When Memphis-based discount retailer Fred’s Inc. closed its corporate headquarters in 2019, few could have predicted the dated, wood-paneled offices would eventually be replaced by high-tech computer chips.

Another data center is coming, a dentist is opening a piano bar and we’ve got the recipe for Cocozza’s meatballs.

Memphis Tigers beat writer Frank Bonner II and columnist John Martin give their first impressions of the 2026 Tigers and what it could mean for the rest of the season. 

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Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris leaves office Tuesday after eight years in office and a unique governing style that shifted county government’s priorities. 

Bass Pro Shops appears to be cutting bait at a very visible location in Northeast Memphis. 

The refund is a small portion of the roughly $165 billion of IEEPA tariffs that were collected before the Supreme Court struck them down. 

Memphis Tigers quarterback Marcus Stokes beat out Air Noland to win the starting job. Coach Charles Huff said when it came down to it, he leaned on experience. Stokes then went out and got the job done against UNLV.

The meatball recipe Deni Reilly and her husband Patrick use at Cocozza originated in Deni’s mother’s kitchen.

Tennessee governor candidates outline their education platforms and positions on policies such as the state’s third grade reading retention law.

Photographer Brad Vest was on hand to capture the action.

The “Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience” comes to the Scheidt Family Performing Arts Center at the University of Memphis on Saturday, Sept. 26. 

Originally named the Memphis Theatre Awards, the awards were renamed the “Ostranders” in 2001 in honor of beloved local actor Jim Ostrander, who died in 2002.

Meet the designers who will compete for a chance to show at the 2027 Memphis Art and Fashion Week.

“If a serious charge generated through the Memphis Safe Task Force is not prosecuted, citizens have a legitimate interest in knowing what happened. That is not an attack on prosecutors. It is accountability.”