Calkins: Tiger Woods is not coming to Memphis – and that’s too bad
The first World Golf Championships-FedEx St. Jude Invitational is going to be great. But it would have been greater with Tiger Woods.
Latest plan for The Clipper excludes hotel
The developers' news release states that brokers are already leasing space for the future Clipper office and retail space, but the original plans for a 250-room, full-service hotel are no longer mentioned.
Local McDonald’s workers protest for $15 minimum wage
McDonald's workers in Memphis held a rally Friday demanding the fast-food corporation raise its minimum wage for all McDonald's employees to $15 an hour.
BancorpSouth matches Q2 earnings estimates
BancorpSouth reported higher revenues and earnings in the second quarter compared to a year ago while completing two mergers and repurchasing shares of the company during the period.
Everything you need to know about next week’s FedEx St. Jude Invitational
Here's all you need to know to get ready for Memphis' biggest golf tournament ever.
New Eats: Bar Ware
Bar Ware has opened on South Front Street, adding a new choice to a block that has become a Downtown hot spot.
Metro
Community members demand resignation of school board member who defended Lindsey Whiteside
The combination of Whiteside’s sentence and school board member Michele Henley’s defense of her has galvanized a growing movement focused on accountability within DeSoto County’s leadership and education systems.
Premium Shelby County Millington could sue Halbert’s office
City of Memphis How Mayor Young wants to work with the Memphis Safe Task Force — instead of contesting it
Premium Public Safety State troopers want to stop speeders. Drivers are crashing out.
Business
Glasses that slow nearsightedness in children now FDA-approved
“For a long time, it’s been our desire to try to halt progression as nearsightedness develops, especially with it being on the rise,” said a local optometrist. It is estimated that more than 50% of the world population may become nearsighted by 2025.
Premium Real Estate Inked: Carhartt store opens in East Memphis
Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
Premium Real Estate Hardware-store supplier opens Collierville showroom larger than Wrigley Field
Sports
Herrington: The Grizzlies have been bad in preseason. A reason to worry?
Preseason struggles are rarely predictive, but have the Memphis Grizzlies given fans good reason to worry?
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies crushed again in preseason, despite JJJ’s return
High School Sports ECS wins region title over St. George’s in penalty shooutout
High School Sports Memphis area high school football statistical leaders
Food
Brew parties for coffee or beer lovers, plus ‘Art on Fire’ and art on the river
This week, local theaters perform murder shows, Crosstown showcases Vietnamese culture and you can make pottery at Chucalissa.
Suburbs
Community members demand resignation of school board member who defended Lindsey Whiteside
The combination of Whiteside’s sentence and school board member Michele Henley’s defense of her has galvanized a growing movement focused on accountability within DeSoto County’s leadership and education systems.
Arts & Culture
Brew parties for coffee or beer lovers, plus ‘Art on Fire’ and art on the river
This week, local theaters perform murder shows, Crosstown showcases Vietnamese culture and you can make pottery at Chucalissa.
Opinion
Letter to the Editor: We don’t need military occupation. We need poverty eradication.
“That jail was already overcrowded; today it holds 800 people over capacity. Incarceration is not the solution.”
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: The birds and the bees, tigers and chimpanzees
To help animals reproduce — and species thrive — staffers at the Memphis Zoo study poop, freeze sperm at -196 degrees, and even help endangered species reproduce long after their deaths.