Analysis: Where Memphis basketball stands for each Peach Jam target
It's still early in the recruiting process for most of the Tigers 2020 priorities.
Patterson Warehouses expansion pits Memphis against North Mississippi
Patterson Warehouses Inc. is planning a $30.2 million expansion. To ensure the project stays in Shelby County, EDGE is recommending a six-year tax abatement.
Tax breaks sought for two U of M-area apartment developments
A Florida developer seeks tax incentives to build two student housing developments totaling 50 units near the University of Memphis.
Literature-themed eatery planned for Madison Avenue
Cafe Lit, a literature-themed, multistory supper club with live entertainment, could bring more nightlife to Madison Avenue.
Lakeland expects USDA to commit to school funding by August
Lakeland officials are hoping to have a commitment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture by early August on a development loan to fund construction of a proposed high school.
Immigration protest comes against backdrop of possible weekend ICE roundups
A Downtown protest Friday evening drew a group of about 100 people. It comes days after the release of journalist Manuel Duran, arrested in Memphis more than a year ago and turned over to federal immigration authorities.
Metro
The Early Word: New shopping center plans and a Cook Out in the Back Yard
Judge rules in favor of new Collierville Chick-fil-A, dirty-soda shop owners get into the baseball game and Kelly English is opening a new place.
Metro The AM/DM podcast: In med school, students can do no harm to first patient
Education These five Memphis schools will close this summer
City of Memphis Change for Memphis library employees goes on November ballot
Education CBU to partner with Purdue for graduate engineering programs
Business
Inked: So long Smart Mart, ICE in East Memphis and a deal Downtown
East Memphis is getting a new gas station and maybe an ICE office, and a million-dollar discount deal is available at a Downtown restaurant site.
Transportation & Logistics FedEx sues U.S. government, claiming it should be refunded for tariffs
Premium Real Estate Massive Marshall County warehouse sold, taking key industrial space off market
Real Estate Downtown Sheraton to become ‘Memphis Riverline Hotel’
Real Estate Shelby Farms apartment complex moves forward
Sports
Warriors guard Pat Spencer doesn’t want ‘bad basketball’ in Memphis, either
Warriors guard Pat Spencer, the older brother of Grizzlies guard Cam Spencer, said he hopes Memphis continues to “play the right way.”Related content:
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Golf FedEx St. Jude Championship head Joe Tomek stepping down
Memphis Grizzlies Warriors coast to win over shorthanded Grizzlies
Food
Comeback Coffee comes back — for one day
For nearly a year, Comeback Coffee has existed without couches, without conversations and without a morning crowd lingering at its Downtown cafe. On Saturday, Feb. 28, that energy will return to North Main Street.
Premium Recipes Recipe Exchange: Good Fortune Co.’s Tan Tan Noodles
Suburbs
The Standard sticking with condos and offices — but plans could change
Plans for condominiums and office space at The Standard development in Germantown could change, a consultant hired by the suburb said.
Collierville Latoshia Daniels sentenced for shooting death of Mississippi Boulevard pastor
Arts & Culture
Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Scream’ returns, a Cannes-winner from Iraq
Ghostface is back ... and so is Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar winner.
Premium Arts & Culture James Lawson autobiography traces path of Civil Rights icon through Memphis and beyond
Opinion
Opinion: Why immigration enforcement is not the same struggle as the Civil Rights Movement
“Supporting local charities and advocating for legislative reform are reasonable paths forward; interfering with active law enforcement is not.”
Guest Columnists Opinion: Memphis, are you still thinking about the Roman Empire (and Yellow Fever)?
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: In med school, students can do no harm to first patient
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has required its first-year med students to do an anatomy lab since 1911. To do so, the school relies on living donors who give their bodies to science.
Business The AM/DM podcast: What’s next for St. Jude
Games
Sudoku: Feb. 25
Are you ready for today’s puzzles?