City achieves record for world’s longest picnic table at Celebrate Memphis fest
Memphis is the home to a new world record, after beating a French town's attempt earlier this year for the world's longest picnic table at Celebrate Memphis.
Memphis budget season offers different path to resolution
The city council still has some difficult decisions to make. But past budget seasons show there is also still some compromise possible between what the mayor proposed and what the council decided last week.
CAR T therapy turns patient’s T-cells into cancer killers
A new cancer treatment is giving lymphoma patients who are not responsive to chemotherapy another option than hospice care.
Community reacts to sudden death of Bloomfield pastor Ralph White
Rev. Ralph White, the pastor of Bloomfield Full Gospel Baptist Church, died suddenly on Saturday.
What should be done with Memphis’ 56 square miles of vacant land?
Several organizations shared this week the ways they have repurposed vacant land and removed blight in various parts of Memphis, which planners say is one of the city's biggest problems.
Next: Penny Hardaway hopes to see some sacrifice on court
Penny Hardaway needed luck and James Wiseman to land his No. 1 overall class, now he's hoping they can sacrifice on the court to achieve a national championship.
Metro
County commissioner jailed same day as first commission meeting
The six-year old tax charges came to the surface the same day Will Richardson participated in his first meeting as a Shelby County commissioner.
Shelby County Wanda Halbert leaves behind car title backlog, new clerk says
North Mississippi DeSoto deputies face civil trial date for 2024 shooting
Education Last-minute student laptop change leaves Memphis parents, teachers scrambling
Premium The Early Word The Early Word: Tiger meal deal flubs and a baby tiger surprise
Business
Local company buys Sycamore View Plaza
A local private investment company bought Sycamore View Plaza, a retail center on Summer Avenue for over $3 million.
Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers: Memphis firm earns industry honor from Urban Land Institute
Premium Real Estate Inked: Nashville medical company buys second local property
Premium Health Care Chili’s partners with St. Jude, gives $150 million for new clinical center
Premium Transportation & Logistics Trucking, transportation and warehouse hires are accelerating, driving up numbers in Memphis
Sports
High school football statistical leaders
Here are the Memphis-area high school football stat leaders in rushing, passing, receiving and scoring through week 3 games.
Memphis Tigers Football Huff says Tigers must play their ‘best game of the year’ against Boise State
Premium Reviews New Eats: Tiger football value meals
High School Sports Dandy Dozen: Briarcrest climbs into second spot
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies make trade on the margins with New Orleans Pelicans, acquire two players, pick and swap
Food
Table Talk: Quesabirria? Yes, please!
“Walking into El Agave off Poplar Avenue felt like a dream, mainly because I had been staring at the lights-on-no-one’s-home San Diego Cantina building for years.”
Food News Wahlburgers takes over Pyramid dining operations
Suburbs
Arlington raises solid waste rate, eyes wastewater treatment facility expansion
Arlington residents will have a slight rate increase for sanitation service under an adjusted contract with Waste Pro.
North Mississippi DeSoto deputies face civil trial date for 2024 shooting
Arts & Culture
Memphis interior designers reunite to launch studio
Interior designers Cameron Howell and Greg Baudoin are turning a Racine Street building into showroom, with plans to develop it into a resource center for the city’s design community.
Premium Music Valerie June found her voice in Memphis, then took it on the road
Opinion
Opinion: Calling partisanship racism doesn’t make it so
John Covington says, “Beyond the incendiary rhetoric, the facts are straightforward: Tennessee Republicans wanted another Republican seat – and said so plainly.”
Guest Columnists Opinion: ‘Steve Cohen has served Memphis extraordinarily well’
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: Where MATA wants to go
By next summer, the Memphis Area Transit Authority hopes to have 56 new buses on the roads.
Podcasts The AM/DM podcast: A Shell, a hotel and a Classic game
Games
Daily Jigsaw: From orthopedists to theologians
This jigsaw puzzle features a photo of the library at the Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary and College and was taken by Mark Weber.