Goals galore as Memphis romps to season-opening victory in women’s soccer
Ellis Kelly scored twice in her debut for Brooks Monaghan’s new-look squad, which hammered Southern Miss 6-0 Thursday night.
Redbirds recap: Memphis edges Charlotte with ninth-inning homer
Designated hitter Nathan Church propelled Memphis to victory with a pair of clutch hits, including a two-run home run in the ninth.
Awards, performances, even brunch: The People’s Hip Hop weekend is here
An organizer said he hopes that Memphis will continue to host the awards yearly and potentially serve as a future replacement for the BET Hip Hop Awards, which were suspended.
The Orpheum is alive with the ‘Sound of Music,’ and Labubus hit the runway
On The To-Do List this week are the Memphis Chicken and Beer Fest and an Unapologetic anniversary. Plus, Like Really Creative is doing, like, a lot this week.
New restaurants, yoga studio part of business flurry at Lakeland Town Square
Several other commercial tenants recently opened or are opening soon.
Shelby County offers free lead testing to students exposed to unsafe water
Twenty-four schools recently reported high lead levels in their water. Now, the local health department is offering free blood testing to exposed students.
Grizzlies’ 2025-26 schedule includes 10 nationally televised games
The Grizzlies’ 2025-26 schedule has the team playing two international games and includes an eight-day, five-game road trip.
Prep football 2025: At Melrose, last year’s lessons are this year’s foundations
Defense figures to be a strong point as Gerald and Jarrett Morrow head into their second season coaching at their alma mater.
New ticketing system takes stage at Playhouse on the Square
Parting is such sweet sorrow, unless it is from an old ticketing system.
‘Hard decisions’ ahead for group looking at MSCS school closures
A new Memphis-Shelby County Schools committee met for the first time Wednesday, Aug. 13, to guide looming decisions on school closures and consolidations, plus plans for repurposing facilities and building new ones.
A Memphis man was sentenced to hundreds of years in prison. He isn’t Tennessee’s first.
Ezekiel Kelly, who carried out a city-wide shooting spree in 2022, was sentenced to hundreds of years behind bars. He isn’t the first to see that much time. Related story:
Germantown man accused of sexually soliciting minors waives preliminary hearing
A man accused of sexually soliciting minors in a Germantown park waived his preliminary hearing in the suburb’s court.
Collierville’s beer ordinance was adopted in the ’80s. For the first time in 40 years, microbreweries could be allowed.
The beer rules Collierville has used since 1983 are “so antiquated and so outdated and so not fair,” Alderman Nick Robbins said.
FedEx finds new executive from outside the company
FedEx Corp. announced a former Accenture Technology executive will replace a recently exited FedEx executive.
Ups, downs and votes on a new County Commission chair
It took one vote to elect the new County Commission chair and four to elect the chair pro tempore. In between was the usual commission intrigue and grievances.
After recent troubles, Memphis bank’s new CEO leading ‘reset’
“Evolve’s 100-year history is a testament to the strength and stability of this company,” said Evolve Bank & Trust’s newest CEO.
Chicken and beer: Memphis-flavored festival returns to Liberty Stadium
“Relocating to Memphis has been a culture shock in a variety of ways ... Because of this, I was really confused when the latest festival popped up on my calendar.”
Want to win the American? History shows you can’t lose twice.
When the top teams have a slim margin of error, there are a handful of conference games that ultimately decide the title race. Here are five games that could have the biggest impact on the conference standings this season.Related content:
What Daily Memphians think*
“They looked great, although the competition was poor. Great use of space, precise passing, strong midfield play. Nice to see Flavie get a goal and the assist on the first goal for senior night. I think she’ll be an important part of the puzzle for us this season.” — Beau Peyton about Goals galore as Memphis romps to season-opening victory in women's soccer
“We Can’t even apprehend criminals with our SkyCops or retail cameras. We just get to see the crime occur. What makes you think putting up security cameras will make that much a difference. It sounds like a solution to give some security camera company $$$$” — Mark Benton about MSCS could fight vandalism with $612K cameras
“His actions destroyed the lives of several families. ... Thankfully, he will not be on our streets again like Cleotha Abston was allowed to be.” — Derrol Porter about A Memphis man was sentenced to hundreds of years in prison. He isn't Tennessee's prison.
