Shelby Farms names new restaurant tenant
Coastal Fish Company, owned by Russ Graham and Tom Powers, will open this fall in the space on Hyde Lake formerly occupied by The Kitchen.
No Rest: New Grizzlies’ front office not shy about dealing and likely not done
Change is here. Embrace it. Let Grit and Grind rest for a time.
Shelby County Commission chairman will push to override Harris veto of U of M money
Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris has vetoed a capital improvement budget allocation that gives the University of Memphis $1 million for the Michael Rose Natatorium until the lowest-paid workers are paid $15 an hour. Commission Chairman Van Turner says he will try to override the veto.
Sedgwick strikes deal to buy New Jersey-based York Risk Services
Memphis-based Sedgwick, provider of claims and risk management services, announced an agreement to buy York Risk Services Group, a New Jersey company with nearly 5,000 employees and 60 offices.
Memphis basketball Nike EYBL Peach Jam preview
Wednesday morning marks the beginning of Peach Jam and one of the most critical weeks in Memphis coach Penny Hardaway’s defense of his recruiting crown.
Fred’s amends forbearance agreement a second time
Memphis-based discount retailer Fred’s Inc. has amended a forbearance agreement with its lenders again.
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?