Before the April 28 fire at the Downtown church, there were fires at the Memphis home of the nonprofit’s leader and another in East Tennessee at a property owned by her family.Related content:
The Dragons are the first team to go back-to-back in the largest public-school classification since Whitehaven in 2016 and 2017.
Bartlett soccer advances to state title match; Munford, Lakeland Prep baseball teams remain in winner’s brackets; and Briarcrest and CBHS are eliminated in baseball.
Athletes from Bartlett, Lausanne and White Station will be playing for titles as Spring Fling draws to a conclusion.
With the win, Memphis now leads the season series with Jacksonville five games to four.
A Thursday evening confrontation between a person armed with a knife and Bartlett police led to a fatal shooting, officials said.
Germantown High graduate Ben Johnson had family in mind on a big night for the Memphis Redbirds.
The closure, which was a surprise to at least one group planning an October event at the hotel, comes as the school’s contract with the current hotel vendor comes to an end.
The scorecard tracks how the city’s representatives voted in the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill now goes to the U.S. Senate where the state’s two U.S. senators have already indicated they favor it.
Tennessee has executed Oscar Smith for the 1989 murder of his estranged wife Judith Smith and her sons Jason and Chad Burnett.
Only 10 players make either of the NBA’s All-Defensive teams each season, and Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. is one of them for 2024-2025.
Incoming restaurants in the Edge District received financial backing from the Downtown Memphis Commission, and the Main Street Mall will soon see more musicians.
Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in the arrest of 160 people and the seizure of guns, drugs and cash.
The NBA will announce the All-NBA teams on Friday, which will give the Memphis Grizzlies clarity about how they can approach the coming offseason.
A stretch of Riverside Drive will be closed to allow for the construction of what it is calling a road-diet conversion.
This week, read in the Ravine with Cafe Noir, and try vegan dishes paired with music at Alex Wong’s Permission Party.
As food writer Joshua Carlucci says, Pho 4Ever’s sauteed sea snails are “one of the best things I’ve eaten all year. Full stop. And I’ve been doing a lot of traveling recently.”
Shelby County has closed on the office building and warehouse on the site of The Commercial Appeal’s former 16-acre campus at 495 Union Ave.
“Air pollution doesn’t know borders. It doesn’t stop at the state line. Running dozens of polluting turbines at this location would threaten air quality for families in South Memphis as well as those in Southaven.”
The Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine committed the money to build an economic development plan for South Memphis neighborhoods.
“Was insurance in place? Fire suppression systems working? Security? Lots of things a manager of such an important property should be responsible for. And these questions should be resolved before more funds are given to the same manager for rebuilding. Not throwing shade. We just need to be careful here.” — Ham Smythe about Historic Clayborn Temple director's home caught fire weeks before church blaze
“Music on the streets will add great energy to the city.” — Linley Schmidt about Edge District restaurants get funding; Downtown adding street musicians
“For the eleventy-millionth time...The DA’s office does NOT set bail and, therefore, does NOT ‘release’ these criminals. ... ” — Cynthia Hardin-Mullins about ‘Precision policing’ effort results in arrest of 50 gang members
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Construction begins on the public Montessori school’s $7.5 million expansion, revamping Southwest Tennessee Community College’s former Gill Campus building into a middle school with a kitchen and workshop for students.
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In a surprise move, the Memphis City Council suspended its rules and voted on raises for solid waste employees, machinists and police officers. But the mayor has warned it could mean cutting 550 positions.
John A. Smith is considered one of FedEx’s best operators. One analyst said, “What do you do? Put in a jockey that’s never won the derby on a horse, or do you put in a jockey that won a dozen derbies?”
The entry of Memphis guard Dante Harris into the NCAA transfer portal does not come as a surprise, after LSU transfer Curtis Givens III agreed to join the coach Penny Hardaway’s program.
The chefs behind the popular Marshall Avenue deli are putting their twist on a dive bar, with retro details and the return of their smashburger.
Germantown will likely hire its next executive director from within. The opening comes as Paul Chandler takes the top position at Memphis River Parks Partnership.
Before his performance at Riverbeat Music Festival, DJ Steve Aoki and former Florida Georgia Line singer Tyler Hubbard made some stops at Memphis hotspots to film the music video for their new song.
“Jimmy Moore was a good-natured and gentle man. ... Yet he understood what politics was all about. For Moore, politics was about helping people who needed help. Getting things done. “
With 20 years behind the bar, Hunter Coleman’s had the time to break down the art and the science of craft cocktails.