Founder: 2019 Mempho Music Fest will be at least three days, double the stages
Rendezvous legend Jack Dyson was waiter to the stars
Banks shooting pulls MPD into national fray over reliability, proper use of bodycams
Milton leads No. 10 UCF’s high-octane offense into Liberty Bowl to face Tigers
Memphis high school’s prized planetarium still needs upgrades, but students are already fascinated by what it can do
Metro
Richland student gets ‘soap-prise’ after winning national contest
Just days after placing in a regional spelling bee, one Richland student was shocked to learn she’d won a national soap-dispenser design contest during a schoolwide celebration.
Education FedEx veteran will lead U of M communications team
Business
Priscilla Presley calls Beale Street site ‘hallowed ground’
Presley was on hand for the announcement regarding the former Hard Rock Cafe site, which will house the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum and Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
Real Estate Commercial Appeal printing building sold for almost $4M
Sports
Houston’s push pays off with win over CBHS
Houston senior soccer player Clayton Somogyi does the damage as Mustangs remain undefeated in 2024.
Premium Downtown Buckley: Baseball season brings hope for Redbirds. And AutoZone Park.
Food
The amazing mission — and incredible brownies — of Lucy J’s bakery
Josh Burgess, who founded Lucy J’s with his wife, joined Eric Barnes to talk about Lucy’s J’s support of families working to get out of homelessness and the many ways the bakery supports these families.
Suburbs
Collierville leaders suggest changes for Principle Toyota plan
There are several hurdles Principle Toyota must overcome before it could relocate to Collierville.
Arts & Culture
Priscilla Presley calls Beale Street site ‘hallowed ground’
Presley was on hand for the announcement regarding the former Hard Rock Cafe site, which will house the Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum and Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
Opinion
Opinion: Rental owners can help reduce crime
“Rental property owners can reduce crime by utilizing police calls for service information at their properties. This is no untested theory. It is a proven method that has been put into practice in other crime-ridden neighborhoods in Memphis. And it works.”
Podcasts
Sound Bites: Live pastries, dive bars and a trip to Harbor Town
This week on Sound Bites, Holly Whitfield and Chris Herrington dined on pastries from Crosstown’s Lucy J’s Bakery and dished on some recent local food news.