Grizzlies: Post-All-Star weekend notes and observations
With All-Star Weekend over, some news and notes on the Grizzlies and the NBA before play resumes later this week.
Is Raj Subramaniam ‘the guy’ at FedEx? Only time will tell
Selection of Raj Subramaniam for the No. 2 job at Memphis-based FedEx Corp. starting March 1 could put him in the driver's seat to eventually become CEO, some analysts believe.
Sugarmon was part of political vanguard, legal challenge to segregation
Russell Sugarmon, civil rights icon, political strategist and retired judge who fought racial injustice in his hometown of Memphis, dies at 89.
Office of re-entry shifting focus to helping ex-offenders obtain living-wage jobs
Over the past few months, Memphis and Shelby County Office of Re-Entry executive director Harold Collins has restructured the organization with the vision of those released from incarceration having a better chance at obtaining a living wage job.
There’s smoke in the eastern sky: Collierville Commissary opens Monday
Collierville Commissary opens on Monday, serving up all the dishes from the Germantown Commissary in a space almost three times the size.
Daily Briefs
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Join Magnolia Homes for their 15th annual Live Life Well® event
With more than 40 years in the homebuilding industry, Magnolia Homes is celebrating 15 years of its Showcase of Homes event, held the weekends of Sept. 19-21 and Sept. 26-28 in four of its communities.
Metro
This Week in Memphis: Celtic reopens, and Cooper-Young Fest is here
Also happening this week: MSCS school board elections are still a hot topic, and Southaven launches its hummingbird fest.
Premium Shelby County School board elections, a new jail and ethics top County Commission agenda
Premium Metro Politics infiltrates festivals; school board races show signs of life
Premium Spirit of Memphis At Germantown Festival, it’s all about weenies
Business
Movers & Shakers
Orion Financial and Financial Federal Bank announce promotions and additions.
Premium Business Downtown nightclub Rumba Room has a new salsa partner — and it’s a breakfast burrito spot
Transportation & Logistics Frontier Airlines to add nonstop route between Memphis and Atlanta
Premium Real Estate Google confirms West Memphis data center
Sports
Redbirds recap: Memphis mounts seven-run comeback to take series from Rochester
Redbirds score 12 runs over final four frames in whacky finale versus Red Wings.
Sports Stunner in Starkville: Mississippi State beats No. 12 Arizona State with late TD pass
Premium Memphis Tigers Football Buckley: Brendon Lewis will take a hit. Not too many, Ryan Silverfield hopes.
Premium Memphis Tigers Football What have we learned about the Tigers in the first two weeks?
Food
Downtown nightclub Rumba Room has a new salsa partner — and it’s a breakfast burrito spot
Mitchell’s Breakfast Burritos opened Tuesday, Sept. 2, inside Rumba Room at 303 S. Main St., offering specialty burritos, wraps, quesadillas and salads.
Suburbs
Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center plans eclectic 2025-26 season
With tribute bands, family-friendly productions and stars like T. Graham Brown, Booker T. Jones and Wendy Moten, the BPACC presents a diverse lineup for the coming season.
Arts & Culture
Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center plans eclectic 2025-26 season
With tribute bands, family-friendly productions and stars like T. Graham Brown, Booker T. Jones and Wendy Moten, the BPACC presents a diverse lineup for the coming season.
Opinion
Opinion: The most common diagnosis in Memphis? A broken heart.
“We live in a city where too many carry wounds we can’t see. Trauma from childhood. Grief that never healed. Depression that whispers lies in the night. Anxiety that clenches like a fist.”
Podcasts
MATA roils in turmoil. What’s the next step?
Reporters’ roundtable looks at the problems plaguing Memphis Area Transit Authority, and the new trial for former Memphis Police officers convicted in Tyré Nichols’ death.
Games
Daily Jigsaw: Liza’s Library
Today’s jigsaw puzzle features a photo from St. Mary’s Episcopal School and was taken by The Daily Memphian photographer Mark Weber.