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“I show my team clips of him playing defense all the time,” said Travis Ford, Marcus Smart’s coach at Oklahoma State. “His ability to guard so many different guys aside from his position and stay in front of people is amazing.”
“One year ago, Tennessee faced an instant health emergency for pregnant people when we became a forced birth state,” said Ashley Coffield, CEO of Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi.
“The best way to know your priorities is to figure out where you put your money,” MSCS Interim Superintendent Toni Williams said. “Our students are our priorities, and I’m extremely proud of this budget.”
Lawyers for the two officers argue that although all five officers have been charged in Tyre Nichols’ death, not all five were present during both interactions Nichols had with the officers that night.
Gov. Bill Lee announced Wednesday the rollout of $194 million in grants to fund armed guards in every public school and security upgrades at all schools.
Alicia Franklin was allegedly raped by Cleotha Henderson, aka Cleotha Abston, in 2021 — more than a year before his arrest for the death of Eliza Fletcher.
Among the findings of a recent audit of MSCS were that the district overpaid a vendor without approval from the school board, that a district employee allegedly stole thousands of dollars worth of lawn-care equipment and that one senior employee improperly received vacation time.
Memphis has not had a red panda birth since June 2015.
A Memphis dish has named the best Over-the-Top Treat in the state.
The case revolves around an alleged fight during a pickup game at Ja Morant’s house.
Two people are in custody in connection with scores of vehicle break-ins earlier this week at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto and nearby hotels.
Ryan Dunn, one of Collierville’s nine detectives, resigned from the suburb’s police department Tuesday.
Residents of the city and county overwhelmingly want more police officers in Memphis — and less than 2% want to see fewer police officers, according to an independent poll from The Daily Memphian.
This is one of Joshua Carlucci’s favorite dishes in Memphis.
Matt Riser didn’t hold back on his high expectations for the Memphis baseball program during his introductory press conference.
Smart is both a blast from the past that could have fit among the old Grizzlies’ Grit-and-Grind identity and a meaningful heart-and-soul leader to fit among the new bunch of youngsters.
The 29-year-old Smart has been the starting point guard for one of the NBA’s best teams in recent years. He’s also a former Defensive Player of the Year.
The Grizzlies reportedly trade Tyus Jones in three-team deal that gains Boston guard Marcus Smart. The former Defensive Player of the Year is a strong defender and a proven veteran.
“I embraced the concept, ‘I love my job’,” he said. “You gotta love what you do.”
This week, cool off with Disney’s “Frozen” at the Orpheum, get nostalgic with Matchbox Twenty and watch plays created in 24 hours
The former Memphis Tigers All-American guard is expected to either go undrafted or be selected among the final picks of the second round in the 2023 NBA draft.
A land swap with Silo Square developers will provide Southaven police with a new precinct in hopes of improving the efficiency of officers’ duties.
“My love of CK’s was about the people, the regulars, who showed up like clockwork every morning and became an informal coffee klatch to talk sports — mainly pro football — and politics, or to share the latest gossip.”
Here are The Daily Memphian’s postseason baseball awards, featuring our offensive player of the year, pitcher of the year, coach of the year and all-metro teams for Divisions 1 and 2.
The university’s new unit, headed by a global expert in sunflowers, focuses on how to boost agriculture specifically in the Mississippi Delta.
After filming on “The Ultimate Gift Wrapping Challenge” wrapped in Pennsylvania, Vanessa West and Adrienne Myers met again — this time back home in Memphis over lunch at La Baguette.
The Tigers’ matchup with the Rebels is the team’s final Quadrant I opportunity of the season.
The holidays are about gathering with friends and family, with good meals as a centerpiece.
Hundreds of pages of investigative reports on the 2023 plane crash that killed four members of Harvest Church in Germantown are now public, including official interviews, expert accounts on the aircraft and wreckage and more.
A quartet of very different, but quite notable, new movies open in Memphis on Christmas Day.
“While I agree that our police department can and should improve, the real question for me is this: Will a Federal Government consent decree yield the true results our community is seeking — will it make Memphis better?”
Paul Young offered more detail in a Behind The Headlines interview on what’s next for MPD after a scathing federal report into the department’s policies and practices.