ServiceMaster volunteer project represents a chance to give back
ServiceMaster employees fanned out to four area schools Thursday to help beautify the campuses as part of Spring Clean '19.
Southland Gaming & Racing launching table games April 1
Less than five months after Arkansas voters legalized four casinos statewide, Southland Gaming & Racing in West Memphis is ready to roll out its first table games.
UTHSC reduces out-of-state tuition, tacks on maintenance fee
Beginning July 1, out-of-state students in certain programs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will pay a reduced tuition rate.
Former Tiger Andre Allen arrested again on pot, gun charges
Former University of Memphis basketball player Andre Allen was arrested again on pot and gun charges. He will be in court April 1 on the charges.
Conrad says look for new city strategy on homelessness
Memphis City Council Chairman Kemp Conrad says the three-year goal of ending "street homelessness" could include a city shelter.
St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway tickets on sale
For the price of a $100 ticket, someone will win a house valued at $475,000 in the 20th-annual St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway,
Metro
The Early Word: State money goes Downtown, and Ford pleads guilty
New Taylor bill targets legal immigrants, Calvary Church sheds light on painful past and the Grizzlies finally get a home win.
Metro The AM/DM podcast: The difference between Memphis and Minneapolis
Education Gov. Bill Lee wants $155 million to fund 20,000 new vouchers
Premium Shelby County How Jerri Green plans to breathe life back into one of the nation’s oldest public defender offices
winter weather City of Memphis ‘Efficient melting’ coming for Memphis on Groundhog Day
Business
Elon Musk joins his rocket and AI businesses into a single company
Elon Musk is joining his space exploration and artificial intelligence ventures into a single company before what’s expected to be a massive initial public offering for the business later this year.
Premium Business With savory hand pies, Whisks of Doom whips up a different type of bakery
Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
Premium Spirit of Memphis Seeds for lawyer’s success planted when she was a child
Winter Weather Business From Cash Saver to Kroger, stores work to restock after winter storm
Sports
Grizzlies enjoy team-wide romp in last home game before trade deadline
It was the first win for the Grizzlies on their home floor since Jan. 11 against the Brooklyn Nets. Related content:
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High School Sports Rebounding, free throws lift St. George’s over Harding
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies muzzle Timberwolves to break losing streak
Food
Recipe Exchange: Boscos’ wood-oven shrimp
There’s a signature appetizer at Boscos Restaurant & Brewing Co. in Overton Square that was inspired by a trip to the Big Easy.
$15 Deals $15 Deal: Sunrise Memphis’ bi bim bowl
Suburbs
Could Bartlett get rid of its property tax?
Bartlett Alderman David Reaves wants the suburb to look into eliminating property taxes, but others wonder how the suburb would make up the lost revenue.
Arlington Former Arlington High standout ‘just really wants to win the Super Bowl’
Arts & Culture
Arts Beat: Satisfying our craving for crafting
The Bluff City has a taste for zine-making parties, vision-board groups, flash-tattoo embroidery classes and beyond.
Arts & Culture Gloria Wade-Gayles, who wrote about living near border between Black and white in 1940s and ’50s Memphis, dies
Opinion
Calkins: Robert Pera remains city’s best hope for keeping Grizzlies in Memphis
What is keeping the Grizzlies in Memphis? Robert Pera. And that’s it. He’s still the best chance the city has to keep the team.Related content:
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Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: The difference between Memphis and Minneapolis
The scene in Memphis has been very different from the one in Minneapolis, and there are many theories about why that is.
Metro The AM/DM podcast: Back to work? Again?
Games
Sudoku: Feb. 2
Are you ready for today’s puzzles?