Also in this political roundup, Green campaigns at Da Sammich Shop, Blackburn calls for a “revisit” on a Nashville data center and Rose pans Starbucks incentives, along with a look at the FISA extension and immigration funding.

Commissioners delayed votes on operating and capital budgets to a June 29 meeting that will also include a final vote on the property tax hike.

Yvonne Nelson, a Memphis community activist, was shot and killed near a middle school during an argument.

The Shelby County General Sessions Court clerk was seen in custody at the Odell Horton Federal Building.

There’s a new spot for sunset selfies, an arts school is coming to North Memphis and linguists study why Memphians say “mursic.”

Juneteenth, the Downtown Memphis Brew Hop and Father’s Day are all coming up.

Local dance director Katie Smythe’s new performing arts school recently bought Humes Middle, Elvis Presley’s alma mater in North Memphis. 

Also happening this week: Downtown breweries are in the spotlight, and Father’s Day is Sunday.

Adding more funding to county reserves is competing with a scaled-down lawsuit settlement, more spending and a basic tax rate that has been reduced by the state for the new fiscal year.

Pay a visit to Midtown Hardware on Summer Avenue, and you’ll enter the only independent hardware store in Shelby County owned and operated by women.

Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members settled on a name for the district’s new high school in Frayser. Neighborhood charter school Libertas is also set to expand into high school grades.

How a Midtown business creates community and space for gamers of all ages and creeds.

Organizers hope the Step Up Squad Adaptive Camp for children born with limb differences will spur self-confidence, friendship and fun.

The local face of SpaceX has been making a lot of news as the Houston-based company goes public with a record-setting IPO. The local controversies against that backdrop were discussed on “Behind The Headlines.”

The 220-foot-long boardwalk two years in the making offers an elevated view of the Mississippi River just beyond the edge of Tom Lee Park.

Memphis police arrest an alleged child rapist who may have numerous victims over the past two decades or longer.

If you missed last weekend’s record swap, Filipino Fest or the Drive-in Laser Light Show, you have another, or similar, chance this weekend. 

New Treadwell school plan is in limbo, Hernandez Govan is back in jail and the Mempho lineup is out.

Why is it taking nearly two decades to fix Elvis Presley Boulevard? I invited state Senator Raumesh Akbari to join me in my 2015 minivan for a drive-along. Here’s what I learned.

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Commissioners suggest funding should go to existing schools in need of repairs.

How do cities and shelters keep bad actors away from those jobs? Screenings, background checks and even scouring a candidate’s social media help, but they aren’t perfect.

The man who was acquitted of being the mastermind behind the killing of a Memphis rapper has been arrested on stalking and harassment charges.

TDOT Commissioner Will Reid and Mayor Paul Young met twice this week after a stormy public meeting in Whitehaven recently, where those involved in the joint project told residents it wouldn’t be completed until 2031.

The Memphis Redbirds reacted on Thursday, June 11, to the Memphis City Council’s pushback on paying $5 million for repairs and renovation planning to city-owned AutoZone Park. 

Olive Branch says no to a new data center, Memphis Made beers are here to stay and the Overton Park Shell turns 90.