Transformed Tom Lee Park to be a hybrid of city, nature
Plans to redesign Tom Lee Park will bridge the disconnect between Downtown Memphis and the Mississippi Riverfront using nature-inspired elements and permanent infrastructure.
Season One, Chapter 13: Jeremiah Martin’s dream performance can’t make up for (another!) nightmare start
Jeremiah Martin scored an astonishing 41 points in the second half – but it wasn't enough to overcome another nightmarish start by Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers.
Will parking chaos spark a walkers’ plan for U of M area?
Yet another private dorm with more residents than parking spots may spur the U of M and its neighbors to tackle the automobile congestion.
Electrolux says it will voluntarily release tax abatement as assessor pushes clawback
Electrolux's surprise move to close its Memphis plant in two years, idling 530, ignites debate over what can or should be done about incentives that were poured into the plant.
SCS to appeal TSSAA decision after schools banned from postseason
Daily Briefs
Metro
COVID-19 metrics trending downward in Shelby County
From Jan. 9 to Saturday, the Health Department reported an average of 482 new cases and 4,054 test results a day yielding an 11.9% positivity rate.
Metro Antibody infusion shows 80% effectiveness in nursing home patients
Business
Petland returning shopfront puppy sales to Memphis
An online petition opposing the opening of a Petland shop in Memphis has drawn more than 21,000 digital signatures. But the daughter of Petland’s founder mounts a defense, complete with Shelby County statistics on dogs placed into homes by animal welfare organizations in Shelby County.
Business Cummins to close Memphis plant
Sports
Memphis DL Joseph Dorceus enters transfer portal
One of the Tigers’ best defensive linemen intends to transfer
Memphis Tigers Football Former Memphis QB Markevion Quinn enters transfer portal
Food
Day Tripper: Bread & Butter Bistro in Batesville
Batesville is just an hour’s drive south of town and offers up a gem of a breakfast and lunch spot with Bread & Butter Bistro; it even has a dog.
Suburbs
Collierville High School to continue hybrid learning plan
Collierville Schools released learning plans for students on Friday.
Neighborhoods
Agency supports, praises 3 adaptive-reuse Edge projects
The Center City Development Corp. approved $80,000 exterior-improvement grants to help developers revive three vacant buildings scattered in the Edge District, gave support to a renovation at a key intersection in the South City neighborhood, created a new grant program, and forgave a batch of existing loans.
Arts & Culture
Memphis’ indoor movie theaters begin reopening
Major films including “Wonder Woman 1984” and “One Night in Miami” will be showing as theaters reopen following the newest health directive.
Opinion
Calkins: A graveside concert for the leader of the band
Joe Sills — a legendary high school band director throughout West Tennessee — died of COVID-19. His former students are gathering to play a graveside concert in his honor Saturday. One of them will be playing Sills’ own silver trumpet.
Podcasts
Remus says Democrats will challenge Lee in 2022 governor’s race
The new Tennessee Democratic Party chairman says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast that challenging Republican majorities in the Tennessee Legislature will take longer.