The Shelby County Youth Council has spent the past six months crafting a list of almost 20 policy suggestions. Now, they’re trying to get those recommendations into county and city budgets.

Downtown Memphis Commission CEO Chandell Ryan talked on “Behind The Headlines” about an early spring on Beale Street and the city’s plan for enhancing safety.

The Tennessee General Assembly passed a bill this week reforming two long-standing financial barriers that have blocked formerly incarcerated people from having their voting rights restored.

The elementary school was built in 1976 and has more than $6 million in deferred maintenance.

State legislators get automatically reelected, something may finally open in San Diego Cantina and a Grizz loss is a win.

For some of those seeking a spot on a local school board, the only thing that stands in the way of the November general election is an August ballot. 

Here’s what the 16 races for seats in the Tennessee legislature representing Shelby County looked like at the Tuesday deadline to get on the Aug. 6 ballot. Check out the full list for all of the races via a link in the story.

Billy Richmond founded the Wing Guru eateries in 2016.

District 93 House seat has no candidates, Germantown changes its tune on mayoral rules and a former food hall may be getting a new life.

The Standard could have been Germantown’s first TIF, or tax increment financing, district.

Over the next couple months, the Shelby County Commission will have to wrestle with how many Memphis-Shelby County Schools projects the county can actually fund. Doing them all would cost $200 million, a sum the county is unlikely to provide. 

The deadline to file qualifying petitions to get on the August state and federal primary ballot was noon Tuesday, March 10.

A state appeals court has upheld the 2025 convictions for Justin Johnson, one of two men who killed rapper Young Dolph in 2021.

Acclaimed golfer Rachel Heck leads this year’s Memphis Amateur Sports Hall of Fame class.

The Downtown Memphis Commission is once again looking for restaurateurs to bring new life to empty storefronts — like the former Cafe Keough — along the Main Street Mall.

Salinas reports back from an ICE detention center, xAI gets approval in Mississippi and stingrays return to Memphis Zoo.

Announced changes to business and records-keeping processes at Memphis-Shelby County Schools offer clues about what recommendations forensic auditors may soon publicize. 

While sponsors argue the bills enhance public safety, community leaders say limiting how often community funds can bail people out would be detrimental.

The 1st includes DeSoto County. Southaven, Hernando, Horn Lake, Olive Branch, Oxford, and Tupelo are all in the district.

State Rep. Gabby Salinas recently visited a local high schooler who was arrested by the Memphis Safe Task Force and is now being held at the ICE detention center in Mason, Tennessee.

Tennessee would spend around $303 million next school year to fund private school tuition costs for 40,000 students if Gov. Bill Lee’s proposal is successful.

Republican supermajority passes Nashville Democrat’s bill banning individuals and corporations from owning more than 100 single-family homes in most Tennessee counties. 

The vote followed widespread community outcry about the turbines’ impact on the quality of life for neighbors and residents. 

Regional One gets the green light, the Tigers women’s basketball coach is out and coffee industry pros spill the beans. 

Before this weekend, Ja Morant, the Memphis Grizzlies star point guard, hadn’t spoken to the media since January.