Bobby White, chief public policy officer for the Greater Memphis Chamber, said the I-40 bridge closure may help bring discussions of a third bridge across the Mississippi to the forefront of the community’s consciousness.
Local health officer Dr. Bruce Randolph has said that the new rules will allow people to vote with their feet.
Restaurateurs aren’t happy with a new health directive that suggests people wear masks but puts the burden of the decision on them.
Last week’s declared “truce” notwithstanding, a group of citizens opposing construction of an oil pipeline through South Memphis neighborhoods want two lawsuits involving the project to move forward.
Timely hitting sends Mustangs past Dragons.
Meanwhile, both of the state’s Republican U.S. Senators have been critical of the Democratic bill that would change election laws. One of the few Tennessee Republicans dissenting on Cheney’s ouster, former Congressman Zach Wamp, says it represents a split in the Republican Party that could have implications in next year’s mid-term Congressional elections.
MUS tennis players figured prominently at regionals.
There was a little bit of smoke on the river early on Wednesday, but plenty more to come. The 2021 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest was about to begin.
Two old friends and longtime Memphis in May volunteers take a few minutes to talk about this year’s festival and about some memorable times in the past.
If you don’t succeed at first, try, try again should be the motto for Lakeland’s effort to get its own ZIP code. So city officials are trying again.
Beginning Monday, Collierville Schools will make masks optional for students through the end of 2021. Arlington Community Schools and Germantown Municipal School District also are loosening their masking requirement.
The Land Use Control Board will have a few less controversial cases to consider when it convenes Thursday, May 13. Three applicants have withdrawn requests that had faced opposition.
First there was Grizzalina. Then Pascal the Pigeon. Now the Grizzlies are riding the good luck of “Rally Stanley.”
The Grizzlies are on the cusp of eighth in the West. Can they jump Golden State?
After damage was discovered on the Hernando DeSoto bridge, Twitter users made some cracks, too.
Germantown is reviewing its budget. The public hearing on it, the tax rate and the stormwater fee is scheduled for June 14. Final reading on all ordinances at the end of June.
Attorneys for Pervis Payne have filed a petition in Shelby County Criminal Court, asking the court to recognize that Payne has an intellectual disability and under a new state law cannot be executed.
Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is back; Bhan Thai closes; restaurateurs face a new challenge.
Recruiting will return to a bit of normalcy with the NCAA-mandated dead period ending on June 1.
Elizabeth Rouse of ArtsMemphis joins Eric Barnes on The Sidebar.
The Tigers’ new head coach will live out a dream with USA Basketball.
Ezekiel Kelly faces dozens of charges for allegedly killing three people and injuring three others on Sept. 7, 2022 while Memphis was on lockdown.
The cuts this week are likely the result of the company’s massive work to merge its Express, Ground and FedEx Services divisions.
Ladeadrick James’ touchdown lifts Mustangs over Bartlett while the Dragons blank Germantown.Related content:
Eight Memphians were among the 288 teams competing at this year’s World Food Championships; division winners take home $10,000 and a chance to compete for $150,000 in the spring.
Honors and ground breaking for Buc-cee’s highlight a week of touring around the suburbs for news.
Casts created in hollowed-out spaces of volcanic ash and other artifacts from the frozen city of Pompeii, which was destroyed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D., are on display at Graceland starting this week.
Friday night in San Francisco, the Grizzlies will complete their first West Coast road trip against a team that’s so far had even more success this season with a similar approach: the Golden State Warriors.
How will this Memphis football season be remembered if the final two regular season games play out in the Tigers’ favor? Can the Tigers’ basketball team continue to pull of their second-half magic? Drew Hill, Frank Bonner II and Parth Upadhyaya discuss.