“Nobody can do this for us but us.”
To Dr. Wes Bellamy, a city councilman from Charlottsville, Va., that statement by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is the rendezvous point for picking up where King left off in the fight...
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Davis will become superintendent of the Mississippi River District in the Memphis Conference of the United Methodist Church beginning March 1.
Davis follows the Rev. Kevin Conrad who will become senior pastor of Cookeville First UMC...
Building a new youth justice center is not a done deal yet, but the Shelby County Board of Commissioners voted Monday to move the proposal into an initial phase of design and construction.
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris was backed...
If it seems like almost every African-American fraternity or sorority is hosting a Founders Day program this month, it’s because they probably are.
Of the nine National Pan-Hellenic Council organizations – affectionately called “The Divine Nine” — five were founded...
Kroger, the Memphis Branch of the NAACP and The New Tri-State Defender are teaming up to announce a new grant program aimed at supporting Memphis and it's surrounding communities.
The "Uplift Our Community" initiative was announced at a press conference...
The Shelby County Commission on Monday sent a $1.3 million design proposal for a new juvenile justice facility back to committee after most members determined there were still questions to be answered before proceeding with the project.
The Juvenile Justice...
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Inaugural Show: A conversation with Shelby County Commissioner Tami Sawyer
"...Activist is a dirty word to a lot of people and it shouldn't be. ... I use that privilege and the power I...
Three teenagers and an adult were killed, and seven people were injured in a Sunday night house fire in Collierville.
The fire began in a two-story home, said Mark King, Collierville's chief of administration. When firefighters arrived, the house was...
Shelby County has its first-ever director of education — and he is responsible for fostering collaboration among the county’s seven school systems.
Cedrick Gray will hold the newly created position, and report to Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris.
Gray is a...
The public chorus of groups and individuals dissatisfied with the moves the Memphis City Council has made to fill the vacant District 1 seat rang out again on Monday ahead of Tuesday’s council session.
“The Memphis City Council did not...