Taxing times ahead? DeSoto County leaders plot relief for state mandate
DeSoto County supervisors have started looking at the property tax rate trying to balance the millage with the requirements set by the state regarding property assessments.
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August 2025
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Hot Topics: Current NCAA transfer portal structure ‘is a threat to the game’
Part 2 of an exploration of hot college-sports topics for the Memphis Tigers and the American Conference heading into the 2025 football season.
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Redbirds Recap: Memphis loses by walk-off hit for second straight game
Sunday marked the second straight game the Redbirds failed to close out a two-run lead in the final frame.
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Hot Topics: Does Memphis really have College Football Playoff access?
This is Part 1 of an exploration of hot college-sports topics for the Memphis Tigers and the American Conference heading into the 2025 football season.
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Redbirds Recap: Memphis win streak ends in walk-off fashion at Norfolk
The Redbirds squander two multi-run leads in 10-inning loss.
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How former Virginia Tech linebacker Sam Brumfield landed in Memphis
Sam Brumfield spent two years at Northwest Mississippi Community College to start his career. He played the 2023 season at Middle Tennessee before spending last season at Virginia Tech and will finish with the Tigers.
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Redbirds recap: Memphis wins fourth in a row over Norfolk
With the victory, Memphis took the first four games in the series and claimed its third consecutive series win since the All-Star break.
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Latest inmate death is at least seventh at Shelby County Jail in 2025
A 33-year-old inmate died Monday at the Shelby County Jail, according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
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New faces, same high standard for Tigers women’s soccer team
Juniors Finley Lavin and Ashley Henderson, a Harding grad, will captain a youthful Tigers team as it bids to return to the NCAA Tournament after a one-year absence.
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The Early Word: Teacher shortage and a settled dispute in the Nichols suit
A cold front has arrived, a fancy wine bar opens Downtown and there’s vegan sorcery afoot at Guac Fresh Mex.
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Conaway: The welcome reality of whimsy
“It doesn’t matter how far-fetched it might seem, or whether or not anybody else sees it. Just look. Just see.”
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July 2025
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Grizzlies Insider: Scotty Pippen Jr. holds free camp for Memphis youth
Following his NBA breakthrough season, Scotty Pippen Jr. said it was important to him to do something to give back to his community. Plus, he talked about the Grizzlies’ upcoming European games and new teammate Ty Jerome.
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Redbirds recap: Redbirds take first three games of road trip at Tides
Koperniak crushes two home runs in win at Norfolk.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: FedExForum lease, Desmond Bane trade follow-up
This first installment features deep dives into a couple of big-topic questions like the FedexForum lease, the Desmond Bane trade and its follow-through and more.
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Tigers Talk: Sincere Parker’s future with Memphis, strength of nonconference slate
Tigers basketball beat writer Parth Upadhyaya and college sports columnist John Martin weigh in on Sincere Parker’s ongoing legal case, the difficulty of Memphis’ nonconference schedule and more.
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Prep football 2025: PURE Academy embarks on maiden TSSAA voyage with big dreams
First-year coach DeJuan McQuarters’ aim is to turn players into men even more so than winning games. But he has the talent on hand to make some noise on the field too.
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Inked: Western-wear retailer coming to Wolfchase
Also, a construction firm is moving its headquarters, a discounted home-goods outlet is expanding and a former Walgreens and an Aaron’s Rent to Own building were sold.
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Houston High needs upgrades. Germantown may change its own rules to make it happen.
“We can decide we have a medium-tier school system or a top-tier school system, and that determines how we have to fund it,” a Houston High alumnus and parent said.
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Interim head is breaking MSCS into regions. Here’s what they are.
According to interim superintendent Roderick Richmond, carving up Memphis-Shelby County Schools prioritizes “localized decision-making.”
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Memphis to Peoria: St. Jude runners begin 465-mile relay
About 200 runners convened at the starting line on St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Downtown campus to kick off the four-day run back to Peoria, Illinois.
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The Early Word: Ole Miss death a mystery; MSCS schools get sorted
Germantown tries to help Houston High, Tom Lee’s house may see new life and runners cover 465 miles for St. Jude.
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No arrests in Ole Miss player’s death; homeowner says ‘nothing happened’ at pool party to spark shooting
The pool party, hosted by an Ole Miss student at his parents’ house, charged attendees $10 a person.
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Community connections: Olive Branch police start new volunteer program
The Olive Branch Police Department is seeking volunteers to work on the force as a supplement to its regular full-time officers.
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Where do wrongful death lawsuits against the jail stand?
Multiple lawsuits have been filed in recent years over inmate deaths at the Shelby County Jail. Here is where some of them stand.
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Redbirds recap: Memphis combines for 12 hits, takes game two at Norfolk
Second baseman Bryan Torres finished the win 1-for-2 with a double, a run scored, two RBIs and two walks.
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