The issues seem innumerable, and the solutions few and far between.

The agitated Grizzlies saw coach Taylor Jenkins and Ja Morant ejected late in the game. 

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Vern Braswell, a former elementary school principal, has been in prison for 16 years after being convicted of killing his wife. New evidence has surfaced that his supporters hope is enough to get him released or a new trial. 

After an eight-year drought, Memphis Pom won a national championship in hip-hop. The inside story of how Memphis reclaimed its spot atop the dance universe.

With the regular season in its final stretch, here are some odds to consider for the sixth playoff spot, plus the play-in.

Douglas Emhoff and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh are among a blitz by the administration to promote President Joe Biden’s $4 trillion “American Jobs Plan.”

Monday’s 113 new cases bring Shelby County’s reported coronavirus total to 95,860 cases, including 92,611 inactive cases, 1,630 active cases and 1,619 deaths.

Add unhappy LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers to the play-in mix. 

There were multiple reports of damage to homes on Elvis Presley Drive in Tupelo, just down the street from the home where the famed singer was born.

The bill would require public facilities to post a sign if they let transgender people use multi-person restrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms. The Human Rights Campaign says it would be the first of its kind.

There’s a flurry of events and festivals in mid-May, and you need to get tickets now because they’re all pre-sale and they’ll be gone soon.

As Durham Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis awaits confirmation from the Memphis City Council as the new leader of MPD, city leaders, former colleagues and activists from her past weigh in on her law enforcement career. 

As Lakeland grows, so does the need for more parks. The latest recreation area — Oak Ridge Park — should open in May as students finish classes and start summer break. 

While neither side is completely happy, the law allowing Tennessee gun owners to carry openly with or without a permit sailed through the legislature — and with relatively little pushing from gun advocacy groups. 

There are at least a couple of Grizzlies who merit serious consideration for year-end accolades, starting with Kyle Anderson.

The Shelby County Health Department reported 149 new coronavirus cases and no additional deaths Sunday, May 2. 

Many of the speakers reiterated concerns about the pipeline’s potential impact on the city’s aquifer and questioned why the Byhalia Connection had to run through predominantly lower-income Black neighborhoods in Memphis.

‘I now understand the science of groundwater aquifers and the complex of laws and regulations that keep an aquifer healthy,’ says geologist Deborah Baker Carington. ‘I also understand the very real risks an oil pipeline spill would pose to the region’s most precious resource, the Memphis aquifer.’

Lynne Turley taught music in the Memphis City Schools for 22 years. She believed that every child was musical.

Work has begun on the nearly $90 million Opus East Memphis at 1029 Cherry Road, which developer Kevin Adams says will take about two years to complete. The 240-unit facility will offer independent living, assisted living and dementia care.

In the war against opioid overdose deaths, Tennessee is winning one battle — doctors are prescribing pain pills at much lower rates — but still losing other battles.

May 1, 2021: Magic 112, Grizzlies 111

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The Grizzlies led by as many as 20 points, but Cole Anthony sank a buzzer beater to lift the Magic to the win.

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Thirty-two years ago after quitting nursing school in her final semester, Penny Williams earned her RN degree in one of the first in-person commencement exercises in Memphis in more than a year.