The biggest AAU tournament of the year should draw maximum interest from Penny Hardaway and the Tigers staff.

Lakeland’s Municipal Planning/Design Review Commission recommended Thursday evening, July 15, denial of the $150 million Chapel Lakes residential project. The Board of Commissioners will have the final say.

A stormy-weather forecast has pushed back for one week the Inaugural MAM Helicopter Ball Drop fundraiser for Memphis Athletic Ministries.

The 27-year-old goalkeeper Morton, the newest member of Memphis 901 FC, is making an immediate impact for his new club.

A new monument on Beale Street honors the 19th century school teacher, journalist and anti-lynching figure. The recognition comes 130 years after Wells left the city just ahead of a mob that ransacked her newspaper office.

Pervis Payne, a death row inmate for 33 years, appeared in court for the first time in 14 years Friday for a hearing on access to records in determining his mental competency. 

First Horizon posted quarterly earnings of $0.58, beating Wall Street estimates.

The Target closed June 12 following a fire on a grocery aisle in a back corner of the store.

On Wednesday, July 14, Northside Renaissance held a community Zoom meeting attended by 60 people. During the 90-minute session, they informed them of the project’s status and answered various questions from residents.

Street Food checks in on local food trucks old and new, with finds including Thai catfish and “street taco” hot wings. 

It seems past president Trump has some tax problems. I can relate.

But national headlines alleging the state is anti-vaccine don’t sit well with lawmakers and elected officials. Many say the difference between promoting vaccines and simply educating residents, particularly minors, is a fine line.

Second-generation Memphis musician Rodd Bland, the son of late soul/blues great Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland, pays tribute to his father’s sound, on a new tribute album and a Beale Street concert. 

Team USA’s COVID-19 complications raise the question of whether the Grizzlies guard should get (or want) a late call to play.

A ceremony Thursday at the site of three lynchings more than a century ago was part of a week of Ida B. Wells events leading up to Friday’s statue unveiling. 

The positivity rate has tripled since July 1, to 8.9%. The majority of cases are the Delta variant, which is 50% to 60% more contagious than the B.1.1.7 strain that was dominant here from mid-March 2021 to early July.

The two Grizzlies players traveled west to work out this offseason with notable NBA trainer Chris Johnson in Los Angeles. 

Landers Nolley II will be playing against his former team in the NIT Season Tip-Off, according to a report.

Cisse, who played one year with the University of Memphis Tigers, is headed to the Big 12.

County Mayor Lee Harris plans to nominate a pediatrician and White Station High School graduate as the Shelby County Health Department’s next director. 

Whataburger plans to hire more than 530 new employees in the greater Memphis area by the end of this year. The number is to reach 930 by the end of 2022.

Employees may receive the vaccine on the St. Jude campus. Those who received it off campus are to submit verification to the hospital before returning to work. 

Crosstown Brewing Company sits at the far west end of Crosstown Concourse and turns out a variety of local beer, from year-round to seasonal to show-off brews.

Otis Sanford: ‘I am calling on all Memphians to honor Wells this week and beyond by committing to help forge a more peaceful city. Deadly gun violence does not have to be just the way it is in the big city.’