After missing 2020, the Mempho Music Festival is slated to return in October. 

Maybe it was time for Buster Kelso to end his remarkable career as baseball coach. But he deserved one final year. 

Related story: Buster Kelso forced out as Christian Brothers High coach

The rookie led the Grizzlies’ offense in Las Vegas in his second summer league game. 

All four House Republicans from the Shelby County delegation signed Sexton’s call for a special session.

Authorities said 40 people have been indicted on drug trafficking charges for distributing drugs from three abandoned houses in a North Memphis neighborhood. 

Allied Universal Security employed Gregory Livingston, the armed security guard who allegedly shot and killed 48-year-old Alvin Motley at an East Memphis Kroger Fuel Center on August 7. The company’s employees have been involved in multiple shootings across the nation in recent years.

Xavier Tillman Sr. called his wife, Tamia, a “superwoman” for taking care of two small children and working toward her degree all while he was on the road in a brutal schedule.

The same Atlanta-based developer involved in other big industrial developments around Memphis International Airport is facing stiff opposition from residents to its plans to erect a fulfillment center at the Mississippi state line and Tchulahoma Road.

Shelby County Commissioner Mick Wright says even with recent changes in state laws this year, it’s unclear where the health department’s authority to issue mask mandates and require other measures ends and where decisions by elected officials begin.

Three-star homegrown commit joins Tigers’ 2022 class.

Buster Kelso is the all-time winningest high school baseball coach in the state. He was told to clean out his baseball office last week. 

Related story: Calkins: After an unprecedented career, Kelso deserved better from CBHS

Three local restaurants/bars require vaccine cards, an idea for giving new life to leftovers, prosecco on tap has us giddy, and everyone loves a good sandwich.

As of 5 p.m. Aug. 4 there were 423 COVID-positive patients in area hospital beds.

Testing will begin Sept. 6 for Health Department staff.

The transaction is said to position Orion as “a fierce competitor” in the southeastern region.

Silverfield said the team’s conditioning still has a long way to go before reaching the season opener against Nicholls on Sept. 4, but he mentioned his players are in significantly better shape now than they were this time last year.

Kyle Murphy scores for the eighth time in eight games.

The vote on the resolution was unanimous. Bartlett officials hope this will keep the salaries and benefits more in line with nearby municipal governments.

Protests from suburban parents continued Tuesday, although gatherings were smaller than those that occurred Monday.

“Alvin Motley had a right to exist, pump gas and play his music because this is America, and nobody has the right to kill a young Black man for playing music,” says civil rights attorney.

The Shelby County Commission voted Monday, Aug. 9, to override the veto of a new ethics advisory panel the commission would appoint.

Collierville Schools board members will receive a pay raise, the first for board members since the district’s inception.

Lenny’s started in Bartlett in 1998 and now is expanding its brand as it opens inside the Walmart store on Winchester this week.