There are 101 article(s) tagged This Week in Memphis:

• August 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Tigers football starts; Memphians finish Liza’s run

    Also happening this week: Shelby County and Collierville leaders discuss pay raises, MATA’s board talks job and bus cuts and locals celebrate Memphis on 901 Day.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 25, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Ja Morant is in court; STEM lab funds are on the table

    Also happening this week: The U of M hosts groundbreaking for stadium upgrades, and The Daily Memphian launches a new foodie event.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 19, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Fans flock here for Elvis Week, FedEx St. Jude golf

    Also happening this week: MATA hosts public meetings to reimagine transit, and xAI should be fully operational.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 12, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: School starts; Seth Rider gets another Olympic shot

    Also happening this week: The Memphis City Council will deal with November ballot referendums, and Ja Morant has a birthday.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 05, 2024

• July 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Election Day is here; Germantown man is in the Olympics

    Also happening this week: The Memphis-Shelby County Schools board takes up a new overtime policy and considers a Grizzlies Prep all-girls school.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 28, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Early voting ends; MLGW board expansion is back

    Also happening this week: Tigers fans can attend AAC Media Days for the first time. And 901 FC collects school supplies.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 21, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Asian Night Market, Las Vegas Summer League

    Also happening this week: The Shelby County Commission holds first meeting after budget season, and Memphis Public Libraries hosts a senior health fair — with a dance-off.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 14, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: NBA Summer League, early voting starts

    Also happening this week: The Memphis City Council has its first council session of the new fiscal year, and council member Pearl Eva Walker hosts a town-hall meeting.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 07, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Fireworks and Fourth of July festivities

    Plus, a new Katori Hall-produced documentary series debuts on Starz.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff July 01, 2024

• June 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: City Council takes final budget vote, NBA Draft

    Also happening this week: The Women’s March is back in Tom Lee Park, and DeSoto County Schools votes on the districts' biggest budget ever.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 24, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Shelby County budget votes, Juneteenth celebration

    Also happening this week: State Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Eads, will host the Republican Party of Shelby County’s Lincoln Day Gala.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 16, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: ‘Old bridge’ is closed; South City ribbon is cut

    Also happening this week: Collierville votes on its budget, and the NAACP holds its biggest fundraiser of the year.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 09, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: City and county tackle fiscal-year budgets

    Also happening this week: Four defendants accused in the killing of Memphis rapper Young Dolph are due in court. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff June 02, 2024

• May 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Wanda Halbert in court, Pride weekend

    Also happening this week: Michalyn Easter-Thomas’ ethics hearing, Riverview Community Center’s opening and Mayor Young’s town hall in Raleigh.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 26, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Sentencing in Phil Trenary’s death; Stax doc on HBO

    Also happening this week: Memphis turns 205, and the Shelby County Commission and Memphis City Council take budget breaks for regularly scheduled meetings.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 19, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Dueling barbecue contests, Abston’s sentencing

    Also happening this week: The Memphis City Council and Shelby County Board of Commissioners dive into budgets, and school is out in Lakeland, Bartlett, Arlington and Millington. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 12, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: City budget hearings, Le Bonheur expansion opens

    Also happening this week: Shelby County Commissioners begin budget talks, and Tom Lee Park reopens temporarily.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 05, 2024

• April 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: New tropical-plant house, Riverbeat Music Festival

    Also happening this week: The trial of Gregory Livingston begins, and a new pub with an old feel celebrates its grand opening in Olive Branch.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 28, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Joseph McKinney’s funeral, Riverside Drive closing

    Also happening this week: Loudean’s closes in Cooper-Young and Mayor Paul Young presents his first city budget proposal to City Council.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 21, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Tax Day and Memphis Tigers spring football

    Also happening this week: T.O. Fuller State Park seeks public input on its plans to improve the park.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 14, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Total solar eclipse, plus Mary’s B.O.T.E., Rock ‘n’ Dough openings

    Also happening this week: Memphis City Council member Michalyn Easter-Thomas’ ethics board hearing. Plus, there’s a free Brown v. Topeka Board of Education conference at the University of Memphis.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 07, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Gasol’s jersey is retired, MLK is remembered

    Also happening: Baptist Health Sciences University’s cuts the ribbon on a new college, and the deadline to file a petition for the August election is this week.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff April 03, 2024

• March 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Kinfolk opens and Showboats season kicks off

    Also happening this week: Judge Melissa Boyd is due in court, and there are plenty of ways to celebrate Easter.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 24, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Collierville super’s first day; Sean Astin on mental health

    Also happening this week: Black Restaurant Week begins and March 20 is Pat Halloran Day.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 17, 2024

  • This Week in Memphis: Tigers play in AAC Tournament; ‘Old Bridge’ closed

    Also happening this week: Spring break begins, and the Land Use Control Board considers a new event venue at Crosstown Concourse.

    By Bianca Phillips March 10, 2024