* Select comments upvoted by Daily Memphian readers.Sudoku: Aug. 14
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Jigsaw: Oreos for the win!
Today’s photo is of the deep-fried Oreos at Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint in Midtown and was submitted by Andy Stevenson.
WordRow: Transfer-portal chaos
This puzzle follows some of the conventions of Wordle. You get six tries to guess each individual word.
Metro
Judge declines to reinstate Feagins
A Shelby County Circuit Court judge declined to reinstate Marie Feagins to her former position as superintendent of Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
Public Safety Mason, Tennessee, votes to open shuttered jail to detain immigrants
Premium Public Safety Man paralyzed after being stabbed 17 times at 201 Poplar
State Government Gubernatorial candidate John Rose has ‘epiphany’ on crime in Memphis
Premium Music Ask the Memphian: Did someone really try to steal Elvis’ body?
Business
‘We will keep flying, Fred’: Mourners honor FedEx founder
“He opened doors for generations of entrepreneurs to proudly go through in the Bluff City,” Memphis Mayor Paul Young said. “Fred Smith didn’t just build a company. He built belief.”
Premium Real Estate One Beale developer combines its two Hyatt hotels
Premium Transportation & Logistics Ford says it will roll out a new, faster way to build EVs
Premium Transportation & Logistics FedEx exec will get multimillion-dollar cash payout
Premium Real Estate Inked: MUS project breaks ground; nail salon comes to Memphis
Sports
Transfer portal creates ‘uncertainty and chaos’ for Tigers, college football
Predicting how good the Memphis Tigers will be this football season has been a bit of a mystery, and the revolving door of college football locker rooms are the main reason why.
Premium Sports Former Tiger to help host 1-on-1 tournament to find best hooper in 901
Premium Chris Herrington Grizzlies Mailbag: The Ja & Jaren core, FedExForum food ideas
Premium Golf Uncertainty surrounds FESJC retaining FedEx Cup Playoffs status
High School Sports Prep football 2025: New classification, same old MASE
Food
Memphis burger joint crowns competitive-eating champ
A former Memphian returned to the city to claim the record for eating the most deep-fried Oreos at Jack Brown’s Beer & Burger Joint in Midtown.
Premium Food Magnolia & May owners brew up new coffee trailer
Suburbs
Harrison achieves dream as new Altruria principal
Brennan Harrison has achieved one of her goals in education, becoming principal at Altruria Elementary in the Bartlett City Schools system.
Premium Business Coffee shop, Chipotle, Panda Express among new Bartlett restaurants in the works
Arts & Culture
Before ‘Eras,’ before ‘The Life of a Showgirl,’ Taylor Swift played on Beale Street. But only 10 people were there to hear it.
Taylor Swift played at Beale Street’s Itta Bena in 2007 and helped generate a special bond between a father and a daughter.
Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: Spike Lee remakes a master, ‘Big Lebowski’ on the biggest screen
Opinion
Calkins: On Fred Smith’s 81st birthday, the city he loved said goodbye
Memphis threw a celebration at FedExForum that was worthy of Fred Smith’s life. Of course, Smith himself might not have liked all the fuss. He would have told us to get back to work.
Podcasts
TVA likely to be backup power for xAI
MLGW will not be providing more than a small amount of power to xAI and the Tennessee Valley Authority may not provide a lot either, according to CEO Doug McGowen.
Games
Daily WordRow: Saying goodbye to Fred Smith
This puzzle follows some of the conventions of Wordle. You get six tries to guess each individual word.