ServiceMaster employees fanned out to four area schools Thursday to help beautify the campuses as part of Spring Clean '19.

• Briarcrest seeks permit for addition to elementary 
• Lawsuit claims Blue Suede Brigade issuing illegal parking tickets
• Le Bonheur opens operating room expansion

The public becomes more willing to accept the four-page summary letter of the Mueller Report the longer it takes for the full report to be released, Democratic U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen said Friday during a town hall meeting.

Former University of Memphis basketball player Andre Allen was arrested again on pot and gun charges. He will be in court April 1 on the charges. 

Memphis City Council Chairman Kemp Conrad says the three-year goal of ending "street homelessness" could include a city shelter.

Tennessee education leaders can now track glitches with the revamped TNReady testing system in real time. But the state education commissioner says she still must decide whether to throw the switch or wait another year to resume online achievement tests.

Memphis City Council chairman Kemp Conrad talks about who MLGW buys electric power from and the city election season on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast.

Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland has renewed talk of a “freshwater institute” on Mud Island to research the Memphis aquifer, which is the source of the city’s drinking water, and the Mississippi River.

• Briarcrest seeks permit for addition to elementary 
• Lawsuit claims Blue Suede Brigade issuing illegal parking tickets
• Le Bonheur opens operating room expansion

A historic Midtown church is helping children and parents in the Memphis community combat adversity and gain resilience with its nonprofit organization, CAFE.

A day after voting against voucher legislation, state Rep. David Byrd lost his chairmanship of a House Education subcommittee Thursday with House Speaker Glen Casada saying the chamber needs "orderly operations."

Democratic state Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis could be in conflict with the Tennessee Black Caucus of State Legislators over his vote in favor of Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account plan this week.

For the first time since Feb. 18, the Mississippi River at Memphis is expected to go below flood stage sometime Friday.

• Lawsuit claims Blue Suede Brigade issued illegal parking tickets
• Le Bonheur opens operating room expansion
• Three Memphis orthopedic groups unite under one brand 

Amid concerns over declining enrollment and aging campuses, the changes are the first step in former superintendent Dorsey Hopson’s facilities footprint plan that could consolidate 28 old facilities into 10 new ones.

Shelby County Drug Court held its 250th graduation ceremony Wednesday, with 16 people graduating from the alternative sentencing program for drug offenders. 

Bill would prohibit abortions if Roe v. Wade is overturned or U.S. Constitution is amended.

State Sen. Brian Kelsey is urging the Tennessee Valley Authority to be “expeditious” in removing toxic coal ash from containment ponds at Allen Fossil Plant on President’s Island in Memphis.

The House Education Committee passed Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account initiative Wednesday, with Shelby County legislators splitting votes on potentially the most contentious bill of the 2019 session.

School board members in Shelby County have consistently opposed using state funds for private school tuition, and the latest proposal, which expands eligible expenses to tutoring and online courses, is no different, they said.

• Wiseacre seeks permit for Downtown construction
• Permit for One Beale parking garage sought
• Springboard Festivals adds Memphis to lineup

Despite the high hopes of some for the proposed Memphis 3.0 land use and development plan, there are some basic concerns and some criticism about how the land use and development guidelines will be used.

Once roiled by concerns about the spread of Islam, the Tennessee Legislature is considering legislation enabling state dollars to be used to send students to Islamic schools across the state.

Memphis City Council members met Tuesday in Chattanooga with Tennessee Valley Authority officials.

Bill Morris, who served seven terms as sheriff and mayor of Shelby County during and through civil rights struggles, documents his experiences and prepares to receive a lifetime tribute.