The Memphis Redbirds regained sole possession of first place in the International League with a win over the Gwinnett Stripers.

The budget “reallocates” $30 million originally proposed for Memphis to combat crime through workforce development and deterrence.

This recipe is bananas — ripe, but firm, bananas.

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Today’s puzzle is of art from Jerry Ehrlich and was taken by Patrick Lantrip. 

Deputies arrest 16-year-old male in fatal shooting at Shelby Farms earlier this week that left Coriuan Bean, 17, dead

The plaintiffs filed to dismiss them so that the planned November 2026 trial could continue as scheduled.

Aw, shucks. Wintzell’s Oyster House is opening its first Memphis location at a former Hooters site.

As voters cast early ballots in the primary, Tennessee lawmakers are expected to take final votes on takeover legislation that would strip elected school board members of their powers by granting major decision-making authority to nine Shelby County state appointees.

Marcel Hutton, 35, was found unresponsive in the Shelby County Jail around 7 p.m. on Dec. 21, 2025.

Lakeland officials continue to study a possible change in the suburb’s government format with former Collierville Town Administrator James Lewellen explaining the process.

Tennessee’s fiscal year 2027 includes $50 million for public safety in Memphis, $350 million for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and $3.5 million for the new Downtown art museum. 

The National Center for Choreography–Akron is “Making Moves” across the United States, but the ties that bring it to Memphis go beyond tour dates. 

The Memphis Redbirds continued a six-game series against the Gwinnett Stripers, Thursday night at AutoZone Park. 

With early voting starting this week, the lobbying for Germantown voters to decide if they want to go the full-time mayor’s route has increased.

Chris Herrington is ranking all 18 players who ended the season on the Grizzlies’ extended roster. This is Part 2 and counts down players No. 8 to No. 1.

This jigsaw puzzle is of Khaleigh Hill of Arlington High competing at the 32nd annual Houston Classic and was taken by Wes Hale.

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“We don’t want anyone using those public dollars that we send down to educate the children to enter into litigation because they might not agree with the high accountability standards that we’re putting in place,” bill sponsor state Rep. Mark White, R-Memphis, said.

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Not only is the famed barbecue restaurant reopening Friday, April 17, but Big Bill himself is now managing the day-to-day kitchen operations.

The lack of financial forms makes it difficult to see how key candidates have fared with donors in the past three months.

Stix Express Downtown will close Friday, April 24. Meanwhile, two coffee locations have made progress toward opening. 

The Daily Memphian interviewed the five Democratic and two Republican primary candidates for sheriff, asking them about 201 Poplar, recruiting and retention, the Memphis Safe Task Force, and more.