After a career in the corporate world and time as a DeSoto County judge, Ken Adams resigns the post with an eye on the Olive Branch mayor’s office.

So far, $2 million of the $2.5 million goal has been raised to rebuild Overton Park golf course and renovate its Abe Goodman Clubhouse. 

Four Tigers have announced they will return, but the team awaits the decisions of three key players. 

Funeral workers and those 75 and older became eligible for the vaccine this week. Sunday they turned out to get their first dose of the Moderna vaccine.

Shelby County reported 978 cases Sunday from 5,904 tests. There were no new fatalities reported Sunday.

Jones grew up in segregation. Her role model for becoming an attorney was Perry Mason.

We chose five responses from readers to The Daily Memphian article A year to forget? Here are 20 good things we’ll remember about 2020. Robin Lemmonds finds reason for gratitude despite being diagnosed with cancer and losing a special friend. Penny Glidewell got to know her neighbors. And Dana Turner is glad we’re washing our hands.

Scott Morris: “The year of COVID-19 taught me that there might not be time for all the fanciful dreams we put on hold.”

As part of the growing success to its wrestling program, Arlington High School will start construction on a $3.9 million, 14,500-square-foot facility for the school’s mat grapplers.

Tigers forward Lance Thomas and UCF guard Darius Perry have been opponents as well as roommates, but always friends.

The Grizzlies are finding ways to be competitive without Ja Morant, and it starts with efficient play from Tyus Jones. 

The two Republicans are part of a group of 11 Republican Senators and Senators-elect who are calling for a Congressional investigation and audit of presidential election results in battleground states won by President-elect Joe Biden.

Shelby County Health Department officials say they are vaccinating funeral and mortuary employees as well as people 75 and older when there is availability. Meanwhile, officials reported 1,020 new coronavirus cases from 5,933 test results, yielding a 17.2% positivity rate.

My mother, age 96, got a surprising Christmas present. Let us hope it foreshadows the year to come. 

Here is how Memphis and the Mid-South looked in 2020, through the eyes and lenses of Daily Memphian staff photographers. 

Less than 6% of Alpha Omega Veterans Services’ clients have contracted COVID-19 and only one has died with the virus. Nevertheless, the pandemic poses new challenges for veterans still trying to get grounded in civilian life. 

Jan. 1, 2021: Grizzlies def. Hornets in Charlotte, 108-93.

The four-man bench came up big, with every available Memphis player on the court for at least 19 minutes.

Knox is the second to commit to Penny Hardaway’s 2022 class.

Collierville leaders projected a decrease in sales tax revenue. However, halfway through the fiscal year the numbers are surprisingly positive.

Here’s one thing to commit to: Working on those free throws.

What makes weddings cool has nothing to do with hundreds of people in church or a few in a cabin. It has to do with two people agreeing to share the trail, with all its ups and downs, and to get wherever they’re going together.