Expressing concern about the protracted way the Memphis City Council is moving to fill the vacant District 1 position, Memphis Branch NAACP President Deidre Malone is asking for citizen engagement.
"We are asking our members and all citizens who believe...
O. C. Pleasant Jr., former chairman of the Shelby County Election Commission and a Memphis Branch NAACP stalwart, passed away on Sunday.
Pleasant served on the commission for 30 years.
For many, Ocie C. “O.C.” Pleasant Jr. was the quintessential chairman of the...
Memphis City Council Chairman Berlin Boyd adjourned a fourth straight meeting without a quorum Friday, announcing that the next scheduled session is set for 10 a.m. next Tuesday.
The 13-member council is three members short because of members who won...
Rhonda Logan, the lone remaining candidate under consideration in the embattled race for District 1 on the Memphis City Council, said she is still seeking the seat, “for the people."
“Everything that’s going on is part of the process the...
“We had to make a statement that we were not going to go along with the okey-doke,” said District 3 City Councilwoman Patrice Robinson, one of four Memphis City Council members who walked out of Tuesday’s session and left...
by MARTA W. ALDRICH, CAROLINE BAUMAN
For the first time, Tennessee families can look up how their neighborhood school is rated when it comes to academic achievement and growth, how often kids are missing school, and whether English learners are making progress...
Shelby County Trustee Regina Morrison Newman will have representatives available at seven branch locations beginning Monday, December 3 through Thursday, February 28.
Representatives will accept payments and answer tax-related questions for anyone visiting in person. Taxes for the 2018 tax year...
Boxing at The Pipkin -- billed as the first of more such events to come -- drew a youth-ladened crowd to the Fairgrounds Wednesday night for a series of amateur bouts.
The event was presented by Mayor Jim Strickland and...
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has received the support of 16 elected county officials on an initiative raising the pay of temporary workers to $15 per hour.
A memorandum of understanding supporting this action has been signed by the officials...
Superintendent Dorsey Hopson is leaving Shelby County Schools for a local health insurance company effective Jan. 8.
Prior to his departure, the school board expects to name an interim before the district breaks for the winter holidays, giving the panel...