The winners of the three races make a majority of seven women on the city council that takes office in January — the first majority of women on the 13-member body in the 55-year history of the mayor-council form of government.
The Tigers punched their ticket to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history on Thursday night.
Another north-south route through Shelby Farms Park has been a priority for local leaders for more than two decades, but the proposal for a new Shelby Farms Parkway has now been abandoned.
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis talked about the leadership changes — as well as guns, crime rates, hiring and recruitment, technology and more — at a recent Memphis Rotary Club meeting.
A local judge ruled Thursday that Tennessee’s “stand your ground” law applies to a civil lawsuit involving Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant.
Greg Duckett, Baptist Memorial Health Care executive vice president and chief legal officer and former City of Memphis chief administration officer, will succeed Doug Browne, president of Peabody Hotels & Resorts.
“This thing is about us as a whole group and no individual person,” Jahvon Quinerly said Thursday. “That’s just something that we’ve been preaching all summer.”Related story:
The contest will take place on Dec. 9 at 2:30 p.m. at Memphis University School.
According to a site plan, the Poplar Avenue location would have two drive-thru lanes with no access to the site from Poplar. If the new location is approved, the chain would close its current Collierville location.
The voters have spoken, and they have chosen Jamarion Morrow as the final Daily Memphian high school football player of the week.
Anthony Landphere and Brendan Doyle are getting it done for Memphis in a key four-game stretch.Related story:
The University of Memphis women’s soccer program isn’t just the most successful athletic program at the university — it’s one of the most successful organizations in the city, period. How did head coach Brooks Monaghan do it? And what lessons can the rest of us learn?
Guards Marcus Smart and Luke Kennard were injured in Memphis’ road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Grizzlies Insider: Despite injuries, it’s too early to punt the seasonRelated story:
When I saw the story from Rhodes, I flashed back to a strange footnote in my own collegiate history: “the naked floor,” a dorm dedicated to, well, free expression. Related story:
The last local elections of 2023 will determine who the Memphis City Council representatives from Districts 2, 3 and 7 will be. The runoffs will complete the new council that takes office Jan. 1 with Mayor-elect Paul Young.Related story:
This week, “Lil Buck” stars in “NutReMix,” trees are blue in Germantown and that Anita Baker show we’ve been hearing about on Bally Sports all year is finally happening.
North Mississippi’s Crawfish Haven specializes in to-go Cajun food, from etouffee to catfish to boudin.
Local Starbucks workers joined a nationwide strike against the Seattle-based coffee chain on Thursday, Nov. 16.
Several top teams from the region will be on hand Monday and Tuesday in an event that salutes Lynn Whitfield.
Covington, Fairley, Germantown, Houston, Memphis Business Academy and Southwind are all hoping to extend their seasons Friday.
The commission approved more money to buy the property that goes with the old Commercial Appeal buildings. Deals on the three remaining adjacent parcels for the 16-acre site are still pending.
Last year was the first time the city exceeded $100 billion in gross regional product, officials at the Greater Memphis Chamber State of the Economy luncheon said.
The Grizzlies are finally returning to FedExForum for a five-game homestand. Can they distance from Denver as the Nuggets’ schedule increases in difficulty?
Though Lucchesi’s used to sell its products in grocery stores, a USDA rule change several years ago forced the company to pull its casseroles from stores. But now they are back with a full line, new partners and plans for growth.
Barnes & Noble is looking to open in Germantown, but the space will be significantly smaller than Shelby County’s existing locations.
One might think that all of Stephen King’s work has already been adapted into a movie or miniseries, but here comes “The Monkey,” adapted from “Skeleton Crew,” one of King’s short story collections.
“These people have no idea I’m writing about them. But they are using what they have in time, money, energy and ideas to bless the rest of us.”
“... They are not committing any other crime,” Worth Morgan said. “But they are being exploited and they are taking a job away from somebody here in Memphis that would want that job.”