What do you get when you combine Penny Hardaway, Beale Street, Memphis Pom, the FBI and the National Guard? A night of Memphis basketball that seemed like a dream.
The museum awarded Marc Morial, Velma Lois Jones and Mark Suzman for their advancements in “truth, equity and justice.”
After a couple of difficult seasons, Alex Simmons feels ‘'like this year is kind of like our year one — just from a mindset standpoint.”
The night was lit up by the neon lights of Beale Street’s bars and pubs, a fitting welcome to the city for a brand new Tigers men’s basketball team.
“Everything is on the table,” Millington’s city manager said.
The combination of Whiteside’s sentence and school board member Michele Henley’s defense of her has galvanized a growing movement focused on accountability within DeSoto County’s leadership and education systems.
Mayor Paul Young is aware his strategy — and the Task Force itself — are controversial.
Sky Dog Amber was awarded Gold in the International Amber Lager category, and Tiny Bomb picked up Silver in the German-style Pilsener category.
Most of the 152 employees will be laid off by early December.
A Memphis Police Department sergeant was arrested Tuesday by the Oakland Police Department.
As the Deputy Chief of Information Technology, Joe Oakley has overseen the launch and use of the police department’s Real-Time Crime Center camera surveillance systems, as well as the department’s data collection. It was not immediately clear Thursday who would take over his duties.
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Since the beginning of the Memphis Safe Task Force, routine traffic stops by state troopers have turned into high-speed pursuits, several which have ended in crashes.
Crime data from the first three quarters of 2025 reveals where the city’s crime rate stood before the federal law enforcement saturation.
On Friday, Oct. 10, owner Cynthia Ham posted on social media that Palladio, a space with showrooms filled with antiques and home furnishings, would have its last day on Halloween.
The Cordova property is the Alabama-based real estate firm’s first investment in the Memphis area, but the CEO said more are planned.
“Soul and Spirits is positioned in the middle of this growth as a key neighborhood amenity that can provide a ‘third place’ for residents and visitors alike to gather.”
Goalkeeper Molly Fuhrman comes up huge for the Eagles in the latest installment of one of the state’s best rivalries.
“A return to the former model with some operational changes could be quite good for current and former customers and vendors. There is value in the former model, brand awareness, and customer loyalty.” — Jason Hood about Palladio closing for good ... or is it?
“MPD’s widely advertised ‘no chase’ policy is a problem. Someone willing to run from police due to a routine traffic stop is obviously up to no good as shown by the examples in this article.” — Luke Cymbal about State troopers want to stop speeders. Drivers are crashing out.
“… Apparently, it’s gotten so violent inside the city that people just quit reporting violent crime.... It’s really bizarre.” — Claiborne Ferguson about New stats illustrate Memphis crime climate prior to Task Force’s arrival
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The National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Awards mark another move by the 34-year-old institution further onto the “sacred ground” it occupies.
Jeremy Liu is 13 and the only Tennesseean representing Team USA in the World Artistic Roller Skating Championship. The sport is similar to figure skating but on wheels, and there’s no ice.
Marjorie Levy, a financial services professional by day, will compete at the World Food Championships on Thursday, Oct. 16.
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This puzzle is of the decorative chandeliers inside The Station in East Memphis and was taken by Daily Memphian photographer Patrick Lantrip.
“We are weighing some sort of legal action in order to put a stop to some of the unconstitutional actions that we’ve seen and heard about,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said.
“For a long time, it’s been our desire to try to halt progression as nearsightedness develops, especially with it being on the rise,” said a local optometrist. It is estimated that more than 50% of the world population may become nearsighted by 2025.
Basketball player availability reports for the American Conference are still in the preliminary phase. Football is currently in its first season of publishing reports two hours before each game.
“What it costs to produce a crop is at record numbers, and the price that (Tennessee farmers) get for that corn, soybeans, wheat and cotton … are almost at near-record lows,” said a Farm Bureau Federation staffer.
DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton said his office is challenging the sentence, arguing sexual battery committed by a person in a position of trust is classified as a violent crime and is specifically ineligible for the house arrest program under Mississippi law.
“Challengers” and “Call Me By Your Name” director Luca Guadagnino takes a swing at “cancel culture” and Malco’s Throwback Thursday showing this week hits home — partly.
“That jail was already overcrowded; today it holds 800 people over capacity. Incarceration is not the solution.”
On this episode of The AM/DM, editorial director Mary Cashiola and newsletter editor Bianca Phillips talk about the National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Awards and the unofficial beginning of the Tigers basketball season.