Catherine Harrison will face one of the top-ranked players in the world.

Half of Shelby County’s suburbs passed a resolution seeking a voice in decisions regarding Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division.

She will be sworn-in Sept. 1 in Somerville. The district consists of Hardeman, Fayette, Lauderdale, McNairy and Tipton counties in West Tennessee.

Casper Briggs believes his experience on Bartlett commissions gives him a better understanding of the suburb than his opponents in the Position 1 race for alderman in November.

Ryan Silverfield keeps talking about the youth of this Memphis football team. Is that a bad sign? Let’s hope not. Because this is the moment to reclaim momentum. 

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School board Chair Michelle McKissack says input from former superintendent Joris Ray isn’t expected, although the language included in Ray’s resignation agreement suggests he will be. McKissack said the clause was instead just standard language. 

The Memphis-based real estate and investment firm has acquired six properties so far in 2022, including two in Shelby County. 

Bolton was scheduled to perform at the Halloran Centre Saturday, Sept. 3, alongside Charisse and Courtney Little. A spokesperson for the theater group said the promoter hosting the event notified them Monday, Aug. 29, that Bolton’s performance has been canceled.

Standouts from Briarcrest, Covington, ECS, Fayette-Ware, Freedom Prep, Hamilton and Northpoint are up for consideration this week. Voting ends at 5 p.m. on Thursday.

The city filed in Federal Court this past month following two elevated walkways collapsing and a fire that burned the apartment leasing office to the ground.

Six of the 13 commissioners are ending their time on the legislative body with Monday’s session. The commission also takes a vote that sets in motion $350 million in funding over several years for a new Regional One Health center.

Bill Gates and the Walton family funded a substantial portion of the advocacy for Gov. Bill Lee’s school funding overhaul. Skeptics fear this philanthropy is self-interested, advancing an agenda to dismantle public schools to benefit private interests.

The Tennessee Department of Education said Thursday, Aug. 25, that it is still waiting to approve three schools but that they all have a “pathway to eligibility.”

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Reggae at The Shed brings island sounds, along with food, drinks and local vendors to the Carolina Watershed, 141 E Carolina Ave. 

As comptroller urges ouster of Wanda Halbert, a new controversy emerges.

Minglewood will play host to the latest incarnation of another Bluff City tradition on Saturday, Sept. 10, when the grounds of the venue feature the 2022 installment of the Lucero Family Block Party.

After a high-profile surgeon departed Methodist University Hospital’s Transplant Institute — and the live donor liver program is paused — a Memphis musician’s transplant is caught in the middle. 

Germantown Mayor Mike Palazzolo is uncontested for his third term as mayor, a stark contrast from the challenge he faced four years ago.

A climate study released during one of the hottest summers on record predicts a 125-degree “extreme heat belt” will stretch across a quarter of the country by 2053. 

“My buddy called, congratulating me on buying those stores, and I told him, ‘Yesterday, I could lose my job. Today, I could lose my house,’” one business owner said. “That’s the defining moment of owning your own business.”

When “Young Rock” begins filming its third season in Memphis next week, it will do so for a couple of reasons. One is that NBCUniversal executive Richard Ross lives here. 

Memphis defensive lineman Wardalis Ducksworth’s father died in a car accident when Ducksworth was 6 years old. The fifth-year senior said he can feel his dad’s presence at every Tigers game. 

With little fanfare, the council pulled its Aug. 9 vote defeating a ballot question on partisan city primaries. The reconsideration could amend that plan to a proposal to restore the runoff provision in the race for Memphis mayor.

With a host of Bartlett officials, including Mayor A. Keith McDonald, headed for retirement, the November election will bring a new mayor and new department head nominations. 

Choose901, Grind City Brewing and the Memphis Grizzlies are among organizations and businesses celebrating the unofficial local holiday, which falls on Thursday, Sept. 1.