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
Old Manassas High to become ‘cottages’ for homeless families
“It’s about the mother of the child who is going to school with your child,” Hospitality Hub Executive Director Kelcey Johnson said. “After school you take your child home. The other mother is taking her child to truck stops.”
Premium Education MSCS board member retires from teacher-union leadership
Update City of Memphis John Zeanah to be city’s new head of infrastructure and development
Shelby County Health Department head leaving for Baltimore
Business
Prairie Farms Dairy to close Memphis plant
The announcement said Prairie Farms will work with area manufacturers and employment agencies to support transitions.
Real Estate Malco Summer Drive-In sold for $2.3 million
Visual Arts New art gallery to start Downtown test run
Premium Real Estate Ashlar Hall gets more time for renovations
Sports
AAC announces host cities for 2026-2028 basketball tournaments
In March, the American Athletic Conference commissioner mentioned Memphis as a contender for future men’s tournaments.
High School Sports Daily Memphian postseason boys track awards: CBHS, Central standouts share top honor
Geoff Calkins Calkins: Everyone loved Reggie Barnes — which is how he reshaped Memphis sports
Premium High School Sports Bailey: All hail the young Lions and a championship trophy
Food
Fill your plate: Memphis business owners test run vacant restaurant sites
Table Ready is designed to fill former Downtown businesses by allowing restaurant owners to try out the property with the Downtown Memphis Commission covering some of the rent and utility costs for a year.
Suburbs
Bailey: All hail the young Lions and a championship trophy
Within three years of starting its high school classes, Lakeland Prep is the state baseball champion and has bragging rights in Class AA.
Arts & Culture
New art gallery to start Downtown test run
Local artist Andre LeMoyne Miller will open an art gallery Saturday, May 31, as part of the Downtown Memphis Commission’s Open on Main initiative.
Opinion
Sanford: City’s violent crime problem needs solutions — not sound bites
“Our crime problem remains the No. 1 issue on the minds of area residents. And last week FBI Director Kash Patel added to the angst by summarily declaring Memphis ‘the homicide capital of America per capita.’”
Podcasts
Why libraries and public spaces are important
Shamichael Hallman is the author of “Meet Me at the Library,” which makes the case for the importance not just of libraries but public spaces of all kinds.