After three straight demoralizing losses, Penny Hardaway and the Memphis Tigers must beat Murray State.

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Bishop Phoebe Roaf talks about the coarseness of our national discourse, the disconnections COVID brought on all of us, and her journey to become the first Black, female Bishop in Tennessee on The Sidebar.

“(Dozens of) other states don’t have to do a single thing for FedEx, and yet we’re doing almost $150 million worth of tax breaks,” state Sen. Todd Gardenhire said Tuesday.

The original bus station at 525 N. Main in 1937 (before it moved to Union Avenue) could become part of a mixed-use development in the Uptown area.

Dillon Brooks joined Ja Morant in health and safety protocol on Thursday night. 

The matchup against Murray State could be more challenging than anticipated. 

Germantown residents are conserving water, but that comes with a cost to the suburb’s customers. The city’s aldermen will review increased rates Monday.

The basketball team will look to snap a three-game losing streak when it hosts Murray State on Friday and the football team will be without its defensive coordinator when it plays in the Hawai’i Bowl on Christmas Eve. 

The Grizzlies have won five of their last six games without their best player. Can they keep it rolling and finish inside the top six in the Western Conference?

The Memphis Home Education Association senior played a key role in three victories.

‘We can launch 30 graduates a year, possibly 40 a year, into industries and living-wage careers,” said Noah Gray, executive director of Binghampton Development Corp. 

When they closed McEwen’s for COVID, Bert Smythe and John Littlefield figured they’d be down for about 14 days. Soon, 641 days later, the beloved Downtown restaurant is reopening.

This will be the Memphis defensive coordinator’s third head coaching job of his career.

Plus, you can choose between a tacky sweater or “Blood and Black Lace.” 

Dillon Brooks has the highest technical foul rate in the league by a wide margin. If he doesn’t slow down, he could risk being suspended for a game later this season. 

There’s one more step: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must formally recommend the boosters for this age group and a decision is expected soon.

News outlets continue to lend credence to Donald Trump’s flirtation with seeking a second term in 2024.

The Grizzlies’ five-game winning streak came to an end in frustration, with four technicals in the fourth quarter and a furious Brooks being escorted away. 

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Mike MacIntyre, the Tigers’ defensive coordinator the past two seasons, has been a head coach at San Jose State and Colorado. 

The AgriSTEM program, part of the district’s college, career and technical education program, featured the school’s first Ag Day.

For the three prospects, how damaging has the start to Memphis’ season been in the eyes of draft evaluators?

It took Zach Randolph nine seasons and some fortuitous moves to find his way to Memphis. 

The space co-hosting the University of Memphis’ University Middle and University High School will bear the name of SCS board member Billy Orgel and his wife Robin, after the couple committed $1 million to the schools. 

Mulroy, a two-term Shelby County commissioner and 2014 candidate for Shelby County mayor, has invited several county elected officials for the Thursday, Dec. 9, announcement in Midtown.

Southaven officials have approved a bid for expanding the amphitheater at Snowden Grove — a move that should draw more concerts and a higher level of performers.