About a dozen campuses run by Memphis-Shelby County Schools will be subject to more academic scrutiny over the next year as officials work to improve the schools’ F letter grades.

The incident happened in July 2023, when Hernandez, behind the wheel of a stolen car, blew through the red light going an estimated 88 mph.

This fourth-annual showcase helps students “get on the road to success financially and in their adult life.”

The number of people who have resigned from the program grows amid abuse allegations that school officials allegedly refused to address.

The 2023 lawsuit, filed by Friends for our Riverfront and others, challenging the new Memphis Art Museum Downtown has hit another barrier.

Local control of Tennessee’s airports would be grounded if a bill that would give airport-board appointment power to a handful of state lawmakers glides through both chambers.

“I heard three to four. And then another burst and then another. It was probably about 15-20 shots. It was a lot. And everybody was running,” said a resident.

State Democrats call for gas relief, Ja Morant isn’t No. 1 and we remember Varsity Spirit founder Jeff Webb.

The Daily Memphian sent four staffers to President Donald Trump’s visit to Memphis. Today, veteran reporter Bill Dries is here to talk about some of the behind-the-scenes details. 

Webb stands among Memphis’ most consequential entrepreneurs, and he’s credited with revolutionizing cheerleading and turning it into what we see today.

Remington teaches courses in the basics — knife skills, butchery, classic cooking techniques and plating — before students take a course that everyone simply calls “cafe.” 

Charges were dropped for a 14-year-old accused of aggravated rape at St. George’s Independent School.

The rewrite of the impasse procedure is the most significant change in a process drafted in the wake of 1978 strikes by Memphis police and firefighters. 

The city is still searching for a space where teenagers, once picked up by MPD, would spend time waiting for their parents. 

“It does not alter the work that the district attorney is doing, does not restrict their discretion,” state Sen. Brent Taylor said.

Collierville leaders don’t want ‘mor chickin,’ the Grizzlies move up in race to the bottom and we meet new Fox13 anchor Rob Sneed. 

What was once the Gameday Baseball complex in Cordova is set to become an “upscale” RV park, catering to the higher end of the recreational vehicle market.

Frayser? Trezevant? Frayser-Trezevant? As construction continues, MSCS will have to make up its collective mind.

As President Donald Trump touts the Memphis Safe Task Force as proof that tough immigration policies and aggressive enforcement are restoring “law and order,” Mayor Paul Young argues Memphis’ long-term safety depends more on tackling poverty, disinvestment and other root causes. 

President Donald Trump came to Memphis to declare victory over crime. Two Friday night shootings were a reminder that work still remains.

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Parents, pets and local politicians lined an intersection, holding signs condemning everything from President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement efforts to the war in Iran.

During his visit to Memphis, President Donald Trump said that Memphis is a different place because of his Memphis Safe Task Force, praising the city’s leadership along with the Task Force while noting the declining homicide rate.

“I directed the Department of War to temporarily postpone land strikes against major energy and electricity targets in Iran,” President Donald Trump said during his Memphis visit Monday, March 23.