Leon Phillips grew up in a hard-scrabble family in rural Ohio, where his grandmother, known affectionately and a little ...

Last week, the city announced that it had commissioned third-party air quality testing, which took place on June 13 and June 16, examining pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide and formaldehyde. While ...

Renee needs $166 to keep her lights on. Money has been tight — her son graduated from high school this spring, and her mother was recently diagnosed with dementia. But the three-person household in ...

She’ll be pumping gas or buying groceries, at a community or other sundry event, doing everyday things. A person in the near ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters For the first time in five years, many Shelby County families are missing out on supplemental ...

Opponents of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline gather at Alonzo Weaver Park Friday to celebrate the news that developers were abandoning the project. Justin J. Pearson, second from right, is one of ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters For the first time in ...

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