WISH GRANTED
Memphis basketball gets Bahamas test Penny Hardaway wanted
Even Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield was impressed by the Tigers backcourt.
Even Sacramento Kings guard Buddy Hield was impressed by the Tigers backcourt.
Damion Baugh wasn't the highest-ranked member of the Memphis recruiting class. But he's emerging as the relentless leader the team needs.
The Tennessee Shakespeare Company received a $20,000 grant to take the Bard's works to juveniles in the Shelby County justice system. "William Shakespeare and his plays are for everyone," says the company's founder.
A spokesman for Union University says the Christian college based in Jackson, Tennessee, does not want to buy Rust Hall in Overton Park even though local sources say the university is, in fact, interested in the property.
Across the city, college and university students are returning by the tens of thousands. Rhodes College held its Opening Convocation ceremony Friday, while 170 new medical students put on their new white coats in a ceremony at UTHSC.
A new initiative to get hygiene and personal care products to lower income students kicked off on Friday at Kate Bond Middle School.
Another Tops catches fire, Mellow Mushroom makes way for a chicken chain and a Bartlett pharmacy says goodbye.
The Economic Development Growth Engine Board approved a Jobs 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes incentive for AAON Inc., three forgivable loans, and an extension of the closing date of Richardson Oilseed PILOT at its special call board meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 6.
The Tigers are looking to bounce back from their second loss of the season against an Owls team that hasn’t won a road game all year.
During the Project Green Fork fundraiser, local chefs will turn surplus ingredients into delicious dishes.
Bo Mills is retiring next spring as Germantown’s public works director, and the suburb has honored him by attaching his name to one of the tallest structures in the city.
Rapper GloRilla has two nominations. Also up for Grammy Awards are albums by Memphis area musicians Cedric Burnside and Steve Cropper.
“Seventy-two hours from now, everybody will be in the same boat: The votes will have been cast, and once the votes have been counted, we’ll all know who won. And ... we will all know who lost.”
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the strong starts to the season by Jaylen Wells, Jay Huff, Scotty Pippen Jr. and Jake LaRavia.
Can you solve this week’s word search?