be an advisor with a new program for schools leaving the district’s most rigorous program for low-performing schools.

When a landmark study found that children in Tennessee’s pre-K program eventually fared worse than peers who didn’t participate, the surprising results unleashed a new wave of research to understand why.

A piece of student artwork at Southwind High School has been removed after the principal received a threatening phone call about the painting.

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.