Marlon Qualls Jr.'s emotional trauma as a teenager turned into a health crisis that nearly cost him his life but eventually transformed him into a passionate advocate for men’s health.

The Grizzlies rookie wasted no time in making a strong first impression at summer league. 

A total of 14 contenders from Shelby County are on the Aug. 6 federal primary ballot in the 5th, 8th and 9th Congressional districts. Will multiple Memphians cancel each other out? Also in the political roundup: Pearson and Lamar spar; attorneys weigh in on judicial races.

Nearly nine years after the Mississippi RiverKings vacated the Landers Center, professional hockey is returning to Southaven.

The Camellia Foundation is converting a former Shoney’s in Hickory Hill into a full-service medical clinic with plans to open more locations in underserved communities in the next few years.

Only eight NCAA Division I teams in the country shot worse than the Tigers’ 24.6% 3-point shooting last season.

“The real problem here — the sweaty elephant in the room — is infrastructure sorely in need of an upgrade. But as an average user who just expects the lights to come on when I flip the switch, I can’t accept that power in an urban area should go out so easily, so often and for so long.”

“American exceptionalism becomes dangerous when it suggests America is beyond criticism.”

Memphis writer Martha Park received a $4,000 grant from the nonprofit South Arts and a $5,000 grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission — which she will use to fund a series of stories about the intersection between conservation and faith in the South.

Leading a nearly all-female team at the Dunavant, a supply and logistics company, terminal office in Southeast Memphis, Kristy Hart said she hasn’t thought much about it despite what has historically been a male-dominated industry.