Former Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton announced his bid for another term in the role Monday afternoon, entering an increasingly crowded field of candidates. Herenton, 82, made his announcement in a ...

Before he was elected mayor, Herenton served as the superintendent for Memphis City Schools. Michelle McKissack is currently serving as a member of the Memphis-Shelby County School Board.

More than 85,000 people cast votes in this election for Memphis Mayor and City Council. Voter turnout was more than 22%. UPDATE: 9:45 p.m.: Former mayor Willie Herenton has conceded the mayor’s ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

Memphis Public Library director Keenon McCloy ... and the mayor—it was Mayor Herenton at the time—appointed me without doing a search for other candidates,” McCloy says over a salad lunch ...