Memphis-Shelby County Schools board members scrapped a search in favor of appointing Roderick Richmond as superintendent.

In his fourth term as the suburb’s mayor, Mike Wissman focused on Arlington’s recent growth and what’s coming that will shape ...

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley ...

The buzzer-beater. Basketball Reference defines it as a game-winning shot taken when a team is trailing or tied, with no time ...

Memphis Mayor Paul Young gave a speech crammed with goals and initiatives he says are the follow-through on the city’s two-year drop in crime.

Though it’s just one game, consider the point proven after the Tigers (12-11, 7-4 American) crushed Charlotte, one of four ...

A well-known Republican candidate for Shelby County mayor has emerged after all: Former state Rep. John DeBerry of Memphis is weighing a bid in the Republican primary for Shelby County mayor. Never ...

It’s a bunch of Memphians who love baked goods gathering together to trade everything from opinions and recipes to finished products.

Eric Otten, the 54-year-old man accused of killing two people at a Collierville apartment complex in September 2023, pleaded guilty in the case Wednesday, Feb. 11, less than two weeks before he was ...

They stole my daughter’s life,” Angela Christopher, mother of Ava Christopher, told The Daily Memphian in 2023 after Julio Hernandez’s capture.

Improvements are coming to Pleasant Hill Road in Olive Branch, but it will be a while before commuters see the congestion relief.

Memphis is 3-1 in its past four games, with wins over Florida Atlantic, UAB and Charlotte by an average margin of 20 points and a 2-point loss to Tulane at home. This is an excerpt of this story. To ...