‘No one’s going to die alone’
Memphis hospitals relaxed strict visitation policies, allowing outside ministers to visit patients alongside family. But an uptick in COVID numbers could cause those policies to tighten again.
Top-ranked high school football star leaving Memphis
Walter Nolen III is departing St. Benedict and enrolling at a Knoxville-area high school.
Peach Jam recap: MUS stars, Jalen Duren capture championships
University of Memphis basketball targets Curtis Givens III and R’Chaun King, both MUS Owls, and Jalen Duren, one of the top players in the nation, all captured Peach Jam titles Sunday.
MATA: Come on and take a free ride
Through a partnership with Whole Child Strategies, Memphis Area Transit Authority offers Klondike and Smokey City residents bus rides each Tuesday and Saturday to nearby locations where healthful food is available.
Redbirds win 15th straight as offense gets hot
Memphis sweeps Louisville, with four homers in last two games.
Tenn. No. 7 on fastest-growing COVID list
‘In the general course of a month, Delta went from nothing to just about everything,’ said Richard Webby, an infectious disease expert who works at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Chief Davis takes a stroll to see neighborhood problems firsthand
Memphis police chief goes for a walk with a city council member who says residents of her district can’t sleep at night for fear of being shot in their beds.
901 FC runs unbeaten streak to four with win over Tulsa
Increasingly, it’s becoming clear that Memphis is going to be a tough team to score on and fullback Mark Segbers said that’s part of the game that the team is taking a lot of pride in right now.
Calkins: Meet Memphis’ secret Olympian
‘Jessica Ramsey could win the gold medal in shot put in Tokyo. She prepared for the challenge by (I swear) working at Insomnia Cookies on Beale Street.’
Archimania, at 25, aims to be ‘change agent’
The Memphis-based architectural firm marks its 25th birthday with a new way it’s helping nonprofit organizations and by announcing new and emerging leaders within the firm.
Cohen discusses meeting Hagerty, and more
He also blasted the disqualification of U.S. sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson from the Olympics after she smoked marijuana. “It’s only performance-enhancing if you are in the Coney Island hot dog-eating contest.”
Metro
This Week in Memphis: Grizzlies media day and Tom Lee Day
Also happening this week: You can meet Shelby County Mayor Mickell Lowery, and there’s a rescheduled hearing for the MSCS takeover suit.
Shelby County Short agenda Monday as new Shelby County Commission settles in
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Business
Tim Duncan’s family history pushed him to get tested. Now he wants other Memphis men to do the same.
Duncan watched his father survive prostate cancer and saw a close friend lose his dad to it. Then came his own diagnosis in January.
Business Highland Strip’s getting a ‘high-end honky-tonk’
Business SpaceXAI offers to buy out some Southaven residents over lawsuit
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Sports
Tim Duncan’s family history pushed him to get tested. Now he wants other Memphis men to do the same.
Duncan watched his father survive prostate cancer and saw a close friend lose his dad to it. Then came his own diagnosis in January.
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Food
Highland Strip’s getting a ‘high-end honky-tonk’
“Take a honky-tonk, sweep up all the sawdust, replace a couple of shots with a couple of glasses of wine, with some cool Memphis music and Western memorabilia,” said one of the three owners.
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Suburbs
What is Love? If you live in DeSoto County, it might mean home.
Residents of the little community south of Hernando don’t have a whole lotta love for all the changes coming their way, but they like the town of Love anyway.
Business SpaceXAI offers to buy out some Southaven residents over lawsuit
Arts & Culture
Hattiloo Theatre raises the curtain on city’s cultural identity for 20 years
This year’s Spirit of Memphis award recipient Ekundayo Bandele discusses how a self-described introvert went from rap battles in Brooklyn to running one the nation’s four freestanding Black theaters.
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Opinion
Herrington: Nine storylines for Grizzlies training camp and preseason
The Grizzlies will hit the Music Highway for a Nashville training camp, and head coach Tuomas Iisalo will get his first full chance to build his own thing.
Public Safety Maxey: ‘Whatever the reasons for addiction, the voices of those impacted need to be heard’
Podcasts
Sound Bites: ‘Donut’ overlook this Midtown bakery
There’s at least one treat that people say they’ve driven hours for — and even shed a few tears over — at Jacques Louise Bakery.
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Games
Sudoku: Sept. 27
Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus.