Germantown shuts down Collierville to remain unbeaten
The Red Devils force four turnovers, including one crucial interception late, to beat the Dragons 14-7.
Friday football report: Owls make history; DeSoto Central holds off Olive Branch
Defense and special teams shine for MUS in the team’s first victory over Ensworth. Meanwhile, sophomore quarterback Eric Perry leads DeSoto Central over Olive Branch.
Whitehaven Cold War relic gets historical marker
The underground fall-out shelter in the gated Lion’s Gate community was built in the early 1960s by Memphis radio and television pioneer Hoyt Wooten.
Here’s what $5 million and five years of research taught Memphis about the aquifer
With all this new information about one of the city’s most important resources, what happens now?
Memphis Tigers surprise elementary school students with reading event
Memphis basketball players read to children at Bruce Elementary, handed out pencils and books and took photos to promote childhood literacy. Memphis basketball’s full 2023-24 AAC schedule released Memphis women’s basketball full 2023-24 AAC schedule releasedRelated stories:
Pantà closes, will convert to private event, pop-up space
Roughly two years after opening to fanfare just off Overton Square, Pantà, the colorful, Catalan-inspired bar from restaurateur Kelly English, has closed as a full-service restaurant.
Memphis Strong: perseverance through adversity
Protests, ice storms, a pandemic — throughout the past five years, the city has seen a number of challenges. But through the adversity, Memphians have persevered, sharing their voices and uplifting the community along the way.
Lakeland clamping down on short-term rentals
Complaints about short-term rentals in residential neighborhoods have led Lakeland officials to consider shutting down the rental operations over the next 2 1/2 years.
Chapter Five: The effects of Plan Z busing roll across Memphis
The latest chapter in The Daily Memphian’s oral history on the 50th anniversary of busing in Memphis City Schools moves into the years of the late 1970s and early 80s.
Moneybagg Yo says FedExForum ‘canceled’ his concert
In his Facebook statement, Moneybagg Yo wrote that his team is looking for a different venue large enough to host the concert.
Carriage Crossing will showcase Pop Local finalists
Carriage Crossing owners are showcasing potential new tenants Saturday as part if its “Pop Local” contest.
Martin: Before Prime, there was Penny
Deion Sanders is a tremendous story for college sports. But, Penny Hardaway might have created the mold for an outspoken, charismatic former player who was hired to coach at the college level and is delivering. Three games into his Colorado tenure, Deion Sanders a big hit in Memphis Related story:
Conaway: Five breathless days, one doctor, one nurse — a cautionary tale
“You have pneumonia,” he said, “double viral pneumonia.”
Buckley: Answers to key Memphis sports venues renovation questions
Jim Strickland’s $684 million plan to renovate Memphis’ four major sports venues was announced last October. Nearly a year later, no agreements have been reached regarding funding allocation.
‘Fishing for lives': Tom Lee’s story told by Grammy-winning poet J. Ivy
J. Ivy has written and performed a new piece about Tom Lee to mark the opening of the redesigned riverfront park named in Lee’s honor. The work is the first in a series commissioned by the Mellon Foundation.
Memphis 2023 Election Guide
Get to know the Memphis mayoral and City Council candidates in this comprehensive voter guide. Election Day is Oct. 5 and early voting begins Sept. 15.
With exchange program, Cxffeeblack is taking baristas to coffee’s African roots
Memphis coffee trailblazers Cxffeeblack are returning to the brew’s African origins and taking others with them through their new Barista Exchange Program.
New MSCS custodial contracts would give school staff more input
Under the proposal, which the school board will consider next week, the district would contract with four cleaning companies.
Thursday prep report: Southwind pulls away in second half to beat Melrose
Sophomore quarterback Kelvin Perkins accounts for four touchdowns as Jaguars improve to 6-0.Related story:
Ninja Turtles co-creator headlines this weekend’s Memphis Comic Expo
Kevin Eastman, one of the co-creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle characters 40 years ago, is the featured celebrity at this weekend’s Memphis Comic Expo.
Hernando Water Tower Festival celebrates 20 years of arts and crafts
For 20 years, vendors have gathered around the courthouse in Hernando for the Water Tower Festival. The event has grown annually drawing the most vendors ever this year.
The To-Do List: Bluff Cakes party, Barbie Rave and cowabunga at the Comic Expo
This week brings the Mid-South Fair, the Pink Palace Crafts Fair, the Memphis Country Blues Festival and an album release party from Aktion Kat.
Metro
Rhodes welcomes new endowed humanities professor
“I am excited to grow creative collaborations around environmental humanities, especially care for water as our lifeblood,” Gretchen E. Henderson said.
Premium Spirit of Memphis Calkins: Central High lights up the stage — and advances to finals in New York.
Premium Metro Cory Booker visits Memphis
Health Care UTHSC addresses loss of federal funding
Business
Nurse celebrating Mother’s Day with her newborn thanks to colleagues’ care
When her high-risk pregnancy resulted in a medical emergency, it was Leah Holder’s coworkers at Saint Francis Hospital-Memphis who were there to support her and her baby.
Health Care UTHSC addresses loss of federal funding
Premium Health Care Birding helps some ‘feel a part of something bigger’
Transportation & Logistics FedEx board member tapped to be next postmaster general
Sports
Mama Bears: Jay Huff’s mom Kathy is ‘Huff Stuff,’ too
The years Kathy Huff and her husband spent cultivating an atmosphere of reading, relationships and recreation have come to fruition now that their children, including Memphis Grizzlies player Jay Huff, are grown.
Premium Collierville Collierville girls dominate sectional track meet
Premium Sports Tigers fall to Tulane, but still have a chance at AAC tournament
Premium Sports Redbirds recap: A win and a loss in Charlotte
Food
Sound Bites: Gina Neely talks food, family and SmokeSlam
Gina Neely is the guest on this week’s “Sound Bites.” In addition to riffing on what makes good barbecue and why Memphis is No. 1 on her list, Neely and Holly Whitfield discussed SmokeSlam.
Suburbs
Collierville girls dominate sectional track meet
Khari Webb and the rest of the Dragons look like good bets for more Spring Fling success.
Arts & Culture
Rhodes welcomes new endowed humanities professor
“I am excited to grow creative collaborations around environmental humanities, especially care for water as our lifeblood,” Gretchen E. Henderson said.
Opinion
Calkins: Central High lights up the stage — and advances to finals in New York.
The Central High jazz band continued to blaze through New York, advancing to the finals of the Essentially Ellington contest. Said Ollie Liddell, the band’s director: “We play with the spirt of the city, man.”
Podcasts
Sound Bites: Gina Neely talks food, family and SmokeSlam
Gina Neely is the guest on this week’s “Sound Bites.” In addition to riffing on what makes good barbecue and why Memphis is No. 1 on her list, Neely and Holly Whitfield discussed SmokeSlam.