FedEx Express ditches Amazon in U.S. domestic market
Will focus on growth in e-commerce
FedEx said Friday it will discontinue a FedEx Express contract to carry Amazon packages in the U.S. domestic market after June 30.
MICAH organizer says quest for equity larger than who wins elections
Rev. Ayanna Watkins says on The Daily Memphian Politics Podcast the group is working on its own and within the political process toward change that is part evolution and part disruption.
Anderson leaves Tigers staff; Toppert arrives as assistant coach
Brad Anderson left the University of Memphis as basketball trainer last month. Meanwhile, former Phoenix Suns assistant Cody Toppert appears to be the next assistant coach on Penny Hardaway's staff
Calkins: The most successful Grizz fan account on Twitter has been run by (surprise!) a teenage girl
If you thought the most popular Grizzlies fan account on Twitter couldn't be the work of a young woman who started it when she was just 12, consider yourself enlightened.
Bartlett Easy Way to be transformed into urgent care center
A Memphis emergency physician is transforming the vacant Easy Way grocery store in Bartlett into an urgent care center.
UTHSC researcher leads local participation in diabetes study
Dr. Karen C. Johnson is among principal investigators on a six-year nationwide diabetes prevention clinical trial that released findings today at the American Diabetes Association’s 79th Scientific Sessions in San Francisco.
Metro
The Early Word: Hagerty talks Task Force, and a giant sandbox is coming
MSCS finally sets school dates, an “unleaseable” building gets a glow-up and Grind City Amp will open with a free show.
State Government Will TN voucher program expand by 15,000 or 20,000 seats? House and Senate are at odds on details.
Premium Metro US Sen. Hagerty said Memphis public safety solutions must be long-term, ‘military buildup’ necessary in Iran
Education Memphis-Shelby County Schools sets 2026-27 academic calendar
Public Safety New trial appeal in Nichols case still pending, cross-appeals denied
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
Premium Health Care SweetBio rolls out new, longer-lasting wound product
Premium Real Estate Local investor sees value in ‘unleaseable’ shopping center
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.
Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Injured players talk, so does LeBron James
Premium Memphis Tigers Basketball What’s Memphis paying new women’s basketball coach Hana Haden?
Golf FedEx St. Jude Championship unveils new ticketing option that includes food, drink
Premium Sports Redbirds recap: Memphis bats dominate opener at Charlotte
Food
Food Files: Two Dunkin’ developments and a new breakfast place
It’s all about breakfast — and wings — this week.
Premium Recipes Recipe Exchange: Jennifer Chandler’s pimento cheese biscuits
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
The Wolf named Radio Station of the Year
A Memphis station is the Academy of Country Music’s Radio Station of the Year.
Public Safety Pooh Shiesty detention hearing set in Texas
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.”
Premium Memphis Grizzlies Calkins: The Grizzlies have a problem. And it isn’t just basketball.
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: The volunteer search & rescue group saving lives
In November of last year, two DeSoto County teenagers in an SUV found themselves in a fast-moving ravine. But they survived thanks to one of the accident's witnesses.
Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Injured players talk, so does LeBron James
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.