Memphis Tourism president and CEO Kevin Kane said the Grizzlies’ international games provide a rare opportunity to get in front of influential international travel companies. 

Former Memphis Police Association president Mike Williams picks a race. Also, a nonendorsement by U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, a new city policy director and a review of the Election Commission’s revamped website.

Memphis Mayor Paul Young talked about the 2023 campaign promise at Thursday’s Lowery New Year’s Day Prayer Breakfast Downtown.

The most important Memphis City Council decisions of 2025 were about the flow of city funds, the city-owned bus system, what to do with property tax revenues from xAI and the council’s relationship with the Mayor’s office.

THC products were a small fraction of one liquor wholesaler’s West Tennessee sales just a year ago, but they are now on track to rival traditional liquor, beer and wine sales.

What were the news highlights of the year in Memphis? A look back at the metro team’s top stories. 

The set of 10 apartments in the North Memphis neighborhood of Bickford took two years to renovate.

The matter is set for oral arguments on March 5, 2026.

The City of Memphis and the Memphis Fire Fighters Association are winding down their litigation after the Memphis City Council passed a 2% raise this week. 

It’s official: Memphis International Airport will be Frederick W. Smith International Airport. 

Bellevue Tennis Center would also get renovation funds.

Can an African elephant make the correct call on a contest between Bearcats and Midshipmen?

Before the vote on Tuesday, multiple council members raised the city’s fiscal condition. 

The letter apologized for the contentious nature of the debate over a raise for firefighters, but also said the raise would not matter much. 

Crime keeps dropping. Police say major offenses fell again in November, reaching their lowest level in nearly three years.

The city needs sales-tax growth at Liberty Park to pay bonds at the Memphis Sports and Events Center. To generate that tax growth, it needs hotel and apartments to become something more than hypothetical. 

The owner of The Station, a proposed high-end liquor store in East Memphis, will appear before the city’s Alcohol Commission next week to ask for a permit.

Memphis’ historic cobblestone landing formally opened Friday after at least 19 years of bureaucracy, red tape and the rise and fall of the Mississippi River.

Housing and Urban Development grants could reach an estimated 100 to 120 senior citizen homeowners.

Also in this roundup, the first forum among contenders for Shelby County sheriff and the race to succeed Wanda Halbert is filling up.

The “debt cliff” refers to how much city bond payments are expected to decline in the future — essentially, the city’s annual payment on its never-ending mortgage.

The Memphis City Council addressed its YouTube stream not showing the entirety of the body’s Dec. 2 meeting where a council member compared a proposed firefighter pay raise to rape.

MATA’s trustee said rider numbers are up. In other action, council members took steps to stop dumping in the Wolf River Bottoms, but balked at some strong limits suggested for city contracts to manage city parks.

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The comments came as the City Council debated an additional 2% raise for the Memphis Fire Fighters Association.

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