Tim Duncan’s family history pushed him to get tested. Now he wants other Memphis men to do the same.
Duncan watched his father survive prostate cancer and saw a close friend lose his dad to it. Then came his own diagnosis in January.
Duncan watched his father survive prostate cancer and saw a close friend lose his dad to it. Then came his own diagnosis in January.
Commissioners will vote on committee chairs, including a first-term budget chair, after putting off an ethics commission revival and a data center moratorium in committee.
“Take a honky-tonk, sweep up all the sawdust, replace a couple of shots with a couple of glasses of wine, with some cool Memphis music and Western memorabilia,” said one of the three owners.
SpaceXAI offers to buy real estate from some Southaven residents if they pledge not to join a class-action lawsuit filed in June over the company’s North Mississippi power plant.
Residents of the little community south of Hernando don’t have a whole lotta love for all the changes coming their way, but they like the town of Love anyway.
Financial assistance has been pouring in for longtime CBHS basketball coach Bubba Luckett as he awaits a likely double lung transplant.
The Grizzlies will hit the Music Highway for a Nashville training camp, and head coach Tuomas Iisalo will get his first full chance to build his own thing.
Dozens of volunteers took part in an “Adventure Day on the Greenway” in North Memphis Saturday to not only help clean up the area but also to discover what the trail was all about.
The Memphis Tigers held an open practice Saturday, giving fans a 40-minute peek into how the team is shaping up.
During several counts each spring and summer, volunteers check on the health of the state’s butterfly population — “a proxy for everything.”
This year’s Spirit of Memphis award recipient Ekundayo Bandele discusses how a self-described introvert went from rap battles in Brooklyn to running one the nation’s four freestanding Black theaters.
Also in the political roundup, Charlie Hatcher on KWAM, Chaz Molder’s fish fry in North Memphis and the art of canvassing and phone banking.
“In the early days after my daughter died of a drug overdose in 2014, it was one of the details with which I became obsessed – that over time, I might forget what she sounded like.”
“Is there anything more depressing than a life speckled with unrealized dreams revealed through a stack of unopened gear? My basement is a graveyard of hobbies that never were.”
Joseph Wells filled out the application, but he kept it a secret. Now, thanks to the unlikely P.E. teacher, the students at his school have an outdoor exercise area.
President Trump came to support Tennessee Republicans, but his presence at Neyland Stadium did not help the Vols, who lost to the Texas Longhorns.
With President Donald Trump on hand to watch, the Longhorns gouged the Vols in Knoxville.
No. 21 Florida manhandled fourth-ranked Mississippi 52-28 on Saturday to reach 4-0 for the first time since 2019.
“Miss The Farmer, both incarnations.” — Ruth Hendrix about Recipe Exchange: The Farmer’s mushroom sloppy Joe
“It’s nice that people are helping, but what happens to sick people who aren’t beloved coaches? No one in a nation as wealthy as America should rely on the kindness of strangers for healthcare.” — John Tilmon about Buckley: Bubba Luckett should soon get two new lungs. The support he’s received is a breath of fresh air.
“How magnanimous of SpaceXAI. ‘You don’t like it? Then get out. We’ll pay you to leave your home.’” — Bob Lee about SpaceXAI offers to buy out some Southaven residents over lawsuit
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Also, Junior Achievement of Memphis and the Mid-South, Financial Federal Bank and Lobos Rush Soccer announce new hires.
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Today’s puzzle features the Memphis Fire Department’s participation in a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Mark Weber took the photo.
As the ceremony honoring the former county mayor got underway, demolition work continued at the former Commercial Appeal building less than half a mile west.
“Because of the energy infrastructure that (Elon Musk is) getting, not just from Tennessee but also from Mississippi, you could see the greatest boom since FedEx in this town. You need to double down here.”
The classic’s team was scrambling to find appropriate lighting for the nighttime races. Now, SpaceXAI is offering a solution.
The Farmer’s sloppy Joe helped bring national attention to the Memphis restaurant.
DeSoto County’s Lindsey Whiteside saga is almost officially over.
The music-production space in Cloud901 in the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library was formally named the Tay Keith Music Lab.
The Federal Duck Stamp Contest is taking place in Memphis on Thursday and Friday. Pick the winner, and Geoff Calkins will buy you lunch.
There’s at least one treat that people say they’ve driven hours for — and even shed a few tears over — at Jacques Louise Bakery.
Today’s puzzle features University of Memphis football head coach Charles Huff with his players. Wes Hale took the photo.