Troopers helped ICE during the weekend raid, an iconic Downtown building has sold and the new Metal Museum is a family affair. 

It’s a weekend for some very high-profile openings. 

The National Civil Rights Museum announces 2026 recipients, highlighting decades of activism in law, sports, media and community leadership.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Tennessee Highway Patrol assisted ICE in a weekend raid on a Memphis nightclub.

Protesters gather outside the Mason ICE facility, SpaceXAI is building another data center and we’ve got a look at Satellite Music Hall’s menu.

5C Data Centers buying the former Fred’s space raises the question of whether one era of Memphis is seguing to another.

Trial tests are vital to producing reliable tests, education officials say, but there is concern about Tennessee lengthening TCAP testing times next spring.

A group of around 20 protesters gathered outside the West Tennessee Detention Facility to protest what they called “deplorable conditions” inside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement center.

One day out of office, an honorary street renaming for outgoing county mayor Lee Harris was approved by the Memphis City Council, but not without some rare and vocal opposition.

DeSoto County Supervisor Robert Foster’s lawsuit against the State of Mississippi has been dismissed, but it may not be gone forever.

The Protect College Sports Act, which has not been passed, would more than double the University of Memphis’ sports expenses — unless the Tigers move conferences.

MATA unveiled eight of 12 new buses delivered to Memphis in recent weeks, part of an overall investment to bring more than 50 new buses to an aging fleet by next year.

The University of Memphis tallied its second-highest fundraising amount ever in its most recent fiscal year.

New sheriff gives a jail tour, there’s a new arrest in the OUTMemphis shooting and we tell you what to expect at the Memphis Tigers season opener.

Before the game, we didn’t know much about the team. But, after Saturday, some questions have been answered.

“The MSCS system is in crisis,” attorneys for Memphis Lift, Seeding Success and three family members of Memphis-Shelby County Schools students wrote.

Jeff Fioranelli has run the same route every day for 30 years. One Wednesday, nearly 400 St. Mary’s students began clapping for him. On 901 Day, he showed up to thank them for their support.

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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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.