This season was supposed to be smooth sailing, an NCAA Tournament berth no longer in question. The missteps have proven otherwise.

The board instituted a mask mandate on Dec. 31 due to the rise in COVID-19 cases following the holidays and unknowns related to the Omicron variant.

USL Championship veteran set single-game saves record against Birmingham last year before season-ending Achilles injury.

After a six-game absence, Jenkins is out of COVID protocols and will coach Wednesday night in Milwaukee.

Also named are the specials teams and freshman players of the year, coach of the year and the all-metro teams.

Orgel has had success in recent years with similar adaptive reuse projects like the Tennessee Brewery on South Bluffs and the American Snuff building in Uptown. 

A juvenile was among those wounded outside the Balmoral Shopping Center on Wednesday.

A family-owned furniture business will take over the 135,000-square-foot space at Carriage Crossing formerly occupied by Macy’s.

Penny Hardaway says Wallace, hired as an assistant coach before the season, might not return to bench.

Sure, it would be nice to be on a beach and enjoying the surf and the sand, but if COVID is keeping you from escaping the cold weather, there’s always soup. Soup will never let you down.

Three county commissioners voted against the $1.44 million purchase of 180,000 tests in 90 kits with two tests a piece. One cited comments by Dr. Ben Carson on Fox News earlier this week complaining that more tests would mean a rise in COVID cases.

Baby antelopes “Hinata” and “Zito” are the Memphis Zoo’s first babies of the new year. 

Is a trip to Jerry’s Sno Cones REALLY a trip to Jerry’s if you don’t get a Supreme? We talk it over: ice cream in your snow cone versus straight up.

The masks will be available for pickup at pharmacies and community health centers across the country. 

Justin Johnson and Cornelius Smith made their first court appearance Wednesday, Jan. 19. 

The new ownership group was initially interested in working with the former owners on the multifamily part of a planned mixed-use redevelopment but ultimately made an offer for the entire property. 

Shelby County Schools will formally recommend the closures of Shady Grove Elementary and Alton Elementary Schools. The changes will go to a vote at the board’s business meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 25. 

As the Grizzlies pass their annual MLK Day marker, they’re closer to the West’s No. 1 seed (4.5 games back) than to the fifth seed (5 games up). And with apparent momentum for more. 

The elaborately designed convenience store with gas pumps and retail bays would have been built at 2977 Broad Ave. at Tillman Street and Sam Cooper Boulevard.

Fullback Rece Buckmaster was a big factor for Memphis in 2020 before moving to Indy Eleven.

Shelby County commissioners meet in special session Wednesday, Jan. 19, to approve $1.4 million in funding to buy 15,000 COVID self-test kits at a unit price that comes to 180,000 tests.

The name change approved Tuesday changes the street’s name on city maps and as a mailing address.

The Grizzlies will be missing their shooting guard and key reserve as they embark on a four-game road trip.

This will be Daron Schoenrock’s 37th year coaching college baseball and his 18th season as the Memphis head coach.