YMCA is running 62 meal-distribution sites across Shelby County from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

Pursuit of God Church and KIPP Memphis Elementary Prep held food drives Friday afternoon and served more than 350 families in North and South Memphis during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

State Rep. Antonio Parkinson is seeking more state funding for unemployment benefits and food stamps to help the working poor during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Land Use Control Board approves a proposed 81-lot subdivision in Raleigh near the new Amazon Fulfillment Center, and a transitional home on Jackson Avenue.

Construction on renovations for Rodney Baber Park and Kennedy Park are expected to begin this fall. 

The current director of programs and outreach will take over in May at the Binghampton nonprofit that serves youths in a variety of capacities. 

Pursuit of God Church recently moved into its new home at 3759 N. Watkins St., formerly the site of Bellevue Baptist's Frayser campus. 

A new Frayser high school could determine the fate of two longtime neighborhood schools, while also rebuilding the neighborhood's optimism. 

Local planners will consider applications for a new cemetery in Raleigh and a new funeral home in South Memphis next month. 

The new Frayser library is expected to be four times the size of the neighborhood's current branch location at 3712 Argonne St. 

After 18 years, Frayser Community Development Corp. leader Steve Lockwood is stepping down later this year. 

Demolition on the current Ed Rice Community Center is set to begin in May, but community members still have questions about what the new facility will offer and what alternative services will be available during construction. 

ALCO Management has invested more than $50 million in its Frayser properties dating back to the 1970s. 

Charlie Caswell nearly died after being held a gunpoint as a teen. He's now helping others cope with their childhood trauma through his work with the Legacy of Legends CDC. 

Seizing an opportunity near Amazon's new $200 million fulfillment center, a local developer is investing the first private residential dollars since the Great Recession. 

A 60-lot subdivision being planned near the intersection of James and Highland in Raleigh may be marketed to new employees of the Amazon fulfillment center nearby.

The PTSA will send a group of middle and high school students to the state Legislature in Nashville on Feb. 12. 

Neighborhood leaders hope new jobs will go to area residents, and some say increasing the frequency of bus routes in Frayser and Raleigh would improve the odds for those who don't own cars.

MAAR's president-elect says the 2019 data reflects a “competitive” housing market citywide. 

Klondike-Smokey City residents will ultimately determine what happens to the lots its community development corporation was put in charge of Friday.

A City Council committee took no action on Lorenzo Williams' $600,000 plan and wants to have further discussions on the proposal before doing so. 

Anthony Anderson, executive director of charter school operator Memphis Business Academy, calls Cherokee's decision a "game-changer" for the Frayser community. 

Every unit in Hunter’s Ridge, Timber Pines and Watkins Manor apartments will be renovated in the $24 million project. 

As Christmas approached and 2019 came to a close, the last Catholic contemplative monastery in Tennessee quietly closed.

The Klondike-Smokey City CDC purchased 150 vacant lots from the Shelby County Commission in September. They are now taking the first step in creating a plan for the lots.