When she began offering swim lessons nearly 40 years ago, Holly Self had no idea she was starting a family legacy.

Before Lakeland became a city in the late 1970s, the area north of Canada Road and Interstate 40 was an amusement park with hopes of becoming a Disneyland-type destination,

After four months of argument, compromise, bickering and squabble, the 2025 Tennessee General Assembly concluded April 22.

The state criminal trial for three former Memphis police officers charged in the 2023 death of Tyre Nichols begins Monday, April 28.

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After spending his first few weeks in the Methodist Hospital-Germantown NICU, Jayden Kyles is having a full-circle moment as he fosters his dream to become a pediatrician. 

One of the nation’s oldest optometry colleges is focusing on providing local people with visual impairments the latest technology, like AI-powered glasses. 

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The Redbirds return to AutoZone Park on Tuesday, April 29, to begin a six-game series against the Louisville Bats.

The Grizzlies’ season was a roller coaster, with high moments mixed in with injuries, a coach fired and a playoff sweep. Here are seven key moments of the 2024-25 season.

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“As overmatched as the Grizzlies often seemed, there’s every reason to believe this series would have been going back to Oklahoma City 2-2 if Ja Morant hadn’t gotten hurt in Game 3.”

The Memphis Tigers concluded spring practices with Saturday’s spring game, and Arrington Maiden stole the show for the quarterbacks.

Memphis has its first player drafted since 2022 and he will receive an invitation to take part in Irrelevant Week in Newport Beach, California.

Founded in Downtown Memphis in the decade after the Civil War, Burke’s Book Store has survived through four locations, six sets of owners, and a rapidly changing retail landscape that has devoured many larger bookstores.

That brings the total of homicides in Memphis just this month to at least 29, according to Memphis Police Department records, through just 26 days.

Rhodes College students Sandy Mansour and Kai Virani have advanced to the finals of a national undergraduate entrepreneurship competition in Minneapolis.

Memphis goes to overtime before securing its first win of the 2025 UFL season.

A recent report from the state comptroller’s office noted inefficiencies in the local criminal justice system. Fixing them could have implications for the Shelby County Jail.

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The Redbirds beat the Tides 10-1 in the first game and 7-5 in the second. 

Chef Felicia Willett-Schuchardt said Felicia Suzanne’s will offer signature dishes and Southern favorites.

Hundreds of people packed into Fairley High’s gymnasium in Whitehaven on Friday evening largely to vent their frustration about the artificial intelligence company’s use of natural gas turbines.

The Memphis Grizzlies think they found a formula to combat the Oklahoma City Thunder. But is there any hope of deploying it without Ja Morant?

Elwood’s Shack on Park Avenue has closed, leaving just the original location on Summer Avenue for those who love the eatery’s fish tacos or big sandwiches.

The Memphis Grizzlies have updated the status of star guard Ja Morant for Game 4 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.