Late last year, the Rev. Dr. Alvin O’Neal Jackson got a call from an officer at the National Civil Rights Museum asking him to chair the museum’s National MLK50 Clergy Executive Committee. After an illustrious ministerial career – including...
Memphis is experiencing a “slow-moving self-reinforcing decline in transit, which could be called a vicious cycle of declining ridership and service.”
That picture emerges from the Transit Vision Choices Report prepared by Jarrett Walker + Associates and released on the...
Convinced that myriad personal and professional experiences have readied him to become Shelby County Mayor, David Lenoir has announced his candidacy.
The Shelby County Trustee formally detailed his attentions to seek the Republican Party nomination from the Poplar Ave. office...
The Trump administration’s wind-down of protections for some undocumented immigrants isn’t leading daily newscasts now, but it’s still very much in the minds of the nation’s students.
Chalkbeat sat in recently as students at Memphis Central High School took...
October 13 - Hi-Tone Cafe is hosting a Friday The 13th Costume Party and Spooky Show. For those who love art, extravagance, music and all things spooky, you’re in for a treat. There will be live performances and an...
By CLAY BAILEY, Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Mike Conley is expected to be a scoring leader for Memphis. Seems like he might get some help from rookie Dillon Brooks.
Conley scored 27 points, Brooks added 19 and the Memphis...
Local pastors stood alongside community activist Tami Sawyer on Wednesday as she called for the immediate removal of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest’s statue from Health Sciences Park.
The gathering in the park came as Sawyer prepared for the five-hour,...
Major cities really need a good and reliable public transportation system. We don’t have such a system in Memphis.
An effective system brings commerce to the masses and takes workers to where they need to be. A good public transportation...
As shock gives way to sorrow in the sudden and unexpected death of Bernal E. Smith II, we wanted to create this opportunity for a city to post memories and condolences. Please post your remarks below. Comments may be...
If you missed it, you missed it. But in case you missed it, here are some of the highlights!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wiuTOKq2c0