Four women at Shelby County Jail East accomplished a milestone in their lives Wednesday, Dec. 11. They became high school graduates through the HopeWorks program for prisoners. 

Memphis and Shelby County grab the attention of the Beacon Center in its annual Pork Report focusing on government spending for private projects, much of it targeting funds and incentives handed out by EDGE.

Collierville is running extra crews for loose leaf removal. Crews are running a few days behind.

The only countywide election of 2020 in Shelby County has drawn more than a dozen potential candidates for a position most citizens know little about. The political scramble for the office of General Sessions Court Clerk began in November when incumbent clerk Ed Stanton Jr. told his staff he would not be seeking a third full term.

In a unanimous decision Wednesday, Dec. 11, the Federal Open Market Committee maintained the target range for the federal funds rate at 1.5% to 1.75%.

Bethel Labelle Community Center closed Wednesday, Dec. 11, as the city replaces the heating and air system of the center at 2698 Larose Avenue.

The schools had enrolled more students than their contracts with the district allowed. 

Good morning, all. It’s Wednesday, Dec. 11, and today we're talking about ALL the letters, a new crude oil pipeline and how AutoZone plans to grow. 

Biden partisans locally are pushing the narrative that the former vice president is the only Democrat in a large pack of contenders who can beat President Donald Trump in the November general election.

Porter-Leath’s NEXT Memphis founder Chloe Moore makes the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

A healthcare advocacy organization is calling the state’s federal block grant proposal too “vague” for “meaningful” public comment and says it should be rewritten to show exactly how the state plans to spend any “shared savings” with the federal government.

MAA announced Tuesday, Dec. 10, that its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend payment of $1 per share of common stock, an increase of 4.2%.

Memphian and former owner of the Kansas City Royals  pays off layaway balances for 200 shoppers at Burlington.

The Studio Gang design firm talked by video conference Tuesday with the board of the Memphis River Parks Partnership about meeting the specific terms of a mediated agreement announced last week. Among the results is more space for the 2006 Tom Lee Memorial in the park.

The city’s two Congressmen, David Kustoff and Steve Cohen, have long had different views on removing President Donald Trump. Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is a vocal opponent of the process while fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander has avoided comment.

Memphis receives $4.1 million in federal funding from the Department of Justice. The grants will go toward rape kit testing, gunshot detection technology and training. 

A Nigerian man has been extradited to Memphis in connection with a cybercrime scheme involving several U.S. businesses, including a Memphis real estate company. 

A Muslim, Jewish and Christian comedian will grace the stage at Crosstown Theater for a night of laughs and conversations.

Good morning, it’s Tuesday, Dec. 10, and many of us have snow on the brain (if not on the actual ground). Today, a Downtown board will consider a 20-year PILOT for part of the Snuff District redevelopment in Uptown. 

Nearly two months after Shelby County Register of Deeds Shelandra Ford threatened to stop overseeing the management of documents for other elected officials, she left the County Commission meeting Monday, Dec. 9, with the money she said she needed.

A new policy approved by the Shelby County Commission will make it easier for suburban school systems to tap into capital improvement funds.

House District 97 in Shelby County will have a contested Democratic primary in 2020 with Allan Creasy running for the seat again, this time against Gabby Salinas, who nearly defeated Republican state Sen. Brian Kelsey in 2018.

Shelby  County Commission Chairman Mark Billingsley will establish an ad hoc committee to clarify the county's residency requirements for county employees.

House District 97 Republican candidates Brandon Weise and John Gillespie are taking different stands on education vouchers, with Weise opposing them and Gillespie declining to say exactly where he stands on the governor’s initiative.

Construction on the facility is expected to be completed by 2021.