Memphis suffers heartbreaking loss to Florida Atlantic in NCAA Tournament
Memphis lost a heartbreaker to Florida Atlantic Friday night. A promising season came to a crushing end.Related stories:
Memphis lost a heartbreaker to Florida Atlantic Friday night. A promising season came to a crushing end.Related stories:
The Memphis Grizzlies erased a 29-point deficit on Friday night to stun the Spurs in overtime, 126-120.Related stories:
The families of Gershun Freeman and Tyre Nichols stood with attorney Ben Crump Friday afternoon outside the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center, demanding prosecution of the corrections officers responsible for Freeman’s death.
Memphis Police Department Lt. Dewayne Smith, a 25-year veteran, has been identified as the officer who retired before an administrative hearing into his involvement in the death of Tyre Nichols.
Lawyers for former state Sen. Brian Kelsey — who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee — argued he pleaded guilty in November in part because of his “inexperience with the criminal justice system.”
Tyler Johnson leads the Red Devils with 15 points and nine rebounds. Douglass will play Alcoa in Saturday’s 6:30 pm final.
If Memphis defeats Florida Atlantic later Friday, the Tigers will play No. 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson on Sunday in Columbus, Ohio.
Tennessee lawmakers are close to amending the state’s total abortion ban to allow doctors to terminate pregnancies to save patients’ lives. But the amended bill is more vague than the original about when abortion would be legal.
Former MSCS deputy superintendent John Barker has proposed a new vo-tech charter school for the district to consider.
The 1972-73 Memphis State Tigers NCAA Tournament team’s impact on the city still is examined and debated 50 years later.
Kam Jones scored 18 consecutive points for Marquette during the second half to help the Golden Eagles pull away from Vermont.
The Memphis Grizzlies guard was fined $35,000 for “the unsportsmanlike act of shoving a camera person on the sideline after pursuing a loose ball,” the NBA announced Friday.
Turner’s lawsuit is likely to be combined with a similar challenge of the five-year residency requirement filed Monday by Sheriff Floyd Bonner.
Senior scores 36 points in in boys basketball 4A semifinal win over Hillsboro.
The rally was hosted by OUTMemphis and the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization. Other participating organizations included Choices Memphis and My Sistah’s House Memphis.
Bill Nye dances to a song from a Memphis rapper and another debuts an Apple Music short documentary.
MLGW has processed bills for more than 34,000 users who were behind on payments because of faulty meters. That’s about 8% of MLGW electricity customers.
Mustangs can’t get anything going on the offensive end and end the season with a 26-10 record.
In Memphis, leaders seem to agree that youth are able to get guns too easily and that they are seeing a trend of younger juvenile offenders and more violent offenses. But there are varying opinions on how to deal with those trends.
The 2020 football season was built on coach Ryan Silverfield’s team finding ways to win close games. The 2021 and 2022 seasons were derailed because Memphis lost too many close ones.
Another inmate at the Shelby County Jail has died, the fifth this year.
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.
Whorton’s pledge to Memphis marks the Tigers’ 13th newcomer heading into the 2025-26 season.
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.
With a new fiscal year approaching, Bartlett officials are reviewing their budget and how much in increased property taxes are needed to cover operations.
As temperatures rise, June comes with new art exhibitions across Memphis that explore the Ghost River, blend Southern culture with iconic Japanese imagery and highlight metal artistry.
“When you boil it all down: Haggerty is leaving the team that he led to the NCAA Tournament as an All-American, to go to a team that didn’t make the tournament last year, and ultimately for less money than he would’ve made if he had just committed to Penny Hardaway for another season.”
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.