Bowen resigned after letter alleging questionable behavior
Former U of M Athletic Director Tom Bowen resigned April 20, four days after a letter to university President David Rudd questioning Bowen's actions on a road trip.
Bicentennial day marked on Mud Island and in Orange Mound
Local leaders cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new social media icon on Mud Island, and Orange Mound celebrated Memphis' bicentennial day by marking 100 years since it was annexed by the city.
Calkins: Larry Finch and Ronnie Robinson together in the Memphis Sports Hall of Fame
Larry Finch, Ronnie Robinson, Penny Hardaway, Tim McCarver, Claude Humphrey highlight the inaugural class of the Memphis Sports Hall of Fame
New enterprise could awaken local food economy
The co-founders unveiled the well-funded 275 Food Project, a comprehensive “social enterprise” to boost the local-food economy in Memphis as well as access to local food and the jobs it creates.
Price of police and fire pay raises approved by council put at $5 million
The decision by the council to side with unions over the administration in impasse proceedings is hardly unprecedented. But finding the money in the budget sometimes takes the council and mayor around the impasse procedure.
Celebrate Memphis Picnic: Recipes, Round 4
Celebrate Memphis is Saturday, complete with the big picnic, live music, good food and the Mid-South's largest fireworks display to cap it off.
Metro
April 4,1968 through the eyes of a then-19-year-old who was at the Lorraine Motel
Clara Jean Ester, who was 19 in 1968, describes the moments after Rev. King was shot. And the daughter of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu discusses the mission her father and Rev. King shared.
Education Tennessee elementary schools might limit classroom digital device use under pending law
Spirit of Memphis Memphis’ forgotten figures: Jimmie Lunceford
Premium Business Baby ducks are cute! And Metzer Farms hatches hundreds of thousands every year
Premium Metro As Shelby County preps for May and August votes, a TMZ video grabs attention
Business
Baby ducks are cute! And Metzer Farms hatches hundreds of thousands every year
Many of those downy little ducklings get to fly before they even sprout feathers — traveling on FedEx jets from the Cordova hatchery to buyers around the country.
Premium Business Wang’s Mandarin House founders retire, sell longtime restaurant
Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
Premium Business The Wolf named Radio Station of the Year
Premium Real Estate Grizzlies star Ja Morant’s home for sale
Sports
Herrington: Evaluating Zach Kleiman’s Grizzlies free agency/contract negotiation record
In Part 3 of Chris Herrington looking at the Grizzlies’ basketball-management track record in the seven seasons under Zach Kleiman’s direction, he considers free agency and contract negotiations.
Premium Memphis Grizzlies Hill: Thanks, Raptors, for showing how you spend a random Thursday in Memphis
Memphis Tigers Football Who are the top Tiger running backs in spring practice?
Premium Real Estate Grizzlies star Ja Morant’s home for sale
Memphis Grizzlies Memphis Mayor Paul Young responds to LeBron James comments
Food
Wang’s Mandarin House founders retire, sell longtime restaurant
The brother-sister duo behind Wang’s are saying goodbye.
Premium Recipes Recipe Exchange: Jennifer Chandler’s pimento cheese biscuits
Suburbs
When disaster strikes, these hard-working people who get paid nothing answer the call in DeSoto County
In DeSoto County, joining the local Search and Rescue unit means logging thousands of training hours, swimming miles in open water and responding to traumatic scenes at a moment’s notice.
Premium Lakeland Lakeland board talks change in government
Arts & Culture
Memphis Movies This Week: Complicated romance in ‘The Drama,’ ‘Fantasy Life’
Also, Chris Herrington gives his Top 5 Baseball Movies List.
Spirit of Memphis Memphis’ forgotten figures: Jimmie Lunceford
Opinion
Opinion: The call is around us all the time. The trick is to recognize and respond.
“The trick is to recognize and respond. That’s easy when the call is a call to appreciate life’s blessings. It’s a bit trickier when it’s a call to endure hardships. With those, it’s easier to forget.”
Premium Guest Columnists Opinion: Resurrection, remembrance and the work ahead
Podcasts
Reaction to No Kings police response centers on city permit process
Memphis Mayor Paul Young talked on “Behind The Headlines” about the March 28 No Kings march that ended with Memphis Police pepper-spraying demonstrators.
The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more The YMCA’s impact on thousands of children in Memphis and the Mid-South
Games
Sudoku: April 5
Are you ready for today’s puzzles?