The Redbirds jumped ahead of the Jumbo Shrimp early on manager Ben Johnson’s big day, and stayed there.

Memphis athletes and teams won some state titles Wednesday. Plus, here’s a look at Thursday’s Spring Fling schedule.

The defending champion Saints managed only three hits against Lipscomb Academy, setting up a Thursday elimination game against rival CBHS.

Kimbriel Winfield put on quite a show. Also, Harding girls win the Division 2-A track title, as St. Benedict softball and Bartlett soccer advanced.

The Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine committed the money to build an economic development plan for South Memphis neighborhoods. 

Shelby County has closed on the office building and warehouse on the site of The Commercial Appeal’s former 16-acre campus at 495 Union Ave.

Olive Branch has hired William D. Clark II, a firefighter with more than three decades of experience in Lewisburg and Memphis, as the city’s new fire chief.

Lausanne is among a handful of K-12 schools in the U.S. responding to international demand for Western partners in education.

The fire that destroyed the Clayborn Temple last month was set intentionally, the Memphis Fire Department said in an X post Wednesday afternoon.

Operation Rolling Thunder resulted in the arrest of 160 people and the seizure of guns, drugs and cash.

“I didn’t know this until my confirmation process, but Memphis, Tennessee, is the homicide capital of America per capita, didn’t know that,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”

Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss which conference finals team most resembles the Memphis Grizzlies and which NBA Finals matchup would be most entertaining.

The entry of Memphis guard Dante Harris into the NCAA transfer portal does not come as a surprise, after LSU transfer Curtis Givens III agreed to join the coach Penny Hardaway’s program.

Lockard Richardson secured a victory for the boys with a three-set victory.

The U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday, May 21, that it was dropping the civil rights investigation into the Memphis Police Department and retracting its previous findings into MPD. 

“With many University of Tennessee students and alumni based in Memphis, this route provides an affordable and fast alternative to driving,” said Michael Keeney, chairman of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority Board of Commissioners.

Germantown will likely hire its next executive director from within. The opening comes as Paul Chandler takes the top position at Memphis River Parks Partnership.

Playground Memphis will offer adults a space to play, ALSAC will demolish more than 12,000 square feet of buildings, senior housing is coming to the Medical District and a Midtown apartment building was sold.

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ALLMemphis, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Red Door Wealth Management and ProTech Services Group announce additions and promotions. 

Memphis ultimately stranded the tying run on base in the sixth and was unable to score with the tying run at the plate in the seventh.

Contract reveals details of a six-game series between the Tigers and Cardinals.

The council also decided Tuesday, May 20, an appeal of a two-lot subdivision planned by one of its members in East Memphis and rejected a truck lot at Shelby Drive and Tchulahoma Road.

Athletes from East and Millington high schools win state championships on a rainy opening day in Murfreesboro.

In a surprise move, the Memphis City Council suspended its rules and voted on raises for solid waste employees, machinists and police officers. But the mayor has warned it could mean cutting 550 positions.