Penny Hardaway wasn’t named AAC Coach of the Year Wednesday. But no coach in the country has done more in the past two months.

Plant Based Heat is one of 28 local Black-owned restaurants participating in Memphis Black Restaurant Week.

Alindsey Long leads Tigers with 17 points.

Kontji Anthony, evening co-anchor at WMC-TV Action News 5, announced in a letter dated March 7 that she will not seek to remain in her position when her contract expires in April.

Even after the energizing regular-season finale win over Houston, the Tigers want to eliminate any doubts about NCAA.

Desserts have been everywhere lately, and they’ve been hard to resist.

“This business depends on the walking traffic,” said owner Rida AbuZaineh. “It’s like walking on the beach, where there is ice cream.”

Memphis Black Restaurant Week Cynthia Daniels discusses how the week started, about some of her other events. 

The Grizzlies show off in style, and on national television. 

Memphis cruised with big nights from Jaren Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bane.

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Jamirah Shutes scores 16 for Memphis, which ends season 16-12.

Legal and community advocates request that Shelby County commissioners hire an independent auditor to conduct a racial equity audit into Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich and her office.

The Fox singing competition series’ tour will take the stage at the Orpheum Theatre on Friday, July 8. 

The CCRFC approved a six-month extension for the second phase of the $205M Snuff District development project. The first phase is expected to finish by fall 2022. 

Memphis will be one of eight teams competing.

While Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo was in the city, the state’s two Republican Senators in Washington remained vocal critics of Biden administration economic and energy policies.

The agreement, which also preserves the Overton Park greensward in its entirety, draws on a lot of the ideas that have been proposed individually during the years-long controversy.

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The Tigers are now 20th in the country in assists per game.

Germantown Half Marathon and Mayor’s Cup 5K is back after a year hiatus, causing a number of street closures in the northern part of the city.

The owner of Shroomlicious, one of this year’s Memphis Black Restaurant Week pop-ups, is focused on buying a food truck and growing the business into a mobile mushroom operation. 

The Arlington Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the purchase of nearly 16 acres at Airline Road and Village Center Street. The asking price is $2.45 million.

Jamirah Shutes leads Tigers into second round against South Florida.

Russian operations accounted for roughly 15% of Sylvamo’s total revenue in 2021. 

Memphis police said a newborn was found dead on the side of Raleigh-LaGrange Road Sunday. They are searching for information about who left the child along the roadway. 

The Senate last year approved a statewide ban on residency requirements, making an exception for Hamilton County. But last month, the House passed an inverted version, allowing them everywhere except Memphis.