Renovations start on historic Marine Hospital apartments
The $18.5 million conversion of the long-vacant Marine Hospital into 71 apartments should be finished by July 1, 2020.
Mosquito spray trucks now rolling in Shelby County
With no positive cases of the West Nile virus in humans this summer, officials with the Shelby County Health Department believe their efforts to slow its transmission are paying off.
Smith & Nephew upgrading its Brooks Road campus
The medical-device maker is adding employees and spending millions to improve facilities at its sprawling complex on gritty Brooks Road.
St. Jude motivates many Invitational volunteers
It's the love of the game and an opportunity to give back that inspire the volunteers, but a BlueCross BlueShield sponsorship sets the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational apart from other PGA Tour events.
Brandon Allen scores twice as 901 FC rallies for well-earned point
Brandon Allen scores first two goals for the club against his former team.
Penny Hardaway welcomes back Memphis basketball alumni with open arms
Memphis coach Penny Hardaway wants to keep the program's former players around his team.
Metro
Why a federal judge denied an injunction against TN’s new congressional map
A judge filed a legal memo a week after his May 14 decision to deny a motion for a temporary pause in implementing the state’s new congressional map.
Premium Spirit of Memphis Well versed: A Memphis wordsmith makes history with ‘little poems’
Premium Elections Here’s where the cases against Tennessee’s new congressional map stand
Premium Spirit of Memphis Green acres: How one local couple is living and loving off-grid life
Premium Education Most suburban school districts say they aren’t getting funding owed to them
Business
Former Immaculate Conception high school buildings, convent being demolished
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is clearing four buildings on its campus to make the property more accessible, add green space and to save money on upkeep.
Real Estate Former Commercial Appeal building set for demolition
Business SpaceX buys data center building for $185 million
Premium Real Estate Tsunami building goes on the market
Transportation & Logistics Airport board approves $172M budget
Sports
Grizzlies Mailbag: Trading Ja Morant and other offseason issues
This mailbag is full of questions on trades that have and haven’t happened and how exactly the Memphis Grizzlies are positioned entering the offseason.
Premium Memphis Grizzlies Hill: Who do the Grizzlies take at No. 3? Let’s dive into the numbers.
Premium Memphis Grizzlies Hill: Is the NBA about to rip off the Memphis Grizzlies?
Premium Memphis Tigers Basketball How Memphis basketball’s transfer class can help fix issues from last season
Premium Sports Redbirds Recap: League leader Memphis loses first-place spot after fall to I-Cubs
Food
Oh, sip! Dr. Bean’s Coffee is owned by an actual doctor, and his last name is really Bean.
Here’s the tea on Dr. Bean’s business and its eponymous founder.
Premium Recipes Recipe Exchange: Back-to-back barbecue winner Heath Riles’ ribs
Suburbs
Most suburban school districts say they aren’t getting funding owed to them
A 13-year-old referendum is sparking a budget battle in some Memphis suburbs as school boards see flat funding despite higher property values. However, government officials say they can freeze the funding due to other ways they contribute.
Premium Bartlett ‘I like my sneakers. I like my Pokemon.’ And so 901 Deals was born.
Arts & Culture
Well versed: A Memphis wordsmith makes history with ‘little poems’
“It’s just been amazing what we’ve done with just our sheer talent, just wanting to write and be heard,” Bria Saulsberry said.
Visual Arts Thinker, dreamer & leader: Artist Derek Fordjour reimagines Room 306
Opinion
Opinion: Why is the state’s focus on redistricting not matched by equal attention to BlueOval City?
“The same people who can summon a special session to redraw congressional maps in service of a national political project have had remarkably little to say about how that same national political project cost thousands of jobs and four years of economic momentum in Tipton, Fayette, Haywood and Shelby counties.”
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Podcasts
Grizzlies podcast: Would Memphis trade up from pick No. 3?
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss Grizzlies draft trade scenarios and react to the early conference finals games between the Thunder and Spurs.
The Sidebar: Eric Barnes on arts, culture & more How New Memphis Institute recruits and retains talented people
Games
Daily Jigsaw: A Tuscan classic
Today’s puzzle is the interior of Josephine Estelle, the new restaurant from chefs Andrew Ticer and Michael Hudman. It was taken by Mark Weber.