Eleven Walmart stores are participating in Shelby County.

Plans for a new hotel at the east end of the Beale Street entertainment district show a mostly glass-and-brick building that will house 145 guestrooms. At six stories, the building would tower over the nightclubs and restaurants.

Fans of the Sanderlin Centre’s City Silo won’t have to adapt to the new spot in Saddle Creek. The menu is intact and the environment is just as simple and light.

Lapsing into “one-on-one instead of just being team,” the Tigers squandered a chance to extend their winning streak.

Related story: Memphis can’t repeat comeback in loss to SMU

Panthers take the suspense out of the game early.

This game started just as ugly as the Jan. 26 matchup, and the Tigers weren’t able to convert in the final seconds.

Related story: Box score: SMU 67, Memphis 65

Rob Fischer is the warm, cheerful sideline reporter for the Grizzlies TV broadcasts. He also suffers from suicidal depression. He’s telling his story because he thinks it may help. 

People are asked to not come hours early and have proof of their appointment, but the lines were long once again at the Pipkin Building on Thursday.

Led by Mallory Taylor and Nakiyah Westbrook, the Dragons are aiming to end their state tournament drought.

Starting Monday, fans, students and cheerleaders in Tennessee once again will be able to support their favorite teams in person.

The Grizzlies still have not provided specifics about each player’s return timeline, and the league is already 25% through the season. 

The family of Pandora Duckett, a Shelby County woman missing since 2019, has raised $20,000 for information about her whereabouts. 

Award will be presented virtually via Zoom on Friday, Jan. 29, beginning at 11 a.m.

Dr. Joseph V. Simone, a clinician who helped lead the first curative treatment for childhood leukemia, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, at the age of 85.

Appointments at big-box stores will be made through the Health Department.

The location is expected to open late next week.

As of Jan. 26, just over 6% of people in Tennessee have received one vaccine dose versus 2.76% in Shelby County.

Idahoan Foods is saying thanks to Memphis and the residents who consumed 8.5 million servings of the company’s instant mashed potatoes last year. 

Regular-season finale will be at 11 a.m.

It’s cold, it’s dreary, the days are short and dark. Soup might not cure COVID and it won’t make winter go away, but it’ll help get us through these last weeks.

South Africa strain shows power of mutation against protective forces of two approved vaccines being deployed around the world.

Capacity at Pipkin doubled Wednesday; late in the day, the lines were running smoothly.

Just down the road from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a community flush with resident health professionals, the Decatur, Georgia, school system had no shortage of expert input on whether to resume in-person classes amid the coronavirus pandemic.

While the postponements did halt the momentum of the Grizzlies, it could mean more games with Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. on the floor together.