Benjamin Smith reports on state politics for The Daily Memphian. Ben studied journalism at The University of Alabama and ...

Five people from Memphis were arrested Tuesday in connection to the abduction of an Alabama man who was last ... on the interstate near Jackson, Tennessee. Huntsville Police said that ...

Significant severe weather and life-threatening flash flooding continue to impact much of the mid-South up through the Ohio River Valley.

Bills that would spur state intervention into Memphis-Shelby County Schools were passed out of the Tennessee Senate and House ...

A special committee of state lawmakers is expected to hammer out the details of a proposed takeover of Memphis-Shelby County ...

Tennessee lawmakers are considering legislation that would allow state intervention in Memphis-Shelby County Schools. The ...

Forecasters warned that flooding could persist for days, as torrential rains lingered over many states, including Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama ... As of early Sunday, Memphis had received ...

The state intervention of MSCS is moving forward within the Tennessee General Assembly. How could it impact charter schools?

LIVELY—John Davis McConnico III, loyal husband, devoted father and grandfather, beloved uncle, avid outdoorsman, adventure ...