After Wednesday’s humiliating loss to Portland, the Grizzlies have 11 games to stake their claim to the playoffs. It’s time to stop screwing around with the rotation — and play the guys who will win. 

Sullivan, Knox, Hamilton and Madison counties lift mask mandates; Davidson is waiting.

With much of the plan already outlined well before Wednesday’s speech, reaction from the city’s two congressmen and the state’s two U.S. senators was set along partisan lines. There was a social media blitz by all during President Joe Biden’s remarks.

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Biden marked his first 100 days in office as the nation pushes out of a menacing mix of crises, making his case before a pared-down gathering of mask-wearing legislators for massive structural changes.

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The first major, outdoor live-music event in Memphis since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mempho Fest Oct. 1-3 will feature Friday and Saturday headline sets from Georgia’s Widespread Panic, and a closing Sunday night set from North Carolina’s Avett Brothers.

Two building owners are asking for variances so they can offer boarding rooms or apartments in areas zoned for employment.

The former East High standout played sparingly in three seasons with the Tigers.

Germantown’s Board of Education approved a construction firm for Houston Middle School’s addition. Board members also added a position to look at the academic and non-academic needs of students.

The Tigers finish the season 8-4 after losing to Utah Valley, 1-0.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said rising economic and mental stress levels in the community resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic made this the right time to pursue this new policy.

The Lululemon Pop Up store in Midtown, which opened last year as the pandemic spread, has closed.

For the first time in 33 years, no new car dealerships named “Gwatney” are operating in Memphis.