“Perhaps these strange new congressional districts offer an opportunity. A rural farmer may come to understand a family in South Memphis. Someone who has never set foot on a farm may come to recognize how the challenges of rural health care resemble those facing uninsured people in Memphis.”
One Democrat reaches for the center. The other grabs a bullhorn. Different strategies, same problem: A national party hellbent on charging ever leftward.
Education advocates in the state have long warned Tennessee’s funding formula is undercounting economically disadvantaged students.
Both are Southern films that viewers will leave knowing more and thinking more deeply. In Memphis this week, the filmmakers will be on hand to display them.
The buying spree continues as SpaceXAI’s subsidiary has now acquired seven homes and more land in the Southaven area.
A new set of five pillars at South Parkway and Bellevue Boulevard mark the entrance to the park, honor Turner’s legacy and celebrate the history and culture of the community around it.
Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy talked about the Task Force and investigations of fatal shootings by MSTF members on “Behind The Headlines.”
A federal judge in Mississippi ruled Friday, Oct. 30, that SpaceX’s construction of a natural gas plant in Mississippi likely violated the state’s air regulations despite Mississippi regulators allowing its construction.
The total turnout countywide is the highest in Tennessee’s 95 counties. It outpaces 2022 but trails the 2018 early voter turnout for the same election cycle. Election Day is Nov. 3.
Pearson’s mom was allegedly involved in a polling site “disturbance,” dirt is finally moving at Union Station and there’s a lot brewing on the coffee scene.
This weekend brings another conversion of spooky seasonal events and fall’s seemingly other favorite, cultural festivals.
A former Memphis-Shelby County Schools employee is seeking $1.5 million in damages from the school system for the “hostile and abusive” work environment she claims Marie Feagins created.
“We have been having to staff two new courtrooms without any extra staff,” Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy said.
Kimberly Owens-Pearson, mother of congressional candidate Justin J. Pearson, was accused of causing a “disturbance” at a polling location.
Regional One needs donations, the Tigers wrap their preseason with a loss and Bartlett’s superintendent is saying goodbye.
Reporter Laura Testino joins us today to sort through exactly where the Memphis-Shelby County Schools takeover stands and what we can expect in the future.
Regional One Health says businesses for hundreds of miles around rely on Memphis’ healthcare system as it fundraises more than $1 billion to build a new hospital.
“Inappropriate sexual behavior by elected officials at every level of government has been excused and allowed to fester for far too long.”
David Stephens, who has served as the only superintendent Bartlett City Schools since the district started in 2014, will be retiring.
Blackburn was missing from a gubernatorial forum, the County Clerk has new hours and fifth graders are creating public art.
There are several large, vacant buildings in Downtown Memphis — The Sterick, 100 N. Main and the Falls Building — that are in various stages of redevelopment.
The Memphis Safe Task Force, book bans and the two-party system were among the issues Jerri Green, Lauren Pinkston and David Hatley discussed in the forum by the Tennessee Press Association and Middle Tennessee State University.
From a 1-inch, black-and-white photo taken more than eight decades ago, Jason Colbert painted a portrait of former University of Memphis President Richard Jones.
“They can meet. They can talk. They cannot act,” Shelby County Chancellor JoeDae Jenkins said of the state-appointed oversight board on Tuesday, Oct. 27.
Brent Taylor and Justin J. Pearson each responded to the Nashville Scene’s Tuesday, Oct. 27, story.
Meanwhile, the Clerk’s Office continues to close in-person vehicle registrations and renewals one day a month to deal with a backlog and for staff training.
County Commission won’t ditch the MSCS lawsuit, Anthropic is sued for adapting Elvis songs and things are looking up Downtown.
Voters in Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland and Millington will soon be going to the polls to decide local races for aldermen, commissioners and mayors.
The Shelby County Board of Commissioners also delayed action on two ordinances dealing with data centers and appointed two new judicial commissioners.