It’s not the break the team wanted, but the rash of postponements could help get Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. on the court together for more games. 

Club Windward, a landmark at the Canada Road exit of Interstate 40 in Lakeland has new owners and potentially a new direction once the impact of COVID-19 wanes.

The California-based company that provides logistics services to other companies will open its second fulfillment center in Memphis, bringing its total footprint in Memphis to about 600,000 square feet.

The Health Department reported about 415 new coronavirus cases Monday, Jan. 25. 

Memphis police are investigating the discovery over the weekend of what appeared to be human bones on Mud Island.

The Tennessee Alliance for Equity in Education is organized by The Education Trust, which last year opened a state office in Tennessee.

Ja Morant might be a longshot for the Olympics, but don’t count him out just yet. 

Second COVID-19 vaccination dose is available only at Appling site this week.

The Landers Center is replacing the DeSoto County Health Department as a vaccination site.

Our new Table Talk Facebook group is ready for you to join so we can start dishing about good food and drink we’ve enjoyed and what’s still to come.

Plus: We’re accepting submissions to the mailbag, but with a twist.

The past two games indicate some of the bigger problems might be resolved. Now it’s time to get to the details.

Jan. 24, 2021: University of Memphis Tigers 80, East Carolina University Pirates 53

The Grizzlies have now had six games postponed this season. 

Johnson, who was 102, was the first Black coach to win a Division III national basketball title. 

The health department reported five additional deaths among people who tested positive for COVID-19. A total of 1,187 people in Shelby County have died who had the virus. The number of Tennesseans who tested positive and died is 8,859.

Melrose School has been an anchor in Orange Mound for 83 years and will soon have a second life.

Demolition has started to clear space for Alliance Healthcare Service’s $9 million-plus development in an economically distressed area of Summer Avenue.

In 2016, Aqila Augusta founded Edge Entity, a Black-owned company specializing in hair growth products for women and men. In the five years since, she’s established a Bartlett storefront, located at 2958 Elmore Park Rd., and turned a kitchen experiment into a multimillion dollar business with customers from all over the world.

University of Memphis historian Beverly Bond says there are important differences between the contested presidential election of 1876 that ended Reconstruction and the contested 2020 election. But there are some broader connections between the reactions then and now.

The Buy Nothing Midtown/Downtown Facebook group boasted more than 2,000 members as of Jan. 23. It’s one of several in the Memphis area.

In.Live will stream the “Coming Together,” organized by former Big Star drummer Jody Stephens of Ardent. Performers will also include Keith Sykes and musicians from bands such as Cheap Trick, The Posies and Wilco.

From Jan. 9 to Saturday, the Health Department reported an average of 482 new cases and 4,054 test results a day yielding an 11.9% positivity rate.

The move wrapped up the legislature’s four-day special session on education, called by Gov. Bill Lee to address learning disruptions for students during the coronavirus pandemic, plus perennial challenges with teacher pay and literacy.