The Centers for Disease Control exceeded its authority in imposing an order prohibiting landlords from evicting renters during the pandemic, U.S. District Judge Mark Norris ruled Monday. 

Best friend wants to honor Tim McCormack, who started taping ankles and cheering the team from the sideline in 1972.

Vaccinations in Mississippi are currently available for those age 50 or over, staff at K-12 schools, first responders, health care workers and people who are at least 16 with health conditions that might make them more vulnerable to the virus.

A more upbeat Tigers coach says the team is headed in the right direction. 

1980s Orange Mound is the new series’ setting.

Alphatec Spine of California proposes to establish a distribution and repair operation in Memphis, with 95 employees and a $3.5 million capital investment.

Mitch Guitar was member of 2017 Big Ten championship team at Wisconsin.

State will issue final report in several weeks on the lapses it found at the Shelby County Health Department.

At time this article was published, there were also still slots for Monday’s pop-up pod in Frayser.

The search committee for a new Downtown Memphis Commission president has apparently completed its work. The commission is to meet Tuesday to vote on the candidate.

Collierville has a new emergency alert system. The system, powered by Hyper-Reach, is replacing the phone call and email service the town uses. The $4,000 savings has added functionalities and is available in English and Spanish.

Muddy’s Bake Shop makes the list of Southern Living magazine’s best bakeries for the year.

A year into the pandemic, the economy and social unrest have taken a toll and more people have reached out to mental health professionals for help.

No, the Memphis Tigers won’t be in the NCAA tournament. But we can root for some of the Grizzlies players’ alma maters at the Big Dance.

Former Vice President Al Gore joined with Memphis residents fighting construction of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline, which he called a “reckless, racist, rip-off.”

Memphis will be sitting out the NCAA Tournament yet again this year. Here’s a reason for hope (and some reasons to despair).

The social media company apologized that accounts tweeting the word “Memphis” were limited for a while on Sunday. 

The Tigers are battling Mississippi State and Ole Miss for one of Texas’ best.

Memphis is just the third team in the past 15 years to finish top three in KenPom.com’s adjusted defensive efficiency metric and not make the NCAA Tournament. Instead, Memphis will participate in the NIT as a No. 1 seed 

March 14, 2021: Thunder 128, Grizzlies 122

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The Grizzlies had a 12-point lead, but the Thunder’s proficient 3-point shooting was overwhelming.

The commissioner argued for the Tigers’ inclusion despite the AAC’s decision not to reschedule their regular-season games against Houston and Wichita State. 

A total of 212,724 vaccination doses have been administered in Shelby County. At least 147,540 people in Shelby County have received one COVID-19 vaccine dose; 65,184 have received both coronavirus vaccine doses, meaning they are fully vaccinated.

Thanks to funding from the COVID-19 relief bill, Amtrak is restoring daily service for 12 of its long distance routes. One of these is the City of New Orleans route, which travels between New Orleans and Chicago with stops in Memphis.

A top FedEx executive says the company will be ready to handle the extra load as COVID-19 vaccine distribution ramps up this spring and summer.