For the time being, the new MATA board will coexist with a trustee. The Memphis City Council also approved funding for four parks projects.

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The wear and tear on the 40-year-old building is evident everywhere, but progress is happening in small, expensive steps, including restoration of the jail’s 10 escalators, which cost more than $1 million.

Bodine School is tucked away in Germantown between the Dogwood Creek North and Dogwood Forest neighborhoods. Those living near the school serving dyslexic students are concerned about the increased activity near the school.

As the Memphis City Council prepared to take the second of three necessary votes on the moratorium ordinance, efforts emerged to find middle ground. The council’s longtime attorney also openly questioned whether the proposed moratorium was legal.

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Memphis Light, Gas and Water CEO Doug McGowen told the Memphis City Council on Tuesday, Sept. 1, that two companies plan to build significant data centers in Memphis.

The Department of Homeland Security called the operation “targeted enforcement,” but advocates say it ignored legal documents.

Memphis City Council’s Memphis Light, Gas and Water committee gave the utility the green light to keep paying the city $2.5 million a year towards the arena.

Memphis Light, Gas and Water shared a time lapse of the recovery efforts — and an estimate of how much it would cost ratepayers — with the Memphis City Council on Tuesday.

After arresting the wrong suspect, who spent more than three months in jail, Memphis police now believe they have the actual shooter who critically injured two people May 5 at OUTMemphis.

ICE raided a Berclair restaurant, a new data center is saying no to a tax freeze and the library escalators are finally moving.

Last month, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and District Attorney General Steve Mulroy announced the purchase of four new rapid DNA machines, giving local law enforcement the ability to turn DNA test results around in 90 minutes. 

Marine biologist Rachel Diner and her team at the University of Memphis are examining the microbiomes of an animal with a dramatically different body than our own: the oyster.

“We have got to come up with some means of keeping our tax base steady and, likewise, growing and developing our city,” the incoming Shelby County property assessor said. “Otherwise, we’re going to look like Gary, Indiana.”

It took about two hours to administer the oaths of office Monday, Aug. 31, to a group of 30 elected county leaders who formally begin four-year terms of office Tuesday.

More than 20 small business owners gathered at Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza in Midtown Monday afternoon to call for elected leaders to do more about the Memphis Safe Task Force’s presence in the city.

Brown was the first Black quarterback in Memphis Tigers history. The Sweetwater, Tennessee, native went on to become a Super Bowl-winning assistant coach with the Seattle Seahawks.

The one-year moratorium on new data centers would be to develop guidelines and regulations for the centers as part of the county’s Unified Development Code.

The library escalators are back on the up and up.

A sweeping federal immigration operation at a neighborhood bar resulted in the detention of an estimated 100 patrons, sparking widespread condemnation from local advocates and a response from the mayor.

At its peak, the company’s non-permitted turbine count was 69, according to federal court documents and Mississippi state records.

A very local holiday anchors this week but there’s plenty of other happenings coming up. 

Another data center is coming, a dentist is opening a piano bar and we’ve got the recipe for Cocozza’s meatballs.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris leaves office Tuesday after eight years in office and a unique governing style that shifted county government’s priorities. 

Tennessee governor candidates outline their education platforms and positions on policies such as the state’s third grade reading retention law.

Five years ago, Colt Adkins, at almost 3 months old, died after a series of failures by staff at a childcare center owned by Raven Marshall-Lewis.