One of the Tigers’ best defensive players is returning for next season

That compares to 104 deaths reported in October and 88 deaths reported in November.

Beginning today, funeral workers can begin getting vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Consider the damage: Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr., Justise Winslow, Xavier Tillman, De’Anthony Melton and Grayson Allen are all out, either with injuries or due to safety protocols.

A West Tennessee mall Santa named Gill Kiper died of a massive heart attack on Christmas Eve. But before you dismiss this as the most 2020 story ever, you should know it has joyous parts, too.

The pandemic reduced opportunities to see movies in the theater, but even the oddest, most disrupted of years produced plenty worth seeing. 

One of the league’s elite, the Celtics dominated, and the Grizzlies’ injury report expanded to include Grayson Allen.

University of Memphis officials say they’re mulling over the future of Sparks Bureau of Business and Economic Research to see if it can continue serving business, government and community organizations.

Will Army or West Virginia prevail in a matchup of two of the country’s best defenses?

Millington students will return to school virtually Jan. 4, due to the prediction by the Shelby County Health Department that COVID-19 cases will increase because of holiday gatherings.

The Tennessee Health Department adds elderly to vaccine priority list in 10-year swaths, starting with those 75 and older. 

Daily Memphian Grizzlies beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discuss Anderson’s impact moving forward and how much the Morant injury will mean to Memphis over the course of the regular season.

They’ll be able to get their shots during the same phase as Tennesseans ages 75 and above — and before those in the 65-74 age bracket.

According to the Tennessee Healthcare Resource Tracking System, 93% of area ICU and area acute care beds were in use.

As the Shelby County Health Department’s Dr. Bruce Randolph said yesterday, if you’re not listed as open in the latest health directive, you should be closed.

A funeral home on the recently down-zoned section of Lamar wants to add a second cremation furnace, but now must seek a zoning variance to do it.

Protect Our Aquifer and other environmental groups have asked the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers not to fast-track approval for the Byhalia Connection crude oil pipeline.

There are signs the new scheme could breed confidence and consistency with time. 

It wasn’t Penny Hardaway’s new “lion set” offense that carried Memphis to a win over South Florida. It was Alex Lomax’s Tiger pride. 

The Tigers finally wore down USF with athleticism and quickness.

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Wanting to honor the bowl’s history, organizers have tried for decades to get the service academy.

Memphis Country Club in 2016 purchased the New Olivet Baptist Church property and other properties, got the city to close a street bisecting the 4.1 acres, and now has unveiled plans to expand its tennis and pickle ball courts.

Construction could start by March on a new retail building on Poplar at Humes, just east of the Poplar Viaduct.

The Grizzlies are now without three starters as the regular season ramps up.