After a year off because of the pandemic, the marathon returns Saturday, Dec. 4, with some changes to street closures. The changes put a priority on reopening streets in the South Main area first. 

“It is surreal to think that I’m serving the community that made me,” Brandi Young said. “It’s humbling, it’s surreal to be in this position, this same spot where I grew up.”

Still trying to catch up from revenue and donations lost during the COVID-19 pandemic, area nonprofit leaders are hoping to finish the year strong.

Ornaments shaped like snowmen, stars, poinsettias and snowflakes hang on light poles along Elvis Presley between East Brooks Road and East Shelby Drive. 

The annual meal giveaway feeds 5,000 on Thanksgiving, while other groups in the city also host holiday meals for hundreds more.

Su Casa gave boxes of turkey, produce and canned goods to families who attend the ministry’s adult English classes and bilingual preschool programs in Berclair. 

Over the past 20 months, the complex has been the scene of more than 1,600 calls for police services, ranging from violent crime to drugs.

Mississippi contended that DeSoto County had the exclusive right to water from the Middle Claiborne Aquifer.

The Council Scorecard looks at the split decision on the last two of the pipeline ordinances and the end of a delayed plan to add a gas station to a part of Binghampton that already has a lot of gas pumps.

Memphis City Council member Edmund Ford Sr. said Friday evening he asked about a county employee’s use of personal pronouns because he didn’t know what they meant, but “could have been less harsh in my delivery and tone.”

The statewide group working for LGBTQ equality called a pair of tirades by council member Edmund Ford Sr. at Tuesday’s council session “bullying, trolling and abusive.”

The Tigers basketball coach and fellow hometown star said on Instagram video: “To get murdered like that, it just doesn’t sit well with me.”

The center’s newly renovated, 118,000-square-foot exhibit hall was recently used as the set for a History Channel commercial featuring Morgan Freeman. 

Construction on the new Fire Station No. 1, at 225 Chelsea Ave., began Thursday morning. To celebrate, the City of Memphis Division of Fire Services hosted a groundbreaking ceremony in the afternoon.

Fans of slain rapper Young Dolph Thursday streamed by the cookie shop where he was shot Wednesday to pay respects as police investigated another shooting near the site. 

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City Council member Martavius Jones is the first member of the body to react to several angry outbursts by fellow council member Edmund Ford Sr. at Tuesday’s session. 

Among three finalists for the Tennessee Department of Education position is Cedrick Gray, a longtime Memphis educator who currently serves as director of education for Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ office. 

The council elected Jamita Swearengen as leader, rejected a convenience store with gas pumps at Broad and Tillman, gave final approval to a downzoning and approved more money for a fix of City Hall’s crumbling marble.

The Memphis City Council approved one pipeline ordinance but denied another that would have kept oil pipelines from locating within 1,500 feet of schools, churches and parks.

Also on the Tuesday, Nov. 16, City Council agenda are final votes on measures requiring more local review of pipelines, more money for City Hall’s crumbling marble problem and electing a new chairman for 2022.

Left unresolved is $7.9 million in ARPA spending for FedExForum that commissioners delayed action on. 

Germantown Municipal School District reverses course, returns to masking Tuesday. 

“I’m coming out,” 74-year-old Herschel Gilbreath says of his decision to come out as a gay man during a celebration Saturday at OUTMemphis.

Gov. Bill Lee Friday, Nov. 12, allowed widespread bans on COVID-related mandates to become law — some with his signature and some not.

Memphis Regional Megasite of West Tennessee: The Haywood County site no longer includes a reference to the city of Memphis. Now, it’s officially the Megasite of West Tennessee.