The $600,000 facility, the first in Binghampton, is set to open next summer. 

Rhonda Logan's journey to the District 1 seat included a 100-vote marathon City Council meeting when she repeatedly fell one vote short of getting the appointment in late 2018. 

Pre-apprentice vo-tech program could expand to other local high schools if successful. 

Marketplace Development hopes to close on a deal for the property by the first quarter of 2020. 

First 8 Memphis was formed earlier this year to financially support and advocate for more early childhood programming in Shelby County. 

If the plan is approved, Shelby County could start providing solid waste services to Northaven residents by spring 2020. 

The full Shelby County Commission is set to vote on the Raleigh TIF district Nov. 18 and Memphis City Council must also approve it before it goes into effect. 

Porter-Leath opened its first Early Childhood Academy in 2017 in South Memphis. 

The Uptown TIF expansion will include the New Chicago, Smokey City and Bickford neighborhoods. The expansion is set to go into effect Jan. 1. 

Shelby County officials presented their plan to provide garbage collection service for Northaven residents at a community meeting Tuesday night. 

Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Beverly Robertson spoke at the Frayser Exchange Club as part of the organization's initiative to better engage with neighborhoods. 

Early voting in the November runoff election for two City Council seats continues through Nov. 9. Election day is Nov. 14. 

Northaven residents would pay about $27 a month if the county rolls out a garbage collection service in the area for the first time. 

The Raleigh TIF is the first proposed TIF in the neighborhood and is centered around the Raleigh Springs Town Center development along Austin Peay Highway. 

The student-run bank teaches students more about money and customer service, skills they will carry with them for the future. 

A building permit application was filed recently for Freedom Preparatory Academy.

The 16-year-old Memphis rapper launched the Need Learning Everyday Challenge at Cornerstone Prep Denver Elementary School in Frayser Tuesday. 

A portion of the property tax revenue in the TIF district would go toward funding streets, sidewalks and other infrastructure needs in Raleigh. 

The plan would cost Northaven residents about $27 a month and would achieve a county goal to eliminate illegal dumping in that part of Shelby County.

Collage Dance Collective kicks off its 10th anniversary season this fall, and those in the company hope to accomplish even more in the years to come. 

Incumbent Sherman Greer and contender Rhonda Logan will face off in the District 1 runoff election scheduled for Nov. 14. 

Incumbent City Councilman Berlin Boyd and Michalyn Easter-Thomas are preparing for a runoff to decide the city council's District 7 seat. 

MPD launched the Thankful Thursday initiative earlier this month as it seeks to create more neighborhood watch groups in Raleigh and Frayser.

Mitchell Heights Neighborhood Association built community gardens, organized neighborhood cleanups and fought chronic problem properties in Environmental Court. Now they're working on an edible forest.

The state senator from Memphis held the town hall to inform community members about pending potential gun violence legislation at the state level, among other issues.