FedEx looks to hire 3,250 in Memphis for peak
FedEx is adding 3,250 workers in the Memphis area to help it handle a surge in package volume between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Campaign Chronicle: Increased turnout, Union Row bash
One week from election day in Memphis, the early-voter turnout is poised to pass the turnout four years ago. Mayor Jim Strickland is honored by the developers of Union Row as challenger Tami Sawyer paints a very different picture of the city's fortunes.
Protest over Rudd’s salary, benefits fizzles on hot Friday afternoon
A student-led protest at the University of Memphis over President David Rudd’s bonus package and other issues sparked to life briefly Friday afternoon with chanting before fizzling.
St. Jude shows world its palliative success in symposium
St. Jude symposium is designed to help hospitals worldwide see what works in palliative care and develop it at home.
Public quizzes Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris on plan to fund MATA
Movers and shakers at the weekly lunch meeting of the Frayser Exchange Club questioned Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris Thursday about his plan to help fund the Memphis Area Transit Authority through a proposed $145 sustainability fee for addresses with three vehicles.
Meet Eric Groff, the Memphis football internet sensation
Memphis Tigers football fan Eric Groff showed off his dance moves on the ESPN broadcast Thursday night.
Metro
Trash talk: Memphis waste stuck in the deep freeze
A thaw on city streets at week’s end gives way to another cold snap complicating plans to resume solid waste services and continue clearing streets.
Business SpaceX and xAI could merge, according to reports
Premium Bartlett Intrepid fun-seekers enjoy thrills of ‘Mount Bartlett’
Public Safety Task Force back at work after winter-storm pause
Metro Gloria Wade-Gayles, who wrote about living near border between Black and white in 1940s and ’50s Memphis, dies
Business
SpaceX and xAI could merge, according to reports
Elon Musk, the CEO of both companies, has spoken about putting artificial intelligence data centers in space in recent months.
Business The Station gets its liquor license, seemingly clearing the way for the store to fully open
Business Nike to lay off nearly 600 employees in Memphis
Premium Business International Paper splits into two public companies, reports $23.6B in 2025 sales
Premium Business State board to hear liquor application for The Station Thursday
Sports
Calkins: How to cure the snowbound blues? Free tix, brave fans and a Memphis blowout win.
No pep band. No anthem singer, either. But lots of brave fans got free tickets to watch the Memphis Tigers win a basketball game Thursday. How better to defeat the snowbound blues?
Memphis Tigers Basketball Memphis dismantles shorthanded FAU to snap two-game skid
Memphis Tigers Basketball Box score: Memphis 92, Florida Atlantic 65
Premium Chris Herrington Herrington: A Robert Pera report, looming trade deadline distract from a Grizzlies season taking a turn
Player of the Week Standouts from Crosstown, Northpoint voted player of the week
Food
The Station gets its liquor license, seemingly clearing the way for the store to fully open
Ethan Edwards has been trying to fully open his East Memphis store for more than a year, but has faced strong opposition from a coalition of other such stores. A state board gave him the approval he needs.
Premium Table Talk Table Talk: When the city shuts down, the kitchens stay open
Suburbs
Situation in South grows more dire as ice, frigid temperatures, outages persist
It could be days before power is restored across the South, where more subfreezing temperatures are expected by Friday in areas unaccustomed to and ill-equipped for such cold.
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Arts & Culture
Pro cornhole comes to town, and the Dixon celebrates 50 years
In this week’s To-Do List, a new Pink Palace exhibit explores the science and culture of food. And Urban Earth hosts a workshop on air plants.
Premium Germantown Germantown seeks artist with tunnel vision for Greenway mural
Opinion
Calkins: How to cure the snowbound blues? Free tix, brave fans and a Memphis blowout win.
No pep band. No anthem singer, either. But lots of brave fans got free tickets to watch the Memphis Tigers win a basketball game Thursday. How better to defeat the snowbound blues?
Premium Chris Herrington Herrington: A Robert Pera report, looming trade deadline distract from a Grizzlies season taking a turn
Podcasts
The AM/DM podcast: What it’s like for athletes in the portal
In the last few years, one of the largest changes to college football and basketball is the number of student-athletes changing schools between seasons.
Metro The AM/DM podcast: Deannexation, superintendents and Lisa Marie
Games
Sudoku: Jan. 28
Are you ready for today’s puzzles?