At least 12 Memphis-Shelby County Schools closed early on the first day of classes Monday, Aug. 5. At least two schools, Sheffield High and Sherwood Middle, will dismiss early on Tuesday due to HVAC issues.
Memphis-Shelby County Schools welcomed more than 100,000 students back to classrooms for the first day of the 2024-25 school year.
University of Memphis fans who come to the FedEx St. Jude Championship next week will have the chance to meet a few Tigers basketball players.Related story:
Officers with the Olive Branch Police Department responded to a traffic incident near Terrace Stone Drive during the early morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 3, later confirming the death of the rising baseball star.
The new owners said this project will help to define the future look of The Half Shell and should be open by early October.
Under Walker’s leadership, Alpha Omega Veterans Services grew from a duplex in South Memphis to a nonprofit that helped more than 15,000 veterans get training, treatment and access to the benefits they were due.
While some notable Memphis restaurants have closed recently, here’s what’s driving three local restaurant groups to expand.
The City Council also could take final action on ground leases for the planned development at Liberty Park. The leases for an entertainment venue, hotel and apartments would bring much-needed sales tax to the Liberty Park Tourism Development Zone.
Players will take part in the Mississippi’s only professional men’s tennis tournament for $25,000 in prize money.
Clay Bailey goes down memory lane in a golf cart, celebrating a number of courses that have disappeared from the local landscape.
Memphis and UNLV have met five times previously but haven’t faced each other since the Tigers fell to the Runnin’ Rebels 66-62 in the first round of the 1997 National Invitation Tournament.
How does an NBA talent end up at a Division II school? Jaylen Wells’ family explains how the Grizzlies rookie made such a fast rise through the ranks.
Of 30 major U.S. cities, Memphis had the highest increase in road deaths from 2019 to 2022, according to a recent analysis from the New York Times.
The Daily Memphian projects the MVP, newcomers of the year and most improved players for the 2024 Memphis Tigers football team. Related story:
Team USA wins silver medal in triathlon’s mixed relay at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games after a photo finish review.
Natalie McKinney and Tamarques Porter will take elected office for the first time when they are sworn in to the Memphis-Shelby County Schools board. Knocking on doors got them here.
“Not enough of us understand or respect what Memphis truly is. The Mississippi River is a confluence of 10 to 12 rivers that become one. Memphis is a confluence of cultures. Rich and poor. City and country. Religious and secular. Black and white.”
With fungal infections on the rise and becoming more resistant to treatments, Dr. Brian Peters leads a research lab at UTHSC that is at the forefront of the fight against dangerous fungi.
Coming of age in the COVID-19 pandemic may have influenced Gen Z’s career aspirations.
The Memphis Tigers received the most votes of any Group of Five team in the USA Today Coach’s Poll that was released Monday.
Also happening this week: The Memphis City Council will deal with November ballot referendums, and Ja Morant has a birthday.
Are you ready for it? Here are today’s sudokus.
The 13% turnout for the combination of state and federal primaries and county general elections was the lowest in Shelby County since 2004.
The retailer has nearly a dozen stores in the Memphis area and more than 170 locations across 19 states.
Bane and the district supplied thousands of backpacks, and the Grizzlies guard shared his thoughts on the team’s offseason.
Four species of Asian carp have firmly established a home in the Mississippi River basin, and experts say they are here to stay. But one way to get the carp population under control seems relatively simple — eat them.
At age 20, Frankie Dakin became a Millington alderman in 2012. Now he takes the reins as Millington city manager, after working for Shelby County government.Related story:
The Memphis theater group will present a series of free performances around Memphis and West Tennessee this fall. It will also host plays and other theatrical events at its newly renovated Tabor Stage throughout the year.
“I have forgotten that outposts are just that – outposts. Outposts offer a roof and a bed and company to the wayfaring stranger, but they are never the final destination.”
The Memphis historian describes his new book as Mississippi Delta pool hall existentialism.
This week’s crossword puzzle was inspired by Geoff Calkins’ recent series ranking the greatest Memphis athletes of this century.