Grizzlies hire former NBA GMs Rich Cho and Glen Grunwald to front office posts
The Grizzlies hired two executives with high-level experience at five different NBA franchises to its new management team.
Dulberger: IKEA seems ‘committed to making the Memphis store work’
Despite creating fewer jobs and paying lower salaries than promised, EDGE CEO and president Reid Dulberger says IKEA is committed to its Memphis store.
St. Jude research leads to cure for bubble boy disease
Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have developed a novel treatment using HIV as a vector to deliver re-engineered blood cells that create an immune system for patients who are born without one.
Amendment shifts voucher funds from urban Shelby to rural districts with troubled schools
House Republicans amended Gov. Bill Lee’s education savings account bill to move money into rural districts with Priority schools before it was approved Wednesday night by the Finance Committee, shifting a portion of it from urban districts such as Shelby County Schools that might lose students to private schools.
White guides charter commission bill to passage in House
State Rep. Mark White pushed Gov. Bill Lee’s state charter commission through the House Wednesday, saying it will create a better system for overseeing charter schools in Tennessee.
Daily Briefs
Metro
XAI’s water recycling plant in question
Without the plant’s completion, xAI and TVA could continue drawing billions of gallons of freshwater from the aquifer, which also supplies the region’s drinking water.
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State Government Will TN voucher program expand by 15,000 or 20,000 seats? House and Senate are at odds on details.
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Education Memphis-Shelby County Schools sets 2026-27 academic calendar
Business
Inked: Playspace brings sandboxes, Cooper may get cigar boxes and Arlington gets piping supplies
Little Diggers is coming to East Memphis and a Cooper Street building sells.
Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers, April 8, 2026
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Business AutoZone may be rolling onto Houston Levee
Sports
Grizzlies 25: Zach Randolph overcame injury to make more Memphis memories. But, oh, what might have been.
Let’s return to a moment, repeated regularly over Randolph’s eight years in Memphis, to perhaps the most romantic sight through 25 years of Grizzlies basketball: Z-Bo on the block.
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Golf FedEx St. Jude Championship unveils new ticketing option that includes food, drink
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Food
The Second Line reopens in Laurelwood
The Second Line opened at 4550 Poplar Ave. on Wednesday, April 8, once again serving Cajun-Creole cuisine that includes po’boys, gumbo, red beans, crawfish, and pimento cheese fries.
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Suburbs
Visible Music College plans move to Millington
The Visible Music College will move from its Downtown location on Madison Avenue to a Millington location later this year.
Millington MLGW plans renovation of Millington community office
Arts & Culture
Girls Inc. celebrates 80 years empowering girls and young women in Memphis
Sylvia Martinez, the president and CEO of Girls Inc., joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”
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Opinion
Opinion: DA Mulroy on criminal justice data and accountability
“Delays in handling cases, jail-intake processing delays, the “solve rate” for crimes, the repeat-offender rate — these are all worthy objects of emphasis ... . But they may not fit the right (so to speak) political agenda.”
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Podcasts
How Ballet Memphis finds ‘unique points of connection’ with audiences
Ballet Memphis’ executive director Adam Goldberg joins Eric Barnes on this week’s episode of “The Sidebar.”
The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more Girls Inc. celebrates 80 years empowering girls and young women in Memphis
Games
Daily Jigsaw: Redbirds in action
Today’s puzzle is of the Memphis Redbirds opening game at AutoZone Park and was taken by Brad Vest.