The Lakeland school district will add its first-ever senior class this year.

The Houston Astros picked the Collierville High product in the 17th round, making him one of several players with local ties taken in the 2025 MLB Draft.

Tigers coach Penny Hardaway may have to replace an assistant coach on his staff yet again.

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Daily Memphian staffers also placed for breaking news, food-and-dining and entertainment reporting, as well as photography. 

The Atlanta-based airline will temporarily stop the service for four months.

The Carbondale, Illinois, native will return to Memphis after previously serving as the Tigers’ compliance director for men’s basketball and football from 2014 to 2021.

A rezoning decision could mean new homes in northwest Collierville. 

He is the first Tiger taken in the draft since pitchers Dalton Fowler and Dalton Kendrick were selected in 2023. He is the 84th draft pick in the history of the program.

The new hire is a former head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves and assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets.

The new Tigers football’s ticket package includes three games, one of which is the biggest home game of the season.

“And I don’t just plan to run — I plan to win,” she said. 

It’s been a big week for Aldama, 24, who also got married in Spain over the weekend with several former teammates present. 

Penny Hardaway took a major step last year in his coaching career when he won the AAC regular-season title for the first time. But the one area that he’s always been elite in has been player development. And his fingerprints are all over this year’s NBA summer leagues.

The requested trial date would be more than three and a half years after five now-former Memphis Police officers beat Tyré Nichols, who later died from his injuries. 

Kwizera came from New York to Memphis more than 15 years ago.

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The Tigers are in search of their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007, and Riser has experience springboarding a team into the national spotlight. 

For a Memphis program, finding home-grown professionals to bolster the medical workforce starts at Hire Local. 

Born to teenage parents in an industrial Illinois town where opportunity is hard to come by, Memphis guard Sincere Parker could be on the verge of a breakthrough with the Tigers.

Turkey is smoked for an entire day before it becomes part of this breakfast favorite. 

In April of this year, the Wolf River had its fourth-highest crest on record in Germantown, inundating parts of that city and areas of Memphis. But experts say fatal flooding is unlikely. 

This week’s puzzle features a photo of St. Louis Cardinals top prospect JJ Wetherholt playing for the Memphis Redbirds. 

Our political roundup also looks at a push to pretty up Plough Boulevard; a possible contender for Shelby County mayor, and reactions to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation.