Ten days into the new Shelby County Commission’s four-year term, two commissioners have been formally charged with crimes, while two other local officials are part of investigations.

“I used to think that if one door closed, that was it. Now I know that if one door doesn’t work out, there’s always another one.”

Memphis police have completed their investigation into the death of 6-year-old Winter Jones after she was left on a daycare bus, according to attorneys representing her family.

The campaign-sign vandalism case returns to court in October. Commissioner Erika Sugarmon has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

MSCS takes away student laptops, a French restaurant is coming to Collierville and Mark Wahlberg was here.

Earlier this summer, pictures of black bears in Tennessee sparked a flurry of responses on social media. 

The six-year old tax charges came to the surface the same day Will Richardson participated in his first meeting as a Shelby County commissioner.

After a week in office, Shelby County Clerk LaSonya Hall says she has found dozens of crates of car titles and registrations awaiting processing — some dating back to June.

A trial date has been set in a federal lawsuit over the fatal 2024 shooting of Jamarcus Brown by the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office.

MSCS has quietly ended a yearslong policy of giving every student their own personal laptop or tablet.

The city is pausing plans for a road extension near SpaceXAI, new homes are coming to Orange Mound and Coach Huff is scared.

By next summer, the Memphis Area Transit Authority hopes to have 56 new buses on the roads. 

The first new home is on Marechalneil Street near Deadrick Avenue and supports Mayor Paul Young's goal of 10,000 new or renovated affordable housing units by 2030.

The city announcement Tuesday, Sept. 8, cites “legitimate concerns” from Southwest Memphis residents near the planned extension of the road connected to a SpaceXAI data center.

Zoo veterinary staff members were in for a surprise when an unexpected pair of twins was born Saturday, Sept. 5. Now, residents are in for a treat: the chance to vote on a pair of names.

A top committee of Tennessee educators wants lawmakers to include special education prekindergarten students in the state’s public school funding formula.

Germantown Municipal School District settled a lawsuit with a mother who wants to be elected to the system’s Board of Education.

Some MATA riders say new buses aren’t enough, and Idlewild students hop on a different kind of bus. 

The U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee and the assistant U.S. attorney general dive into the ongoing efforts by the Justice Department to end street gangs with racketeering cases.

The Daily Memphian has welcomed a new cohort of interns for the fall 2026 semester.

Germantown will have a new mayor, and two candidates with history in the city are seeking the open seat.

Last spring, an Idlewild student was hit by a car as he biked to school. He wasn’t injured, but parents were angry and concerned. So they came up with an answer.

“It will be a slow process, but bears are going to recolonize Middle and West Tennessee,” said the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s black bear coordinator. “You can’t stop it.”

A Republican and an independent candidate are facing off for the GMSD board seat that Angela Griffith is vacating.

The Tennessee Supreme Court refused to admit Marion Griffin to the bar twice, simply because she was a woman. But she didn’t let that stop her.