Though MATA is expected to have a shortfall for the second year in a row, local leaders say bus service must continue to run. 

The district’s HR chief sent a late-night email to the MSCS Board of Education that said the superintendent ignored advice from himself and MSCS’ former general counsel. 

The office has received approximately 2,000 a month from the county’s different courts but only serves around 1,600, leading to the backlog, said Lt. Joseph Fox, a spokesperson for the department.

But Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy says the criticism by Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Cameron Sexton and State Senator Brent Taylor is based on a misunderstanding.

Foote Homes redevelopment hits a milestone, friends open a Japanese ramen chain and we’ve got your last-minute shopping guide for foodie fathers.

The ribbon-cutting Thursday, June 13, of a new senior-citizen apartment building at the former Foote Homes was also a look back at the longer timeline of the city’s move to mixed-income communities.

The development was originally approved under the condition that no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed. 

Two back-to-back shootings occurred on Interstate 240 this week, one of which left a father and his four children in critical condition. 

Southern Baptist delegates gathered in Indianapolis to vote on a proposed ban on female pastors and pass resolution urging caution over the use of in vitro fertilization technology. 

An inmate who escaped the Shelby County Corrections Center Wednesday morning, June 12, has been located, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year.

FedEx cuts European jobs, DeAndre Williams works out in Memphis and The Daily Memphian’s Table Talk is back. 

Shelby County Elections Administrator Linda Phillips talks on the “On The Record” podcast about the upcoming August elections and voter turnout. 

Corrections Center personnel noticed James Patrick Marshall, 48, missing around 9:30 a.m., according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

The governor also discussed education after the passage of the third-grade retention law during a Wednesday, June 12, visit to Winchester Elementary School’s summer-learning academy.

“Reported violent crime, reported property crime and overall crime is down,” Bill Gibbons, president of the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission, said. “I don’t think most people feel it yet, and the way people feel is very, very important.”

MPD targets gang activity near Downtown, Jerry Lee Lewis’ home could be a museum and we look at MLGW’s top 10 water users.

Information obtained by The Daily Memphian through a Tennessee Public Records Act request shows xAI could rank among the top-five Memphis Light, Gas and Water customers.

The Memphis-Shelby County Schools Board of Education voted 8-1 for Superintendent Marie Feagins to suspend layoffs as MSCS employees filled both the auditorium and overflow areas. 

Now that five city charter referendums have moved to the November ballot, the Memphis City Council will probably consider whether it wants to spend city money on a campaign for the set of five proposals.

City Council budget committee chairman Chase Carlisle plans to push for votes on proposed amendments in a Wednesday, June 12, committee session. The fiscal year begins July 1. Final budget votes by are scheduled for June 25.

Last month, MATA acknowledged it has a $60 million deficit. A City Councilwoman tried to talk specifics, but the discussion was abruptly halted after the head of the council staff talked with her privately during a public meeting.

State Sen. Brent Taylor is asking the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office to investigate a recent deal struck between the DOJ and the Shelby County DA’s office to stop local enforcement of the state’s aggravated-prostitution law. 

A group of Crosstown High students painted a beautiful mural that said, “We can do better.” Within weeks, the mural was vandalized. So how did they respond? By doing better. 

Kyle has been a chancellor since his election in 2014. His current term ends Sept. 1, 2030.