Red Bull Dance Your Style debuts in Memphis
With impromptu choreography and no pre-chosen music, talent from Louisiana and Memphis competed Sunday using styles of jookin’, krumping, locking, popping and more with the audience serving as judges.
‘I went home for Mom’s 97th birthday — and the end of her grand, generous life’
“I drove back home to Buffalo to celebrate my mother’s 97th birthday. Instead, I was there as she died. It was the end of a grand and generous life.”
901 FC falls in San Antonio
But the Memphis soccer team remains in fourth and final playoff spot despite losing for the first time in nearly a month.
Penny Hardaway wants nine- or 10-man rotation; who makes the cut?
Hardaway says the toughest guys who play the right way will be the players who make that rotation. Here are some options.
Blooming business: Weekly service delivers flowers to your door
Flowers, which come from owner Eva Brewer’s garden in Millington, arrive in arrangements of gold, pink, red, purple and white zinnias, marigolds, cosmos and hollyhocks.
Professional rugby debuts in Memphis
Premier Rugby Sevens hosted the all-day tournament.
Desmond Bane, De’Anthony Melton are ‘X-factors’ for Grizzlies
Desmond Bane and De’Anthony Melton are off to tremendous starts this preseason, which will complicate Taylor Jenkins’ decision on a starter.
The Tigers have lost their edge and their way
Memphis doesn’t have time on its side, with Navy just four days away. Related stories: Tigers' fight undone by turnovers, missed kicks in loss to Tulsa
Event planners make COVID concerns a priority
For gatherings such as the Collage Dance Collective grand opening, and the National Civil Rights Museum’s Freedom Awards, keeping guests safe is paramount.
Metro
Tennessee TCAP testing time to increase in 2027 due to new, unscored writing test
Trial tests are vital to producing reliable tests, education officials say, but there is concern about Tennessee lengthening TCAP testing times next spring.
Public Safety Activists protest harsh conditions in detention facility while ICE denies claims
Premium City of Memphis Some on City Council oppose renaming street after former Mayor Lee Harris
Premium Elections DeSoto supervisor’s federal lawsuit dismissed
City of Memphis Tigers could struggle to keep finances up under Protect College Sports Act
Business
A2H grows Collierville presence with SpiritArchitecture acquisition
The combined firms have completed more than 100 justice-related projects valued at more than $1.5 billion.
Premium Real Estate Germantown’s TraVure development will soon add new office and retail building
Premium Business Sneak a peek at Satellite Music Hall’s food, lounge and stage
Transportation & Logistics MATA unveils new buses
Premium Business Memphis plant invests $35M to create 20 jobs
Sports
Redbirds Recap: Ben Johnson earns 500th career victory
Memphis Redbirds manager Ben Johnson earned his 500th career victory Tuesday night at AutoZone Park.
Premium Sports Redbirds Recap: Memphis allows 16 unanswered runs, drops game two to Durham
City of Memphis Tigers could struggle to keep finances up under Protect College Sports Act
Memphis Tigers Basketball Ahead of stadium debut, Tigers trail last year’s ticket revenue
Memphis Tigers Football Now, everybody can party at Liberty Stadium plaza
Food
Table Talk: Family meal at Hog & Hominy
“To celebrate my most recent turn around the sun, my family and I had what I would call a true family-style dinner.”
Premium Business Sneak a peek at Satellite Music Hall’s food, lounge and stage
Suburbs
DeSoto supervisor’s federal lawsuit dismissed
DeSoto County Supervisor Robert Foster’s lawsuit against the State of Mississippi has been dismissed, but it may not be gone forever.
Premium Real Estate Germantown’s TraVure development will soon add new office and retail building
Arts & Culture
Sneak a peek at Satellite Music Hall’s food, lounge and stage
Officials from Live Nation and Crosstown offered an early look at what Memphis’ newest concert venue has to offer ahead of its debut.
Arts & Culture Memphis Movies This Week: A Dolly Parton tribute, an early Oscar doc contender
Opinion
Opinion: Tennessee has never waited for history to happen
“Tennessee’s biggest challenges are deeply connected. Housing affects access to education. Transportation determines access to jobs. Childcare influences workforce participation. Energy shapes our economic competitiveness.”
Opinion Echols: In an era of artificiality, we want the real
Podcasts
Meals on Wheels turns 50 as MIFA’s ‘flagship’ program
The new president and CEO of the Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association spoke on Behind The Headlines about MIFA’s work addressing poverty and food insecurity in Memphis and beyond.
Sound Bites Sound Bites: Meddlesome’s approach to Memphis water concerns and a changing brewery scene
Games
Daily Jigsaw: Dandy Dozen Dragons down
This jigsaw puzzle features a photo of Collierville lineman Braylon Warren (99), who is double-teamed during a play against East Nashville, and it was taken by Wes Hale.