Restaurant Roundup
Comings, goings, changes and sad goodbyes in 2018
Restaurants opened, moved, changed hands and closed in 2018, and we said goodbye to beloved restaurateurs, too.
Adam Fuller named Memphis’ defensive coordinator
Germantown alderman named planning director in Lakeland
Germantown Alderman Forrest Owens was named Lakeland's new planning director Friday. The appointed position in another suburb does not require him to resign from his election post in Germantown
Methodist Le Bonheur to close outpatient surgery center
The Home Team: Many former Tigers athletes put down permanent roots in Memphis
Dozens of former Tiger athletes have come from as far away as Australia and South Africa on the international front and New York and Florida in the U.S. to call Memphis home.
Flu hunter’s career spent tracking down a virus
The 86-year-old scientist who linked the origin of the flu virus to migratory birds still comes to work at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to prepare for a possible pandemic should bird flu ever learn to spread among humans.
Metro
Downtown Sheraton to become ‘Memphis Riverline Hotel’
The Memphis Riverline Hotel, which is connected to the Renasant Convention Center, will operate as an independent flag associated with Marriott until it meets brand standards when it will become an official Marriott hotel.
City of Memphis Local nonprofit, ACLU sue city over MPD records
Collierville Latoshia Daniels sentenced for shooting death of Mississippi Boulevard pastor
Shelby County County Commission begins restructuring minority-business effort
Education CBU to partner with Purdue for graduate engineering programs
Business
Downtown Sheraton to become ‘Memphis Riverline Hotel’
The Memphis Riverline Hotel, which is connected to the Renasant Convention Center, will operate as an independent flag associated with Marriott until it meets brand standards when it will become an official Marriott hotel.
Premium Real Estate Massive Marshall County warehouse sold, taking key industrial space off market
Real Estate Shelby Farms apartment complex moves forward
Transportation & Logistics FedEx sues U.S. government, claiming it should be refunded for tariffs
Business FedEx joins other US companies in seeking a refund after Trump tariffs are ruled illegal
Sports
Grizzlies podcast: Will the NBA stop tanking?
Chris Herrington and Drew Hill discuss the NBA’s tanking problem and a big college basketball weekend for draft prospects.
Update Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis guard Sincere Parker’s legal case dismissed, attorney says
Premium Memphis Grizzlies They flew 24 hours to see Kings vs. Grizzlies, seriously
Memphis Tigers Basketball Penny to fans amid trying season: ‘You have the right guy’
High School Sports Long-range shooting lifts Bartlett over Collierville in district final
Food
Recipe Exchange: Good Fortune Co.’s Tan Tan Noodles
Tan Tan noodles are extremely versatile as they can be made as a vegan or vegetarian dish.
Premium Real Estate Food Files: Grab that microphone, Memphis, and get ready to sing
Suburbs
Massive Marshall County warehouse sold, taking key industrial space off market
The electronics manufacturing company’s purchase of the Byhalia warehouse may spark new industrial development in the metro Memphis area.
Collierville Latoshia Daniels sentenced for shooting death of Mississippi Boulevard pastor
Arts & Culture
Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Scream’ returns, a Cannes-winner from Iraq
Ghostface is back ... and so is Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar winner.
Premium Arts & Culture James Lawson autobiography traces path of Civil Rights icon through Memphis and beyond
Opinion
Herrington: Everyone has an NBA anti-tanking proposal. Here’s mine.
The Grizzlies are “tanking” in what may be the last season where that’s possible. Changes are coming. Here’s an idea for what the new system should be.Related content:
Guest Columnists Guest Column: Memphis is well placed for the next wave of growth
Podcasts
Grizzlies podcast: Will the NBA stop tanking?
Chris Herrington and Drew Hill discuss the NBA’s tanking problem and a big college basketball weekend for draft prospects.
Metro The AM/DM podcast: The task force’s wide-ranging impacts
Games
Sudoku: Feb. 23
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