Calkins: As another star picks Penny, Memphis fans should revel in the hate
When Lester Quinones picked Memphis over Indiana Friday, fans of other schools were enraged. So Penny Hardaway must be doing something right.
It’s Greek for all of us this weekend
The Memphis Greek Festival started Friday and runs through Saturday evening at the Annunciation Greek Church; food and fun are abundant.
DA will not seek charges against officers in Martavious Banks shooting
Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich announced in a statement Friday she is not seeking criminal charges against any of the four Memphis police officers in the shooting of Martavious Banks last September.
Black Caucus seeks federal investigations into House Speaker email scandal
The Tennessee Black Caucus is requesting a federal investigation into House Speaker Glen Casada's Office and the Nashville DA's Office as the lieutenant governor says Casada should resign.
FBI probes House voucher vote
The FBI is looking into the possibility of illicit favors in return for votes for the governor’s education savings account bill, a situation state Rep. Jim Coley calls "troubling."
Daily Briefs
Metro
The Early Word: UTHSC faculty resign, but Hardaway is all in at the U of M
MSCS board makes Richmond interim again, sheriff candidates agree on jail issues and Grizzlies finally win.
Metro The AM/DM podcast: Meet the local foodie behind our $15 deals
State Government Lawmakers move to honor Bill Lee over Memphis Safe Task Force
Metro Trump to visit Memphis
Premium State Government Tennessee House passes controversial immigration bills
Business
Prairie Farms hopes to milk $15 million out of selling Midtown dairy
The 9.25-acre site is almost as big as all of Overton Square and includes the original Forest Hill Dairy structure built in 1927.
Premium Real Estate Inked: Creative expansion, more cookies and Aldi adjacent space
Premium Real Estate Adams Keegan expands corporate HQ
Premium Real Estate South Korean manufacturer moves forward with next phase of $157 million Memphis expansion
Premium Business Ice to be back: Minor league hockey returning to Mid-South
Sports
Grizzlies podcast: Draft prospects in NCAA Tournament
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington are joined by Parker Fleming to discuss a few NBA prospects playing in the NCAA Tournament this week.
Memphis Grizzlies Ty Jerome gets ‘clinical’ in Grizzlies win over Nuggets
Premium Memphis Tigers Basketball Buckley: Hardaway, Tigers concerned about fans in the stands. What’s the plan to fix it?
Memphis Tigers Basketball Penny Hardaway says he ‘really will die’ for Tigers’ program in passionate monologue
Premium Memphis Tigers Basketball Tigers could begin roster rebuild with familiar faces
Food
The AM/DM podcast: Meet the local foodie behind our $15 deals
A restaurant doesn’t have to be expensive to be good, and today’s guest knows all about that.
Premium Recipes Recipe Exchange: Brazen Restaurant Group’s Scotch eggs
Suburbs
Germantown’s 911 call center was promised in 2020. Now it’s on permanent hold.
Funds officials thought were earmarked for the center went to other projects, leaving Germantown’s dispatch center high and dry.
Premium Real Estate Hilton-branded hotel planned for Lakeland’s The Lake District
Arts & Culture
Memphis Movies This Week: Ryan Gosling’s ‘Hail Mary,’ ‘Pulp Fiction’ gets Pink
With the Oscars finally in the rearview, the first potential well-liked live-action hit of the 2026 movie year arrives this weekend, says Chris Herrington.
Performing Arts Five musicals, two Broadway plays, one new Orpheum season
Opinion
Calkins: Justice Amy Coney Barrett is speaking at Rhodes. It’s more complicated than it should be.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett is returning to Rhodes College to speak Wednesday. Why isn’t Rhodes talking about it? That’s complicated.
Premium Chris Herrington Herrington: Grizzlies notes on injuries, expansion and draft scouting
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: Meet the local foodie behind our $15 deals
A restaurant doesn’t have to be expensive to be good, and today’s guest knows all about that.
Metro The AM/DM podcast: On Jerry Lee Lewis’ home tour
Games
Sudoku: March 18
Are you ready for today’s puzzles?