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Transportation & Logistics The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) is reviewing bids received Friday, Oct. 5, for the first section of Lamar Avenue’s long-awaited upgrade in southeast Shelby County. -
City of Memphis Kavanaugh protest mirrors ongoing national debate
A group of 50 protesters and a few dissenters outside the Peabody Place office building Downtown Monday evening played out the ongoing national debate over the Senate confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. And it came with a brief tug of war over a megaphone at the rally organized by Ama Ehrmann that drew leaders of the Indivisible Memphis organization. -
Dan Conaway Conaway: It all depends on your point of view
Coming from Arkansas, it looks like Oz. -
Geoff Calkins Calkins: For Memphis to beat No. 10 UCF, Brady White has to be great
You know what is unfair to Brady White? -
Public Safety FBI: Memphis ranks as 3rd most violent big city in US
Memphis’ homicide rate was the third highest among the country’s 50 largest cities last year, according to the FBI’s latest data. In 2017, there were 181 homicides in Memphis, 28 deaths per 100,000 people in the city, according to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting statistics released last month. -
Memphis Tigers Football Milton leads No. 10 UCF’s high-octane offense into Liberty Bowl to face Tigers
UCF quarterback McKenzie Milton has the Memphis defense preparing for the extraordinary going into this Saturday’s matchup at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium. -
Food News Rendezvous legend Jack Dyson was waiter to the stars
Jack Dyson was an iconic figure at Memphis’ most iconic restaurant, a 48-year veteran of the Rendezvous, the waiter to big shots and celebrities who took it all in stride. -
Suburban Dispatch: Prep football success and other notes from out yonder
Every once in a while, you just have to go through the ol’ notebook to touch on things that happened over the week, observations that weren’t big enough for a story or clear up some misstatements. -
Reviews $10 Deal: Las Margaritas Cordova
Nabbing a $10 deal at a Mexican restaurant for lunch doesn’t take much effort – go to just about any place in town. But Steak Monterrey at Las Margaritas in Cordova is heads above your typical tacos and tamales with rice and beans. -
Sports Eric ‘Cowboy’ Robinson, local grassroots basketball staple, moves to heading prep school
Mid South Prep Academy started in Memphis as an effort to give local youths a second chance at reaching college. Their schedule includes a mix of prep schools and junior colleges. Mid South Prep CEO Eric “Cowboy” Robinson once ran the most successful AAU program in the Memphis area, and is now taking on the task of expanding the prep school scene in the Mid-South. -
Education Memphis high school’s prized planetarium still needs upgrades, but students are already fascinated by what it can do
Keshawn Glover remembers hearing his dad talk about field trips to Craigmont High School’s planetarium decades ago, but last week the high school senior got to experience the school’s crown jewel for himself. -
Public Safety Banks shooting pulls MPD into national fray over reliability, proper use of bodycams
One by one, police dashboard cameras malfunctioned that chilly night in Chicago. -
Music Founder: 2019 Mempho Music Fest will be at least three days, double the stages
The second annual Mempho Music Festival at Shelby Farms Park was so successful that organizers say they expect to expand the event in 2019. “Memphis deserves a world-class music festival,” Mempho founder Diego Winegardner said Sunday. -
Memphis Grizzlies Kyle Anderson, trio of backup point guard candidates look to expand the Grizzlies’ playmaking palette
During the decade-long Mike Conley and Marc Gasol era, a dearth of three-point shooting elsewhere on the roster has consistently plagued the Grizzlies. Only once in this stretch have the Grizzlies finished in the Top 20 in three-point attempts and only twice in three-point percentage, never higher than 17th on the accuracy front. -
Memphis Tigers Football Calkins: Memphis smashes UConn to remind us it’s not just a basketball school
Darrell Henderson took the handoff, headed left, and what happened next was pure wizardry. -
Memphis Grizzlies Watanabe leads late rally as youthful Grizz defeat Pacers in OT
A night after relying on veterans for a home preseason win, the Memphis Grizzlies yielded to their youth. -
Memphis Tigers Football Memphis Tigers rebound from loss with decimation of UConn Huskies
The Memphis Tigers bounced back Saturday night from an uncharacteristic performance last week against the Tulane Green Wave -
City of Memphis Arkansas levee trail open for October
The 73-mile Big River Levee Trail that runs between West Memphis and Marianna, Arkansas, is open to bikers and hikers for the month of October, the St. Francis Levee Board announced this week. -
High School Sports Friday Prep Roundup: Special teams play boosts Kirby over Southwind
The Carruthers-Patterson brick is headed back to Kirby. -
Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies veterans lead way in home preseason debut
Score one for the grown folks. -
Another one: David Grisanti’s opens in Collierville
No one can complain about lack of new dining, particularly on the East side of the county. Raven and Lily opened in Collierville in August, P.O. Press Public House and Provisions opened last week, Ronnie Grisanti’s at Regalia opened a day before P.O. Press, and now David Grisanti’s is in full swing at the former Ronnie Grisanti’s spot in Sheffield Antiques Mall. -
Real Estate Camy’s new owner seeks more business from East Memphis
Camy’s still delivers pizza, pasta and sandwiches, but its namesake has sold the delivery-only restaurant she started almost 26 years ago. -
Metro Explore Bike Share, My City Rides team up
Explore Bike Share, the nonprofit bike-share program which gives Memphians and tourists access to bikes, rolled out its first bike in May. My City Rides, the nonprofit that leases scooters to Memphians who need transportation for work, rolled out its first scooter late this spring. -
City of Memphis Chancery lawsuit challenges Nov. 6 ballot referendums
A group of citizens and an organization trying to preserve instant-runoff or ranked-choice voting in city elections filed a Chancery Court lawsuit Friday, Oct. 5, against the Shelby County Election Commission and the city of Memphis seeking to take a repeal of IRV off the Nov. 6 ballot. -
Business What’s next for the Greater Memphis Chamber?
Three days before Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Phil Trenary was gunned down in Downtown Memphis, an impromptu meeting was called.
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