The Klondike-Smokey City CDC plans to hire local community members to maintain the lots, before moving forward with a development plan for the lots. 

Affectionately known as “The Mayor of Orange Mound,” restaurateur and notable Memphian Tyler Glover Sr. was laid to rest on Saturday.

Former Memphis Grizzlies community relations employee Dan Peterson is making an impact by reviving forlorn basketball courts, public spaces that bring people together.

LeAnthony Douglas, a teaching and performing artist at New Ballet Ensemble and School, started in the organization’s first cohort of Dunbar Elementary School students. 

MLK College Prep students Kristopher Graham, Micheal Todd and Antwain Garrett appeared on "Ellen" after their act of kindness went viral nationwide. 

About 25 people met in Binghampton recently to discuss questions and concerns they had about the Tillman Cove development. 

Three students from Frayser will be featured on a national talk show Friday after their act of kindness went viral.

The long-vacant, long-ignored Barksdale Mounted Police Station still has jail cell bars, horse stable windows and the name of Tennessee’s most infamous politician etched into the ornate front wall. A renovation will soon breathe new life into the city's first “suburban” police station.

Incumbent Sherman Greer, Rhonda Logan and Dawn Bonner are vying for the Memphis City Council District 1 seat. 

Over the next three years, the charter school system plans to work with community partners to add amenities including a small grocery store, affordable child care or preschool and community green space.

The first residents have moved into the reincarnation of the former Foote Homes public-housing project, Foote Park at South City.

Soulsville's radical.tacos will source some of its produce from a student-managed garden.

An estimated 130,000 attended the 32nd annual Cooper-Young Festival in Midtown.

Memphis is home to 3,000 Vietnamese immigrants, and many now live around the Madison Heights neighborhood, where Viet Hoa is located.

The Land Use Control Board approved permits for two nonprofit developments in Frayser, but rejected plans for a proposed convenience store in the community. 

The new gym is open six days of the week to all youth in Frayser ages 8-18 for free. 

The First 8 Memphis board discussed the early stages of its pre-k program and moved forward on a search for a permanent executive director. 

Arrow, the organization that provides space and support to artists, is renovating 2535 Broad as a temporary, "stepping stone" home.

BLDG Memphis' survey asks candidates about transportation, safety and the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

Southern Heritage Classic founder Fred Jones Jr. now has a street named after him on the grounds of Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, "Fred Jones Way."

Comcast came to Memphis on Friday bearing free laptops for students, free internet service for their families and tech grants for local nonprofits. 

A developer plans to renovate and convert a historic industrial building in Uptown into an event space for 300 to 400 people.

Central Gardens in the mid-’70s might have been described as “shabby chic.” You could still buy something on Peabody or Lemaster for less than $50,000. Today, Realtor.com puts the median listing price in Central Gardens at $372,400.

Longtime United Way of Mid-South executive Regina Walker was named executive director of First 8 Memphis. 

Issues brought to Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and county officials included sanitation services, illegal dumping and stray dogs in the Northaven area.