Agencies meet to discuss solutions to violence in Memphis
Representatives of local nonprofit organizations met at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital to discuss solutions for violence in the Memphis community.
Baptist performs first intraoperative radiation treatment
Baptist Memorial Health Care is offering a new breast cancer procedure that enables women to opt out of the weeks of radiation therapy following surgery.
Judges cite high quality of AIA Memphis Design Awards
The architectural designs for Old Dominick Distillery, Crosstown High and Bartlett Orthopedic Center received the highest honors in the AIA Memphis 2019 Design Awards.
Herenton opens campaign for Memphis mayor with charges of ‘elitism’ in city’s prosperity
The former mayor drew several hundred people to southwest Memphis as his opens his challenge of incumbent mayor Jim Strickland on the Oct. 3 city ballot.
Harris becomes new Democratic Party chairman in confidence vote
Harris was unopposed and by a narrow vote got the majority needed after answering lots of questions about the recent suspension of his law license. The vote also included lots of evidence of different factions within the party that was reformed in 2017.
Phil Mudd loves Memphis
Philip Mudd, national security analyst on CNN, the former deputy director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, and a man who dealt firsthand with CIA black sites in the post-9/11 world, absolutely loves Memphis.
Metro
The Early Word: Bill proposes newer New Bridge; Lucchesi’s pasta is back
The ethics complaint against Memphis’ fire chief is dismissed, a police reform task force is named and Arlington parents get calls from AI Dolly Parton.
City of Memphis Memphis names task force in wake of DOJ report on police
State Government Memphis lawmakers propose bill to study need for third bridge to Arkansas
City of Memphis This Week in Memphis: Rittenhouse returns; Judge Anderson is replaced
Business
Memphis hotel industry struggles to get back to pre-pandemic numbers
Memphis hospitality industry professionals said they hope for a more positive 2025.
Premium Real Estate Inside Cleveland Street’s 30-year $338M blight fight
Premium Food News Lucchesi’s heads back to grocery stores
Premium Health Care Displaced federal workers grieve lost lives, struggle with uncertainty
Sports
Buckley: Dain Dainja wanted to be a small forward. Memphis had other ideas.
Dain Dainja went to Baylor wanting to be a small forward. Penny Hardaway and the Tigers had a different idea, and it’s paying big.
Memphis Grizzlies Cavaliers rebounding ‘doomed’ Grizzlies in road loss
Update Memphis Tigers Basketball Dainja leads Tigers’ second-half surge in blowout win over FAU
Premium Sports Tigers baseball fails to sweep series against Valparaiso, but takes two of three
Food
Lucchesi’s heads back to grocery stores
Though Lucchesi’s used to sell its products in grocery stores, a USDA rule change several years ago forced the company to pull its casseroles from stores. But now they are back with a full line, new partners and plans for growth.
Suburbs
Collectors pay pretty penny for rare coins
From Buffalo nickels that cost a dollar to a penny that costs nearly $60,000, the Memphis Coin Club’s annual show had it all.
Arts & Culture
Memphis Movies This Week: Stephen King is back
One might think that all of Stephen King’s work has already been adapted into a movie or miniseries, but here comes “The Monkey,” adapted from “Skeleton Crew,” one of King’s short story collections.
Opinion
Echols: Nine fresh ideas already happening in Memphis
“These people have no idea I’m writing about them. But they are using what they have in time, money, energy and ideas to bless the rest of us.”
Podcasts
Local Democratic, Republican leaders talk pros, cons of deportation
“... They are not committing any other crime,” Worth Morgan said. “But they are being exploited and they are taking a job away from somebody here in Memphis that would want that job.”