After a weekend shootout at a college send-off party killed a woman, Memphis lawmakers and grieving family members are demanding the closure of neighborhood problem properties.
An ice storm aftermath, the newspaper industry, small-town Helen of Troy circa 1993 and where climate crisis and motherhood intersect: Here are the four books that have Memphians up for a statewide award.
Memphis will open the season with a neutral site game against Iowa State on Nov. 2 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
The Protect College Sports Act has been touted as one that would put guardrails around an escalating spending spree in college sports as the industry struggles to adapt to a new model in which teams can pay players.
Two and a half years after a fire, the Exxon at Poplar and Highland is surrounded by fencing and still vacant.
Collierville Alderman Charles Hall touched a nerve recently when he called cyclists “the spandex gang.” Hall says he didn’t mean anything by it. But Geoff Calkins says Memphis — and the world — would be a better place if it adopted the principles of the spandex gang.
Faculty members who left the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s occupational therapy department dispute the findings of the two reports.
The former developer of the Cascades project in Olive Branch owes millions in unpaid loans. The future of the highly-anticipated project still remains unclear.
In this week’s Ask the Memphian, we take a look at the costly, controversial, but ultimately successful effort to bring a trolley system to Memphis.
Local healthcare leaders and residents say care is challenging amid Medicaid cuts and changes to TennCare and the Affordable Care Act.
The NCAA’s roster limits axed one of college sports’ most compelling traditions: the opportunity for homegrown talent to grind their way from a nobody to a star.
The FedEx St. Jude Championship opens Thursday, and the field will include the world’s current top 10 players and eight former FedExCup champions.
Boss Lady Pickles is a participant in the Greater Memphis Chamber’s new Shelf Ready program, which pairs local small businesses with local grocers.
“When Ron Maxey declared summer ‘the best season for a reason,’ I couldn’t resist making the case for autumn.”
Highlights from The Daily Memphian’s election coverage.
With new four-year terms secured, several suburban school board members are focusing on the future of the municipal districts and hoping for fewer demands from the state.
“The Trolleys are good — I’m glad they’re coming back — but they should reopen Main Street to vehicular traffic. They never should have closed it in the first place.” — Kelly Pouncey about Ask the Memphian: When and why did Memphis install trolley lines?
“As usual, Geoff Calkins is spot on with his assessment. Thank you for addressing dangerous driver hostility toward my fellow bicyclists. We also own motor vehicles and pay the same taxes as anyone else. 🚴🚙” — Benjamin Boorman about Calkins: Memphis needs more gang members. (The spandex kind.)
“Missing IKEA.” — Mary Myets about This Week in Memphis: It’s Elvis Week and golf week
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Today’s puzzle features the bust of Mary Church Terrell, a Memphis suffrage movement activist and daughter of Robert Reed Church, said to be the South’s first Black millionaire. The photo was taken by Jonathan Mintz.
Also in the political roundup, two write-in candidates appeared to fizzle by the unofficial vote totals, the Memphis narrative moves into the general election campaign and a D.C. Scorecard going into the August recess.
Two century-old apartment buildings in Midtown are sold, and it’s “a different ballgame” for people who want to buy industrial properties of a certain size.
Memphis welcomed fans to take a look at its new-and-improved stadium Saturday. At the end of another tough week in Memphis sports, it is worth remembering what community can do.
The Midtown bakery has soft, pillowy fried donuts, oatmeal cream pies and cinnamon rolls that everyone can enjoy.
Mississippi attorney general and gubernatorial candidate Lynn Fitch branded herself as a Trump conservative in an appeal to about 50 supporters at a Mexican restaurant.
When the Metal Museum’s Rust Hall reopens in September, it will blend a deep local history with plenty of new features and uses.
“Awe is evident when your mind has been blown and you are forced to re-think what you knew before.”
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris talks about his eight years as mayor on “Behind The Headlines” and the challenges facing his successor, Mayor-elect Mickell Lowery.
Today’s puzzle features students returning to Downtown Elementary on the first day of school, taken by Mark Weber.