• Shelby County Court Clerk to appear before State Supreme Clerk on expungement case
• Alpha Kappa Alpha pledges $100,000 endowment to LeMoyne-Owen
• Sales, net income rise at Mueller Industries
• Memphis woman to be guest at President Trump's State of the Union address
• Building permit filed for Germantown location of The Container Store
• Juvenile Court monitor to submit final report
• Fred's Inc. announces appointment of CEO and three other top executives

Knoxville representative says universities should close Confucius Institute programs because it’s a “front for communist propaganda and intelligence gathering.” The University of Memphis is keeping its program, however.

Bill would punish adults for leaving guns unsecured for children to shoot others; legislation reducing penalty for illegal handgun carry being rewritten

Yet another private dorm with more residents than parking spots may spur the U of M and its neighbors to tackle the automobile congestion.

House Republican leaders are proposing legislation that would strip city boards of the ability to subpoena witnesses and documents and limit ability of cities to appoint members based on demographics.

Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler has opened his second Janie's House for abused and neglected girls at Youth Villages' campus in Bartlett. 

The Shelby County results in the special primary elections for state Sen. District 32 are certified and dates for early voting in the special general election are set.

Memphis City Council members are expected to vote Tuesday on a set of gas, electric and water rate hikes that would raise the average residential utility bill 10.5 percent over a five-year period with no rate hike until January 2020.

Gov. Bill Lee appears noncommittal on his support for a heavily-debated statewide contract that outsources facilities management at colleges and Tennessee agencies with a maximum payout of $1.9 billion.

• Memphis Film Prize kicking off fourth annual competition
• Blues Foundation announces 2019 International Blues Challenge Winners
• William N. Morris to be awarded first Dunavant/Rotary Lifetime Achievement Award 
• Graceland will hold job fairs Tuesday, Feb. 5, and Saturday, Feb. 9

Rehabilitators play key role in helping preserve wildlife in Memphis and West Tennessee.

In a series of 18 TEDxMemphis talks, speakers shared their "ideas worth spreading," with the common thread of empathy emerging during the event. 

Battle lines are being drawn for debate over education savings accounts – a method for using state dollars to send students to private schools – and Shelby County lawmakers will be in the thick of the fray.

With eight new commissioners and a new mayor, Shelby County government is changing the way it approaches education moving forward. 

Memphis Light Gas and Water Division president and CEO J.T. Young said the utility will move ahead with a more detailed “integrated resources plan,” following Friday's presentation of the results of a study conducted by GDS Associates Inc.

Electrolux's surprise move to close its Memphis plant in two years, idling 530, ignites debate over what can or should be done about incentives that were poured into the plant.

Brandon Jones, Carlos Donaldson and Timothy Hamilton have been identified by authorities as the three Memphis police officers in the deadly shooting of a 20-year-old man in Whitehaven on Jan. 2. 

Memphians will have the opportunity to get a first look and explore the future of Tom Lee Park at a new engagement center inside Beale Street Landing starting Saturday, Feb. 2.

House members say rule against livestreaming to social media hurts ability to communicate with Memphis constituents.

Federal judge on Friday denied a motion by Darrius Stewart’s attorneys to file an appeal on the ruling that dismissed the city of Memphis from civil lawsuit. The Feb. 25 trial is set to proceed in the case, and Stewart’s attorneys said they may then file appeals in the case. 

A Shelby County and city of Memphis joint ordinance is proposed to create the structure to allow the countywide prekindergarten program to expand by 1,000 seats next school year.

The MLGW board gets its first look at a report on possibly buying electricity from someone other than TVA at a special meeting Friday.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris discusses juvenile justice reform with county beat reporter Omer Yusuf, and city government reporter Bill Dries gives a primer on the first election day of 2019.

Attorneys representing the family of Darrius Stewart plan to appeal the ruling dismissing the city of Memphis from the federal civil lawsuit. 

Memphis businessman Wei Chen's private plane rolled and struck a tree before crashing in a field in suburban Atlanta, killing him and three passengers, a preliminary NTSB report says.