Memphis looked rusty after 18 days without basketball. But never mind that. The Tigers got the win!

The Tigers kept their NCAA tournament hopes alive by taking care of business.

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Box score: Memphis 61, Tulane 46

One player whose presence is needed: De’Anthony Melton, even if the box score doesn’t necessarily reflect his impact. 

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Dillon Brooks upgraded to questionable; could play Thursday

Shelby County Schools teachers received vaccines beginning Wednesday, just days before their students return to classrooms March 1. 

AutoZone will pay its workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

The senior scored 25 points as Tipton-Rosemark won the Division 2-A West Region championship.

The applicants argued unsuccessfully to the Board of Adjustment that their flexible-loan business is not as financially punishing to customers as payday or title loan shops.

The new owner of an apartment building near the Highland Strip applied for a variance allowing a dumpster to be placed near Walker Avenue. The retroactive request will require the owner to make significant changes for approval amid significant opposition. 

Leonard’s Pit Barbecue might end up on the chopping block if Dan Brown doesn’t find a new owner for Memphis’ oldest barbecue restaurant.

Malco Theaters is exploring adding a miniature golf course to its Collierville location.

The advisory could be lifted in stages for parts of the MLGW area, which is most of Shelby County with the exception of Bartlett, Germantown, Collierville and Millington. Even when it is lifted MLGW president and CEO J.T. Young said the utility will still be asking households and businesses to continue conserving water for some period after the full restoration.

There’s a new end of the line for the Memphis Area Transit Authority’s Main Street trolley service.

After the All-Star break, the Grizzlies won’t have consecutive days off for the rest of the regular season. 

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services visitation guidance provides reasonable ways to safely facilitate in-person visits.

The South Florida date change could give the Tigers more flexibility to reschedule one or more postponed games. 

The head of the Tennessee Coalition of Open Government says it’s “implausible” the Tuesday secret meeting was legal. And one of the county commissioners who attended said the “ton of information” presented should have been heard by the public. 

Health Department working with state to shore up processes and perhaps regain control of vaccine.

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Secret commission meeting on vaccine problems to be repeated Friday in public

The Shelby County Health Department reported 141 new coronavirus cases Wednesday.

The snow came and we drank it with booze, The Peanut Shoppe faces a tough decision, and the Rendezvous loses a beloved, 53-year employee.

Top competition hits Chattanooga through Friday.

Michigan-based Gordon Food Service — which caters both to restaurants and the food-service industry as well as the general public — has stores in Nashville and Knoxville but none yet in Memphis. 

Why did we, in Memphis, not have power service interruption? The simple answer is that Tennessee did not receive the brunt of the severe weather like other states did.

Mr. Basketball finalist Alex Anderson puts Rebels on his back in the decisive fourth quarter.

Germantown’s Design Review Commission gave favorable reviews to Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken and the addition to Houston Middle School.